Charles Gallagher Place in Bexley Red Zone – Named after Charles Vaughan Gallagher (1918- 1974). Gallagher was the foundation headmaster of Shirley Boys’ High School 1957-1970. First appears in street directories in 1981.
A small amount of information from the library website and yes he had been headmaster at Shirley Boys’ High School but is not why this street received his name. Papers Past had good information and from 1969 until his death in June 1974 he was director of Christchurch Technical Institute. The carpentry students at Tech built pensioner cottages and the first cottages that they built were in this street. The official opening of the cottages was in October 1974 and this was attended by Mrs Gallagher with the mayor Mr Pickering. Charles Gallagher was only 55 when he died.
I didn’t walk this street as it no longer exists and it is part of a large area that is fenced off. No photos either. Edited to say that a friend reminded me that we went to high school with Charles Gallagher’s daughter. I hadn’t picked up on the connection and I hadn’t been a close friend of hers at school.
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