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	1911: Caerwent School The earliest so far - and may well the oldest Caerwent School class photograph in existence. The names of some of the pupils are known, and will be posted as soon as we get them. Llanvair Discoed school had yet to be built, so some of these youngsters would have had to have walked from Llanvair to Caerwent and back every day. No school buses then! Sincere thanks to Mrs Rose Marsh of Caerwent for this lovely photograph.
	1916: Llanvair Discoed school The school was built in 1915, and here is what is thought to be their first school photograph - of the pupils tending the school garden. The two teachers, Miss Marsh and headmistress Miss Walters, and some of the children of the Marsh, Harvey and Pritchard families can be identified. See the enlarged version for full details. We are again indebted to Mrs Rose Marsh for giving us the opportunity to see this delightful picture.
	19-?: Llanvair Discoed school And here, date unknown, is Llanvair Discoed school itself - complete with that wonderful garden!
	1922: Caerwent School This group of scholars features a youthful Mabel Hudson (now 90, and Caerwent's oldest resident). According to the card held by the young lady in the front row this is "Group IV, S47". The teacher on the right is Frank Vicarage.
	1926: Caerwent School The card says "Caerwent School 1926" and the figure "1" suggests that this is "Class 1". This is one of the early appearances of Miss Christiana Jane 'Chrissie' Pritchard, who lived at Llanvair Discoed, and combined her teaching with being Church organist and running the tiny Post Office at Llanvair with her sister Dorothy - the same Dorothy ('Dolly') who appears above as a pupil at Llanvair School in 1916.
	1926: Caerwent School Again the card says "Caerwent School 1926", but this time with a figure "3" which presumably indicates "Class 3". The card is held by Kath Hillier, and the teacher on the left is the headmistress, Miss Davies. Names wanted please! Sincere thanks to Mrs Kath Baker (Kath Hillier in the photo) for the loan of this photograph.
	1931: Caerwent School Marjorie Morgan (nee Drower) at the Post Office is able to name all of the children in this photograph. Frank Vicarage (Headmaster), Edith Thomas, Marjorie Drower, Gwen Bartle, Edie Morgan and Kathy Hillier. Ken Herbert, Raymond Stoddart, Walter Griffiths, Billy Thomas and Gordon Collingbourne. Veda Adams, Gladys Lewis, Mary Evans, Dorothy North, Beattie Brandon, Sarah Bonning, Nellie Evans and Betty Evans. Theo Griffiths, Walter Spooner, Percy Blake and Jack Collett. Sincere thanks to Mrs Marjorie Morgan for the loan of this photograph.
	1936: Caerwent School Thanks to one time Caerwent villager Hiley Jones who now lives in Surrey, and Peggy Peach from Caerwent,we now have names to most of the faces in this picture. Click on the picture to see who's who!
	1937-38: Caerwent School We are promised the names of all these children - watch this space!
	1940: Caerwent School (Boys) At last - something from the wartime years, and all identified too! Click on the picture to see more.
	1940: Caerwent School (Girls) The corresponding picture of the girls, also fully identified as before. Sincere thanks to Mrs Shirley Nettleship ('Shirley Harris') for the loan of this and the preceding photograph.
	1953: Caerwent School. Click on the picture to view an enlargement together with a 'who's who'. Sincere thanks to Paul Stapeley for the loan of this photograph, and to Averil Dean for supplying the names of the girls in the front row.
	1954: Caerwent School From the left, back row: Mr. Vicarage, Brian Harris, Mike Jones, Ben Jones, Derek Siddle, Paul Stapley, Howard Stone, John Protheroe and one unknown. Second row: Tony Juddery, Brin Fuller, John Whistance, Carol Lewis, Mary Jones, Unknown, Unknown, Brian Harding, Jeff Nutley and Miss Baker Front row: Mary Evans, ? Brandon, Vera Morgan, unknown, Wendy Hicks, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown and Ann Warner. Sincere thanks to Paul Stapley for the loan of this photograph.
	1955: Caerwent School - the 'Cafeteria' Annexe. Because of lack of space in the village school, an annexe was set up at the 'Cafeteria', a catering and entertainment facility built by the Ministry of Defence for the extra population that had been brought in to man the Royal Naval Propellant Factory that was situated north of the village. As yet these pupils haven't been identified - however their teacher, Miss Pritchard, on the right, is unmistakable!
