The headteacher forwarded the school’s response to County Hall’s discussion document ‘A New Curriculum for North Yorkshire Schools’. Extract from the Ragley School Logbook:Thursday, 19 September 1985 ‘It’s my spectacles again, my dear,’ said Rupert. Rupert Forbes-Kitchener, in his mid-sixties, was one of the richest men in North Yorkshire and a prominent member of the Ragley School Board of Governors. A widower for many years, he had fallen in love with Vera, our school secretary, and they had married in December 1982. It had been a dramatic change for Vera, who for many years had been content living with her brother, the Revd Joseph Evans, in the beautifully furnished vicarage, a place of order and peace. However, Vera had adapted to her new life and established routines that included the Women’s Institute, the twice-weekly cross-stitch club and coordinating the beautiful flower arrangements in St Mary’s Church. It was early morning on Thursday, 19 September and Rupert, smartly dressed as always in a white shirt, regimental tie, lovat-green waistcoat, cord trousers and highly polished brown shoes, was looking harassed.
