Vicars and choirs
Janet: Were you here when Mr Sodey was ?
Dennis: Ya, he was the first Vicar I knew.
Interviewer – Barbara: What was he like ?
Dennis: Mr Sodey? Then there was Father Townend
Janet: Yes, well Mr Sodey was a breath of fresh air between Mr Thomas and Mr Townend. (laughter) They were both a bit more suited to a Monastery, I think.
Dennis: Poor old Father Townend he was very solemn.
Interviewer – Barbara: Was that with the Chapel or St Peter’s ?
Dennis: St Peter’s. Yes I was in the Choir up here (St Peter’s) I can’t sing a note.
Janet: We all were.
Dennis: Yes you were there, Vivenne Donnithorne, Noreen Keat, Barbara Keat, Janet Sweet, Roger Keat, Raymond Bate, Syd Pluckrose,
Janet: Michael Bate, Leonard Pluckrose, Ronald Cheshire, Michael and Freddie Vagus.
Dennis: You would see a dozen girls and boys, there would be a double row, girls would sit there, boys there.
Janet: David Short
Dennis: David Short, ya every Sunday