Above two panels from the School Frieze, created between 1927 and 1939 and below a school Magazine article about it.
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Les Cooper a pupil from 1947-52 recalls:
"Mr Mitchell was the inspiration behind a wonderful frieze that was displayed
around the main hall of the boys building. It ran all the way around the
hall and depicted the History of Wandsworth from the Reed Dwellers of the Wandle,
to the building of The Surrey Iron Railway". He adds "I recall the first being a scene of an Ancient Brit. 'Reed dweller' . A House of Lords court scene of the Dyers vs. Weavers. A scene depicting the Huguenots. A scene of a horse drawn railway wagon of the Surrey Iron Railway - Wandsworth to Dover - to relieve the Napoleonic Channel blockade. There were more but time has dimmed the old brain-box." |