Earnock High School in

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served students in and around the

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area from 1957 to 2007. The school was closed in June 2007 and

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with Blantyre High to form

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. A housing development, ''Earnock Glen'', now occupies the site.

Fire

On 21 June 2008, at around 1.50am, the disused building of Earnock High was set alight. Both the Science and Main Teaching Blocks were extensively damaged — with damage to all three floors in each. At the height of the blaze around thirty

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were tackling it — aided by five

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and two aerial appliances.

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(tagged articles) at ''Historic Hamilton'' Defunct secondary schools in South Lanarkshire 1957 establishments in Scotland Educational institutions established in 1957 Buildings and structures in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Buildings and structures demolished in 2008 Buildings and structures completed in 1957 2007 disestablishments in Scotland Educational institutions disestablished in 2007 {{Scotland-school-stub