Noak Hill, St Thomas's Chapel And School 1908
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The school (left) is still there, but it has been much refurbished, and the picturesque porch and chimney pots have not stood the test of time. Its nice to see that it is still being used as a school. Pevsner describes St Thomas' as 'the only building of note'; it was built in c1841 to designs by G Smith.
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It was 1947, when my parents were told they would be able to move from their one room in a house to a Prefab in Harold Hill. My mother was pregnant. You didn't start school until you were 5. The closest school was Hilldene Primary, off of Straight Road. I wasn't yet 5. My parents were told of Noak Hill School. They went and spoke with the Head Mistress, I believe, who accepted me to start ...see more
I was at this school all through the 50s and celebrated the Queens Coronation at the school. All the girls wore a little paper crown on the group photograph that was taken. I had happy memories of my time there and keep in touch with one of the girls I went to school with and now we are in our 60s. I have vivid memories of two old gentlemen coming to the school and they must be long dead now but it seems ...see more
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