Elliott School Alumni
A page for ex pupils and teachers of Elliott School to connect and remember. Watch out for updates on a big reunion in 2020.
25/12/2023
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our members.
From The admin team.
15/08/2023
We wake to hear the sad news that an ex pupil of Elliott school has passed away, Trevor Lloyd (Beefy).
Our condolences to his family and friends at this sad and difficult time.
R.I.P. Trevor Lloyd.
11/07/2023
The unthinkable has happened. Elliott School Alumni now has over 2000 members! 🥳
Check it out...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ElliottAlumni
Welcome to all new members.
Admin may not post or comment but we are always in the back ground.
28/04/2022
ALBUM NEWS
We are (finally) on!!
We've been working our little socks off ready to start recording at Chem19 Studio tomorrow. What a joy it's been already. Still pinching myself that I'm working with such an amazing bunch.
None of this would be happening without Creative Scotland and their support. This is dream come true stuff. More soon....yeeeha!
Amazing photo of Boo, Louis and John by Mark Freegard
22/07/2021
⭐ We got a 'delicious' and an 'extraordinary' from UNCUT MAGAZINE. Pretty chuffed ⭐
Mad Professor Ariwa sounds
06/06/2021
Let It Come Down - Vicky (Official Video) "Vicky" from Let It Come Down off the album 'Songs We Sang In Our Dreams' out on Shimmy-Disc, in partnership with Joyful Noise Recordings.by LET IT COME DOWN...
23/05/2021
Morning! How are you all?
I have been busy putting the final touches to my album with Mad Professor - we are VERY excited to be releasing soon.
Due to recording commitments I'm only doing one gig this summer.....Campfire 4!
Set in a woodland glade within the grounds of a stunning stately home in Lewes, it's always a wonderful night. I'm honoured to be asked back for the fourth time. Get tickets fast if you're interested, as it will sell out soon.
Xx
09/05/2021
'You only have to listen to her soulful, beautiful, crystalline voice to understand why she’s always been in such demand.'
I'll take that! Thanks to The Scotsman!
19/02/2021
The Scotsman Sessions #187: Xan Tyler Welcome to the award-winning Scotsman Sessions. With performing arts activity curtailed for the foreseeable future, we are commissioning a series of short video performances from artists all around the country and releasing them on scotsman.com, with introductions from our critics. Here, Fife-based....
06/08/2020
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We've made it in to the US Billboard Charts in our first week! Thanks so much to those who have bought 'Songs We Sang In Our Dreams' already.....you are amazing!
20/07/2020
Mr Penn Jillette with his copy of 'Songs We Sang In Our Dreams' by LET IT COME DOWN.
Vinyl available in no time.
Penn & Teller
17/07/2020
Let It Come Down - Fingers (Official Video) by LET IT COME DOWN (Bonner Kramer & Xan Tyler) Music & Lyrics by Kramer (Secretly Publishing) from the LP "Songs We Sang In Our Dreams"... on Shimmy-Disc/Jo...
14/06/2020
10/05/2020
**It's with very heavy heart that I'm writing to advise you that, following government updates on covid-19, we have no option but to cancel Reunion 2020 with immediate effect. Full refunds will be processed shortly.**
Probably won't be a huge surprise to most of you. However, I hope someone else will volunteer to organise a reunion in the very near future.
Thanks to everyone who bought tickets and those interested in attending and lastly and by no means least old boys and gals who helped in organising 2020. Michelle Dilliway, Violet Moutrage, Charles Huynh and Nick Barber 👍
Yvonne Baker
8 mins
Nicked from a friend:
Just seen a news report about the stresses and strains of self isolation. It reported that people are going crazy from being in lock down!
It was strange, actually, because I had just been talking about this with the microwave and toaster and all of us agreed that things are getting bad. I didn't mention anything to the washing machine as she always has to put a different spin on everything, and certainly not to the fridge as he is acting cold and distant. In the end the iron calmed me down. She said everything will be fine, which surprised me because she’s usually the first one to apply unnecessary pressure and get steamed up over nothing !!! 🤭
Yvonne Baker
4 hrs
Back in the days of tanners and bobs,
When Mothers had patience and Fathers had jobs.
