Windback Wednesday - Pepper Street Arts Centre

Have you visited Pepper Street Arts Centre recently? Built in 1882, the site was originally the Magill Village Primary School and accommodated 150 pupils. By 1924 the school was overcrowded and some classes were moved to the Brougham Street community hall. Two years later a new classroom was constructed on the corner of Penfold Road and Adelaide Street.

Junior students continued to attend classes in the 'old' school building until 1963. The site was then used by the Art Faculty of Wattle Park Teachers' College and later by Kent Town Special School. In 1988 the City of Burnside purchased the building and launched the Arts Centre in 1995.

This Sunday (2 April) Pepper Street Arts Centre is hosting a great range of free activities as part of the Magill Village Celebration event, including caricatures by Allan Addams, artist demonstrations and a parrot mobile making workshop. Find out more at www.facebook.com/events/537542135177734/

Photograph: Magill Primary School, circa 1900 - Burnside Library Local History Collection.