A Pack of Materials for Use in Schools
Edited by
Dr Mike Dobson (Exeter Choral Scholar and Lay Vicar, 1976–2023)
September 2025
Acquisition of the School Resource Pack
The pack was bought by Mike Dobson in January 2024 via EBay. The seller was a dealer in printed ephemera based in Bridport, Dorset and had acquired it “from a Clearance chap” at Dorchester Boot Fair. It is not known how the Boot Fair dealer came to have it.
The pack is now in the Exeter Cathedral Archive. It is accompanied with more detailed documentation than is provided here.
Date of the Resource Pack
Dates mentioned in the items inside the box, particularly what is stated on the pack’s advertising flyer, indicate it was mainly produced in 1972, but a reference to 35 mm slides of the installation of a Dean, which would have been Clifford Chapman, shows that it was also being worked on in 1973. There is also one mention of the Testament Sculptures in the Chapter House. These were created 1969–1974 (discussed under item 15 of the Contents), so this education project may even have continued until 1974.