Can you help solve another school mystery…
Does this story ring any bells? Does anyone recall there being a bell at West Heath? Not a hand-held one, but a large bell which would have been hanging somewhere. Laurence Corper has contacted WHOGA to ask if anyone remembers…
Old girls clear up confusion over Miss Elliott’s accident
The confusion surrounding the location of the accident that caused the death of former West Heath headmistress Miss Phyllis Elliott, has finally been cleared up thanks to memories provided by former pupils. Previously, stories circulated that she drowned in January…
Where did ‘tragic mischance’ involving West Heath headmistress take place?
Miss Phyllis Elliot, the West Heath headmistress who made the bold decision to move the school from Ham Common to Sevenoaks in the 1930s, sadly drowned in a swimming pool accident in 1967, two years after her retirement. Miss Elliott…
Historic Ash Grove House name makes a comeback
The original name of ‘West Heath School’ was preserved when the charity, that took over the estate in 1998, changed its name from ‘The New School at West Heath’ to West Heath School in 2015. Now another name from the…
The drama hall has gone – long live the new hall…
by Frank ‘Scoop’ Baldwin Do you have memories of performing plays or music recitals on the large stage in the West Heath Drama Hall? Maybe you remember morning assemblies, or sitting at a desk anxiously waiting to start an exam….
Staff’s Queen performance caught on camera!
50 years ago this month, on 31 October 1975, Queen released their ground-breaking single Bohemian Rhapsody. About 10 years later in 1985, Queen performed the song at the Live Aid charity concert at Wembley when the band stole the show….
Claydon House mystery solved
Frank ‘Scoop’ Baldwin takes us on a trip back in time to when West Heath pupils and staff were evacuated to an historic house in Buckinghamshire during the second world war to avoid being caught in ‘Doodlebug Alley’. When the…
WHOGS who lunch
Bridget Wood writes… Just had a brilliant get together for lunch of girls who started in the 1965/66 era. The reunion was kindly organised and produced by Tina Klarfelt (Campbell) in Hampshire. And below is a photo of the lacrosse…
Can you help solve the Claydon House mystery?
Griselda Gifford (nee Willoughby), who is one of the oldest surviving members of WHOGA, made contact recently after seeing the West Heath Old Girls Association page on Facebook. She is kindly supplying some personal memories of her time at West…
Elisabeth becomes one of ‘The Party Girls’ at World Premiere in Kent and goes on tour
Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, who attended West Heath in the 80s, has firmly established herself in the world of acting. Her roles include playing Zara Carmichael in the BBC soap opera Doctors. She won an award for Best Female Acting Performance at…