Young people from John Smeaton High School have always been involved with East Leeds FM – in fact the first three voices ever heard on ELFM back in 2003 were all Year 9 girls from Smeaton. When the school was built back in the 1960s, it was a building ahead of it’s time - known as the Smeaton Project and designed by John Poulson - the (in)famous architect.

By 2007, the building itself was in a sorry state of repair - and a brand new school was being built next to the old one. As students and staff prepared for the move, Katy worked with Year 8 pupils to record their memories of the old place and their aspirations for the new school.

 

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In 2008, ELFM plans to return soon to the new school building to find out how it’s all turned out…