Ағылшылдағы еврейлер мектебі: Carmel College тарихы

Jewish boarding school in England

Carmel College was founded in 1948 as a British, Jewish boarding school for boys, modelled on British public schools. In later years it was, to some extent, co educational, and there were a few non Jewish day pupils. It closed down in 1997. Carmel College alumni are known as "Old Carmelis"; in 1973 the school was referred to as the "Jewish Eton" by The Observer correspondent, Chaim Bermant.

The school grounds in Mongewell Park had the straightest run of the River Thames flowing past it, and Oxford University made full use of this during their preparation for the annual Boat Race.

The Mansion House was an old manor house with particular significance. Agatha Christie (who lived nearby in Wallingford) used it as the basis for the mansion in her 1952 play The Mousetrap. The headmaster's study was also the room used for the final briefing of the reconnaissance mission following the Dam Busters raid. There is a pillbox on the school grounds, beside the river. A scene in the 2011 film The Iron Lady, where Margaret Thatcher is perfecting her prime ministerial voice, was shot on location in the synagogue of Carmel College. In 2013 and 2014 Kylie Minogue and the Kaiser Chiefs shot videos in the school's gym. In the 2016 film, Mindhorn, the Carmel College synagogue is used as the location for scenes depicting the exterior and interior of fictional civic hall offices on the Isle of Man (approx timestamp 00:53:40 and 01:08:40). The science fiction film, Annihilation (2018), starring Natalie Portman, uses the Carmel College swimming pool and other areas for scenes involving the Fort Amaya military base (approx timestamp 00:42:05 00:49:05). In 2017, the library of the mansion house was used for filming interior scenes of Stalin's living quarters in the film The Death of Stalin. In 2018, the art room in the teaching block, the interior of the Julius Gottlieb Gallery, the exterior and interior of the mansion house, the lake and the ruined church were used in scenes from BBC's production of John le Carré's The Little Drummer Girl. In 2020, the pool was used for the cover of the album Build a Problem by Dodie, as well as in photoshoots.