When football team families wore hand me down shoes,
And T.V gave only two channels to choose.
Back in the days of three penny bits,
when schools employed nurses to search for your nits.
When snowballs were harmless; ice slides were permitted
and all of your jumpers were warm and hand knitted.
Back in the days of hot ginger beers,
when children remained so for more than six years.
When children respected what older folks said,
and pot was a thing you kept under your bed.
Back in the days of Listen with Mother,
when neighbours were friendly and talked to each other.
When cars were so rare you could play in the street.
When Doctors made house calls and Police walked the beat.
Back in the days of Milligan's Goons,
when butter was butter and songs all had tunes.
It was dumplings for dinner and trifle for tea,
and your annual break was a day by the sea.
Back in the days of Dixon's Dock Green,
Crackerjack pens and Lyons ice cream.
When children could freely wear National Health glasses,
and teachers all stood at the FRONT of their classes.
Back in the days of rocking and reeling,
when mobiles were things that you hung from the ceiling. When woodwork and pottery got taught in schools,
and everyone dreamed of a win on the pools.
Back in the days when I was a lad,
I can't help but smile for the fun that I had.
Hopscotch and roller skates; snowballs to lob.
Back in the days of tanners and bobs.
Well me old shipmates, it’s time to batten down the hatches and wait for it to pass. Challenging and difficult days lay ahead. But they do say every storm runs out of rain, just like every dark night turns into day.
On a personal note texting/messaging and chatting with friends and family have been a real comfort to me, if not therapeutic. Post a story, share your thoughts and get involved in any conversation you fancy. Keep in touch. Better times do lie ahead.
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.”
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Welcome to the new members.
08/03/2020
Glad to see we are inching towards 1000 members. With that and the reunion in mind can we all please reach out and invite old school friends to the group and the reunion. Thank you. 👍
29/02/2020
REUNION 2020
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
www.elliottschool.co.uk/menu
Great to see so many people interested in the reunion. Please get your tickets nice and early this year (it will be a real help) and remember you need to get tickets at least 4 weeks in advance to get a T-shirt. Thank You 👍
Elliott School Alumni Events, News and Reunions
21/02/2020
Let's go champ! Old boy Joe Joyce in line for a stunning victory - that's my prediction!! 👍
Another strap to add to the collection! EBU Heavyweight title on the line for April 11th! 👊🏾
14/02/2020
Get some old boy Francisco in your life. Hey Frank, bet you can't say "Elliott School reunion" on your show? ⭐️
https://francisco.vibecast.com/the-payback?fbclid=IwAR182g5KjhIjG6zcPBwFPjVJybnEEMj6sa2rv_qE-bH6EXBfSNLNZ08A93s
The Payback Welcome to the official website for Francisco
Hi Everyone.
A short introduction.
I'm Michelle Dilliway was Packer in the day.
I will be part of the team organizing the school reunion.
Let's make 2020 reunion a memorable one for you all.
Whatever your doing today, have a great one.
06/02/2020
Great News Michelle Dilliway has volunteered to organise this year's school reunion. So, expect to hear from her soon! Nick Barber and Mo Ebrahim will be helping. Charles Huynh are you still offering your services as a DJ? Full details to follow shortly, once we've had a chance to meet up and sink a few pints! Tickets are £10 and available on the group's website and includes hire of the hall and a reunion T-shirt. Get your tickets early and message me your t-shirt size to avoid disappointment or getting a t-shirt that doesn't fit. 😁
03/01/2020
02/01/2020
https://youtu.be/aGd_Rrs-qNY?fbclid=IwAR2Dgk80j-91k7eL_wZUVoKdNH5iT7-DiNcfGU5dBYoV3Pj9D9w5l0Oe86o
Every Lesson Shapes a Life - Tuesday Whose story will you inspire?
