The Parish Of South Petherwin

Old School Photographs

As in all Parishes the Village School plays a major part in the everyday life. South Petherwin School is now situated at a new site and the Old School has been demolished with only the School House remaining, but here you will find some pictures of the Old school and of some of its Pupils down the years. Please be patient, as some of the pictures are quite old and therefore do not reproduce very well. Click on the thumbnails to view the Full pictures. Whilst great care has been taken in attributing names to the faces in the Photographs, there may have been some mistakenly identified, also some still remain unidentified. If anyone can help in this matter please contact this site.

An Old Picture of the Classroom The School House 1910 Looking towards the School The Old School house as it stands today as a private dwelling

(The Old School having been demolished!)

Outside The Boys Entrance either 1926 or 1927

Back Row: ?, Joyce White, John Bennett, George Davey, ? John Truscott, Aunger, Northcott, Lilian Bennett, ? Sitting: ?, Ruth Harris, Maud Prout, Harvey, Penhale, ? Kneeling: Parnell, ?, Vanstone, Creber.

Back Row: Claude Harvey. Leonard Allen, Bobby Herring, Renee Congdon, Jack Stenlake,, Tommy Earle, Douglas Adams, Mary Parnell, Peter Symons, Marjorie Jonas, Bertha Neal.

Middle Row: Samuel Vanstone, Norman Keast, Kenneth Goodman, Girlie Cole, Joyce Rowe, Joan Messer, John Mason, Roslyn Harvey.

Front Row: John Wills, Francis Congdon, Cleverdon Davey, Barbara Goodman, Vera Cory, Barbara Jenkin, Joyce Rich, Winnie Cheeseworth, Maisie Williams. (This class includes those from Pipers Pool)

Believed to be from around 1934 includes Pipers Pool

Back Row: Messer, Parnall, ? Beryl Gregory, Daisy Cheeseworth, ?, Emily Smith. Second Row from Back: Davies Congdon, Bill Northcott, ?, Roy Finnemore, Claude Harvey, Roslyn Harvey, Sidney Smale. Second row from Front: Parnell, Alfie Cheeseworth, Mary Wills, Girlie Cole, Marjorie Jonas, J. Sadd, M. Penhale, Maisie Williams, Arthur Williams. Front Row: Tony Pearce, Joyce Veale, ?, Enid Sadd, Alice Cheeseworth.

1935

Back Row L-R
Francis Congdon Marjorie Jonas Barbara (Jenkins?) Maisie williams Joyce Rowe Claude Harvey

Middle row
Roy finnamore Harold Goodman Mary wills Emily Smith Girlie cole Marjorie Penhale Harry Richards Lonnie Marks

Front row
Kenneth Goodman Norman Keast Sidney Smith Russel Dingle John Wills Billy Northcott Clifford Bloye Cecil Pett John Mason Roslyn Harvey

South Petherwin School 1936

Back Row: Ken Cole, ?, Mary Goodman, Joyce Finnemore, Maurice Rowe, Jack Aunger, Second Row from Back: Screech, Dorothy Northcott, Lorna Penhale, May Jollill, Theme Congdon, Lonnie Marks.

Second Row from Front: Cleverdon Davey, Mary Parnell, Dorothy Cheeseworth, Barbara Jenkin, Bertha Neal, Vera Cory, Barbara Goodman, Russel Dingle? Front Row: ?, John Mason, Cecil Pett, Norman Keast, Kenneth Goodman.

Gardening Group outside School House circa 1930's

Standing: Lilian Bennett, Northcott, John Truscott, George Davey, Bate?, ?,?,?,?,?,? Kneeling: Christine Gilbert, Doris Fuge,?.

Miss Maddever and her Infants Class thought to be from 1954

Girls with Bed they fitted out for the Bath and West Show 1955

From left to right Back: Brenda Jenkin, Joyce Whale, Margaret Jenkin, Josephine ?, Barbara Curtis, Jennifer?, Valerie Uglow, Elizabeth Drake. Front Row: Caroline Davey, Rosemary Drake, Barbara Jenkin.

South Petherwin Church School 1936

Back Row, From Left Claude Harvey, Marjorie Penhale, Joyce Rowe, Marjorie Jonas, Maisie Williams, Emily Smith, Harry Richards.

Middle Row, Evelyn Pawlin, Daisy Cheeseworth, Joyce Veale, Mary Wills, Beryl Gregory, Girlie Cole, Linda Screech, Enid Ladd, Ruth Adams, Teacher Miss Edith Batten.

Front Row, Billy Northcott, Francis Congdon, Gerald Parnell, Roy Finnemore, Arthur Williams, George Edwards, Sidney Smith.

South Petherwin primary school 1979

From about 1979 (Thanks to Gary Bray for the photo and the three below)

Top row : Vanessa Goodman, Donna Retallick, Felicity Lane,Robert Tucker, Neil Moorman, Samantha Johnson and Robin Colton

Bottom Row : Garry Bray, Simon Wakeham, Julian Butler, Avril Tucker, Darryl Wakeham, Jamie Tucker and Nicholas Shopland