School

Long John Silver (Robin Bethell) led – and at times controlled – his infamous shipmates with cheerful vigour.’

And I too was in the school play: Toad of Toad Hall. ‘Andrew Bethell played the leading role with tremendous enthusiasm. The splendid moment with his imaginary car was unforgettable. Only a prep school boy could have been so realistic.’


Tockington Manor School Photo 1958

Lyon House Cross Team Champions 1964

He was a member of the school golf team for all four years he was at the school, which surprises me because I do not think he was a particularly good golfer. Page 63


Victorian Darts Team. Robin far right Martyn Brown second from left

Sherborne: a Photographic Essay by Robin Bethell. Inside, a collection of mounted photographs of the life we led: clever witty pictures of the dormitories, the tuck shop and even a saucy sequence showing boys leaning out of the top- floor windows to ogle the Housemaster’s daughter sun-bathing in a bikini in the gardens below.