Looking Back

Welcome to the Parkdale Historical Archive page

On this page, we will be gradually collating a historical archive of documents and articles from the long history of the school.

We will add to this over the coming months as we try to build up an interestnig and valuable record and resource.

Our archivist is Mrs Carolyn Hallam. If you have any content you would like to share, please feel free to email her.

Archive Blog

The Way We Were – Parkdale Post

The Way We Were – Parkdale Post

We have found a pile of old newsletters, the Parkdale Post, dating back to the 90s and early 2000s. They're a fascinating read and we'll try to digitise them for the archive. Here's the first, Volume 1, Issue 1, November 1996. How times have changed. This appears to...

The Way We Were Part Two – 1980s

The Way We Were Part Two – 1980s

Another historical item discovered in the process of a bit of a tidy-up today. A log book from the 1980s. Pre-computers, the heads used to keep a hand-written school diary. It's a fascinating read. And what beautiful handwriting the previous heads had! 14th Feb 1986:...

The Way We Were – 1996

The Way We Were – 1996

  Clearing out some old paperwork, we came across an old survey document from 1996, part of which is reproduced below. This isn't so long ago in the great scheme of things (the year Mr Hillier did his first teaching practice here!), but the buildings are mostly...

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Historical Archive Documents

Parkdale Post, Volume 1, Issue 1, November 1996