Woodlands School

Woodlands School was a preparatory school in Deganwy located in north Wales. It was in use as a convalescent home in the late 19th century and in 1904 became a preparatory school for boys. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, additions were made to the building to accomodate the needs of the developing school.
In 1948 the school was taken over by Rev. A.D.R. Brooke, a bachelor, and Lt-Colonel and Mrs. A.J.B. Sinker. In 1949, aerial photographs of the school were commissioned by them.
The school has been demolished and a housing estate built on the site, with a street called Woodlands named after it.
==Links to Peel==
Peel was a pupil at the school between 1946 and 1951 . He would sometimes talk about his experience at the school on his programmes including the 1987 radio series, Peeling Back The Years, where he described not knowing anyone at the school who liked popular music. 
On his 24 April 1992 show, a listener mentioned to Peel that Woodlands School was demolished during the week.
Peel also met Sparrow Harrison at the school and mentioned in Margrave Of The Marshes that he was the only person outside his immediate family that he knew before his twenty eighth birthday who kept in touch with him.
== External Links ==
* Coflein
*Deganwy History Group
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