Popular with the audience

Originally characterised a concert given by pupils of Torrington County Secondary School in aid of the fund to provide a swimming pool, and held in the school last week.

The accent was on the spoken word and two short plays were written and produced by Mr B. Nash, the English Master. They were, ‘The Ghost on Winkleigh Moor,’ and set during the great plague, ‘Hopeful Hearts’.

Another one-act play, ‘King Alfred and the Cakes’ was produced by the Headmaster (Mr J.W. Bastin) and, equally popular with the audience of about 250 parents and friends was ‘Widdicombe Fair,’ devised by Mr F, William, the famous son being illustrated, as the picture shows, in a delightful manner.

The photograph shows the grey pony signing her will.

Recorder music was another feature of the varied programme, which began and ended with selections by the school choir. Miss M. Godsland was accompanist.

Article dated 2 December 1960