	1956: Caerwent School A picture where we can put ames to the faces: From the left, back row: Richard Stapley, Jeff Nutley, John Jenkins, Michael Jones, Paul Stapley, Derek Siddle, Ian Batty, Howard Stone, Lesley French, Brin Fuller and John Protheroe. Second row: Gerald Marsh, Lee Savage, Brian Harding, Barbara Drewell, Valerie Herbert, Elizabeth Horn, Dolly Brandon, Barbara Knight, Peter Edwards and Brian Harris. Front Row: Hazel Dally, Carol Lewis, Mary Evans, Mr. Frank Vicarage, Mrs Jones, Wendy Hicks, Vera Morgan and Mary Jones. Sincere thanks to Mrs Rose Marsh for the loan of this photograph.
	1956: Caerwent School - the 'Cafeteria' Annexe. The same location as the 1955 picture above, but this time outside one of the wooden buildings attached to the main building. As yet these pupils haven't been identified either - but Miss Pritchard is there, happily doing the job she loved.
	1957: Caerwent School More names from the mid-fifties! From the left, back row: Mr Vicarage, John Gardner, Peter Edwards, Rae Thomas, Lesley French, John Jenkins, Geoffrey Edwards, Gerald Marsh, (Unknown), (Unknown) and Mrs Jones. Second row: Richard Stapley, Barry Brandon, Lyndon Williams, Julie Maddox, (Unknown), (Unknown), Robert Grant, Lee Savage and Graham Harris. Front Row: Valerie Herbert, Valerie Dally, Norma Jones, Janet May, (Unknown), Susan Swain, Barbara Drewell and Pamela Riddoch. Note: Some of the "Unknowns" are children who were evacuated to Caerwent at the time of the Suez Crisis. Sincere thanks to Mrs Rose Marsh for the loan of this photograph.
	1959-60: Caerwent School (Juniors). Click on the picture to view an enlargement together with a 'who's who'. Sincere thanks to David Hewer and Paul Stapley for the loan of this photograph. Thanks also to Tony Fuller for assistance with identifications!
	1959-60: Caerwent School (All). Click on the picture to view an enlargement together with a 'who's who' - or at least as many as we can manage! Can anybody supply the missing names? Sincere thanks to David Hewer for the loan of this photograph.
	1972: Caerwent School Caerwent's 5 and 6 year olds in 1972. In the picture are Mrs Attewell and Mrs Powell, with Phillip Dally, David Morgan, Robert Morgan, Jonathan Powell, Andrew Gardner, Kevin Roberts, Katherine Tiley, Anne Marie Tozer, Roger Williams, Vivienne Wilson, Julie Good, Robert Luff, Alison Strange, Sarah Liddey, Sarah Dixon, Alison Smallcombe and Lyndsey Jones.
	1972: Caerwent School And here's the 6 and 7 year olds to complete the set! In this picture are Mrs Attewell and Mrs Powell as before, with Anthony Morgan, Ian Humphries, Stephen McCarthy, Paul Griffiths, Richard Ford, Gareth Jones, Simon Bass, Sian Isaacs, Penelope Martin, Caroline Strange and Christopher Bedwell.
	1988: The LAST EVER school photograph. Names as far as known are as follows. Can YOU fill in the blanks? Back Row, from left: Mrs Sprake, Helen Nutley, (unknown), Amy Lewis, (unknown), David Bayses, (unknown), and Mrs Luckstone Third row, from left: Sarah Jane Bartram, Owen Williams, Emma Grumbach, Jacob Guy, Lisa Dawson and Richard Sleyman. Second Row, from left: James Robertson, Katie Richards, (unknown), Hannah Counsell, (unknown), Kelly Jones, Kate Grumbach, Jenny Dawson and (unknown). Front Row, from left: Richard Harris, Kris Hobday, Gareth Belforth, Nicholas Hodges, Not Known, and Chris Darbon. Thanks to Nick Hodges for the loan of the photograph.
	1988: The Caerwent School Plate. A sad little memento of 131 years of Caerwent School. The plate was specially made to commemmorate the closure of the school on July 22nd, 1988.