Monthly Archives: August 2020

Miss Everitt’s ecology lessons

Posted on 20th August 2020 by Ian

Generations of pupils at High Ham Primary School will remember Miss Everitt, the infant teacher who for decades taught the infant class at our two teacher school. Progress in our school was simple, you went in the front door each … Continue reading →

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Burning schools and other wishes

Posted on 19th August 2020 by Ian

Did you ever wish your school would burn down? It would become a particular wish of mine around this time each year. As the short English summer holidays drew to a close, there would be a hope that there would … Continue reading →

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Asthmatic evenings

Posted on 18th August 2020 by Ian

Walking beside the river at eight o’clock in the evening, the temperature has hardly fallen from its afternoon high. Twenty-four degrees is no longer considered a hot day, it would have taken another ten degrees to have brought the day … Continue reading →

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A Langport record

Posted on 17th August 2020 by Ian

There was record-breaking cricket played by Somerset County Cricket Club playing against Warwickshire today. Batting as the tenth of Somerset’s eleven players, Jamie Overton scored 120 runs. It was the highest ever score for a Somerset player batting at number … Continue reading →

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Archetypal countrymen

Posted on 16th August 2020 by Ian

A Sunday evening on a village road, he seemed homeward bound. Boiler-suited, work-booted, he carried an empty mug in one hand. Perhaps someone had brought a hot drink to him, perhaps the mug had been reused to the point where … Continue reading →

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