Parkside Middle School

The school was located on a site to the north of the Village Road, behind the Blagdon Arms and Primitive Methodist Chapel. In addition to the original two-floor building, the Main Hall, gymnasium, and a number of other classrooms were later added to the west and south of the main block, enclosing a paved area known as the quadrangle. Covered walkways between the newer buildings and the original block were later enclosed with outer walls to protect the children from the weather. In the early 1990s, a Year 5 block was constructed to the far west of the site, replacing huts that had stood on the playing fields for the previous few decades. Playing fields and a tennis court with wire net fence…