School Archives - Phil Andrews

The Early History of Worple Road Infant and Worple Road Mixed Schools 1897-1927 by Ken Noakes – Review

September 20, 2019April 21, 2026Phil AndrewsLeave a Comment

The scene is set with a reminder that 1897 is Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee year and, needless to say, for the children who were to become the first pupils at the brand new Worple Road Infant School in Isleworth this was an occasion like not many other. On March 1st of that year they took up their places at the school, resplendent as it was with all the latest technology in the form of gas lamps and coal fires.

Working At Worple by Ken Noakes – Review

January 2, 2019April 21, 2026Phil Andrews5 Comments

Once again from the pen of my former primary school teacher Ken Noakes has issued forth a gem to keep alive the most precious of memories – those earliest years spent at primary school, in my case the eponymous Worple Road School in Isleworth.

Crowlink, a Magical Location for School Journeys: an Appreciation by Ken Noakes – Review

May 11, 2018April 21, 2026Phil Andrews9 Comments

A Magical Location For School Journeys – An Appreciation By Ken Noakes is not just a fascinating venture back to an age of innocence for those of us who as children were part of the experience. As a retrospective it serves also to remind us that that innocence was shared, in some degree, by the adults in our company back in those far off days and indeed by society itself.