Excerpt taken from Grace C. Bonthrone's "Childhood Memories of Co. Antrim."

"It was one apartment, like a large church hall, with high arched roof and windows eight feet from the floor so our only view was of grey cement walls. The only heating in winter came from an old fashioned fireplace with thich iron bars, most of the heat went up the chimney. There were between 100 & 120 scholars, from infant class to second sixth with sufficient desks to seat only half the number, while the other half stood in four classes round the sides of the room."

A former pupil of the school was a James Wallace of Riverside and Massereene Street. He was born on the 17th April 1883 and went home in September 1968, his mother was the local midwife in Antrim and her name was Annie Coulter. Thanks to Jacqueline Coulter nee Wallace for the above information.