Journey through time - Micklands Primary School

In the 1930's the Land Settlement Committee allocated land and houses to needy
families. These came mainly from Wales and Cumberland. They were provided with
three-bedroomed houses and half an acre of land. Many families kept chickens and
other livestock. The expectation was that the families could be self-sufficient.
Families, who moved in, during winter, received some coal. Mr Len Williams
remembers the excitement of moving somewhere different, where “we'll be able
to have a bath every morning". As one of the first families to move in to Woods
Road, he remembers playing with his brothers and sisters on the building site.
During the war he remembers an airplane making an emergency landing in the field
where the school now stands; it had to be removed by the R.A.F.
Before Micklands was built, school children in the area walked to Dunsden. Many
parents objected to the four journeys a day escorting their children to and from
school. Later a taxi was hired to take some of the children to school. This was
insufficient and eventually some of the families refused to take the children to
school. As a result a temporary (!) building was erected and Micklands was born.