1972

Rehearsal in the Quire. Photographed from the organ loft. Probably taken at the same time as the photo of David Thorne - see that page for more information about the rehearsal photo.

The director is Paul Morgan (Assistant Organist). Names of the choir (left to right):

Cantoris (left side of slide)
Adults: arm of probably Arthur Folland (alto secondary); Clive Dickinson (alto choral scholar); Ralph Price (tenor lay vicar and Punctator); ?; Brian Hann (bass lay vicar)
Choristers: ?

Decani (right side of slide)
Adults: (with back to camera) Tony Ransome (alto, who left the choir in the summer of 1972; Clive Dickinson then moved across to Decani); Ron Kitchen (tenor lay vicar); ?, Don Calloway (bass secondary); ?
Choristers: ?

(with thanks to Clive Dickinson for help with names and for information)

As two adult Sunday Secondaries are shown in the photo, it probably means the picture was taken during a Saturday morning rehearsal (9.00–10.15 am), when the Sunday music was rehearsed. This is likely to have been during the term when Lionel Dakers was on sabbatical (see David Throne photo).

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The photograph is a 35 mm slide that formed part of a Schools Resource pack created in 1972. Pictures and information about the resource pack are available online. An original pack is in the Exeter Cathedral Archive.