Mrs Dora Cockle of Langton was a big and formidable lady and I think the housekeeper. She certainly worked on the cleaning of the school and may have organised the food in conjunction with the cook (Don Summers).
One day we were playing cricket on the lower field and Geoffrey was umpiring, when suddenly an angry Mrs Cockle approached in her large apron. She started shouting at Geoffrey and delivered a "roasting" he probably never forgot: low wages, hours worked and staffing problems came into the tirade. She then stormed off and Geoffrey calmly said "Play on".
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