First Impressions Of St. Michael's

May 1957 and my Parents disappeared through the porch to inspect St.Michael's, leaving me outside Ingoldisthorpe Rectory in the car, with instructions to exercise the dog whilst they were away.

Having taken him someway up the road to Shernborne, I returned to find the car gone. Fortunately the eastern boundary of the front garden at the Rectory had exceedingly old and large diameter trees and I was able to conceal both myself and my embarrassment from the inquisitive gaze of pupils for an hour or more until my Parents returned (without Roger, thank goodness)

They explained that Mr. Pott had leapt into the Hillman and shot off through the gates for Heacham before they had reached their car and there certainly wasn't time to consider my whereabouts if they were not to lose the Headmaster completely.

My first experience of Roger's speed, and the wind whistling round the exposed school building called St. Michael's.

Ian Dupont