ABOUT THIS WEB-SITE
This web-site is intended to provide a central repository of information and contact details for old students and staff of Balls Park Teacher Training College, Hertford, 1947-1980.
It contains a searcheable database of past students and a message board available to registered members.
It is run by ex-students for the benefit of all Students and Staff of the college who attended during the time it was a Teacher Training facility

CLOSURE OF BALLS PARK:
A reunion was held in June 2001 attended by about 250 old students, mainly from the early seventies, plus a number of staff including Dr Paul Sangster and Dorothy Wild. It was announced there, that the college had been sold by the University of Hertfordshire to Property Developers and would finally close in the Summer of 2003. A last reunion on the site was therefore proposed to take place in June or July of that year.
The Final Reunion for ex-Teacher Training Staff & Students of Balls Park College, took place on Saturday 21st June 2003. Five Hundred ex Students and Staff attended, with the Guests of Honour, former Principal Dr Sangster and his wife, Mary.
The College is now closed, removal men have been at work, demolition of the hostel site and the 1960's Educational buildings will start shortly.
See the 'Reunions' section for pictures and a report on the reunion.
Although the College is now no more, we may be able to hold future reunions and we are looking at the possibility of one to mark the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the College in 2007, if a suitable location can be found, perhaps even at BP!

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If you were a former Student, please take the time to register your details on our database of past students and staff, so that we can keep you informed of any future news.

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