24/12/2019
Merry Christmas everyone and a happy new year to you all. A special thanks to all the old boys and gals who made the effort to meet up again after decades of neglect. Hopefully, next year's reunion will be as successful as the previous one. Looking forward to seeing you all back at school. Thanks
12/12/2019
Please reply in comments if you can help. Thank You. 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
10/12/2019
THE REGGAE ROCK SHOW on Mi-Soul Radio 6/11/19 Featuring 'The Ghetto Heaven' riddim, (Naomi Cowan, Chris Martin, Jah Lil, Marcia Griffiths & The Kemist) Pressure Busspipe, Elephant Man, Buju Banton, Y.T, Jah Cure Ft D,Y.C.R,Chris Martin, Chuck Fenda, Stevie Face, Xan, Helen Rogers & more! Choice revival cuts, from Gladdy Anderson, The Charmers,....
Elliott School
School History
In 1902 the School Board for London (SBL) purchased a site at Southfields on which to build a school. Three temporary buildings, opened in 1904 (following transfer of SBL to London County Council's Education Committee), housed the school until the completion of the permanent buildings in March 1905. The official opening of Southfield School, Merton Road, Wandsworth took place in May 1905 and it continued as a mixed senior school until 1910 when it became a central school, named Southfield Central School. In April 1911 it was renamed the Elliott Central School after Sir Charles Elliott (after its first chairman of managers). By 1917 around 330 former pupils were serving in the First World War, of which 53 were killed by 1918. In 1925 the two elementary schools on the Elllott site were disbanded and the central school was divided between boys' and girls' departments, each with its own head teacher. During the Second World War the Boys' School was evacuated to Woking under Mr W R Mitchell, Acting Head and the Girls' to Guildford in Surrey under Mrs Hewetson. In 1940 Elliott London Emergency School opens on part of Merton Road site under Mrs Thomas (1940-1942), Mr MacHaffie (1942-1943) and Mr S Nugent (1943-1946). In 1945 the Elliott boys and girls returned to the Merton Road site, amalgamating with the Emergency School.
Under the London County Council's London School Plan of 1947, the Boys' School was linked with Wandsworth School, sharing the same body of governors, and the Girls' School with Mayfield (Putney County) School, but both resisted absorption into the neighbouring comprehensive schools. In 1954, as the school celebrated its Jubilee, it was announced that the Elliott Central was itself to be the nucleus of a 2,000 mixed comprehensive school in the Putney Park Lane area, retaining the name Elliott, while also absorbing pupils from Huntingfield Secondary School. In 1956 the Central Boys School was closed and transferred to the new site of Elliott Comprehensive, Pullman Gardens, Putney. The school was opened by Right Honorable Hugh Gaitskell, leader of Labour Party in 1957. In 1965 the London County Council was replaced by the Greater London Council and the school came under control of the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA). In 1968 a separate Sixth Form Block was built. In 1990 the ILEA was abolished and the school came under Wandsworth Local Education Authority. In 1992 Elliott gained Grant Maintained Status and financial freedom from Wandsworth (until 1999), and its building gained Grade II listed status. In 1997 was given Language College Status. In 2012 the school converted to academy status and was renamed ARK Putney Academy.
Headmasters: Mr W Price (1904-1933); Mr D W Llewellyn (1933-); Mr W R Mitchell (1939 Acting Head); Mr S Nugent (1943-1946); Mr P G James (1946-1956 last head of Central Boys School).
Headmistresses: Mrs E M Hewetson (first headmistress of Central Girls School 1925-1949); Mrs P Williams (1949-1956 last headmistress of Central Girls School).
Comprehensive School heads: Mr M Holmes (1956-1967); Mr T Davies (1968-1974); Mr G Rospigliosi (1974-1982); Mr V T Burgess (1982-2002); Mr T Willis (2002-2005); Mrs S Farrell (2005-2009); Mrs M Peacock (2009-2010); Mr M Phillips (2010-2013).
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