School group 1964.

Wally Marsh, the headmaster, is standing to the left, my mother, Audrey Hotchkiss is standing far right. I can be seen on the back row , 5th child from the left. Back row, far right is the daughter of Tom Adams, landlord of the Ring of Bells, next to her is Sally Webber.

Next row forward, 2nd left is Phillip 'Cherdy' Stentiford and next to him, Anthony Webber.

Next row forward (seated); 4th from right is David Hartnell (I think).

Front row; 2nd. from right is Jimmy Butt, next to him is Carol Hartnell.

I don't have many memories of the children of Cheriton Fitzpaine school but a few names come to mind; Cherdy Stentiford who was killed whilst on active service in Northern Ireland in 1972. Carol and David Hartnell with whom I spent many hours playing in the barns of Poole Barton. Anthony and Sally Webber; Anthony was my best friend in the village. Actually there's one of those 'small world' coincidences regarding him; in the early 1990s I was looking to buy a property in the West Country and, whilst viewing one property in the Taw valley, I was telling the woman who was showing us around her house about my time in Devon. It transpired that she had been romantically involved with him when she was younger.

School group 1965.

Wally Marsh, the headmaster, is standing to the left, my mother, Audrey Hotchkiss is standing far right. Jimmy Butt is back row, first child on right, the Adams girl 4th from right.

Carol Hartnell is in the next row, first from right.

Next row forward (seated); 5th from right is David Hartnell (I think).

Infant class group 1965.

Sports day.

As the school had no playing fields sports day was held at Shobrooke Park.

School outing to the Dart valley.

Re-thatching the school roof was an occasion for extra-curricular studies.

Some children from my mother's class.

Was this the school yard?

If anyone can help with identifying anyone in the pictures please contact me at the email address below.

I no longer have the originals from which these pictures have been taken but I do have larger digital copies (between 2 - 3 Mb). As you can see they aren't of particularly good quality but if anyone would like a copy please contact me at simon@riverdale.org.uk.