On Tuesday 2oth July 1943, Mr. H.E. Chappell, who had been on the staff at the Avenue School, Warminster, since its inception in 1931, as a teacher of manual handicrafts (wood and metalwork), for the boys of both senior schools in the town, concluded his services. Previous to the reorganisation of Warminster schools, Mr. Chappell had for many years conducted manual classes in Warminster and Westbury with conspicuous success. He retired from active teaching and took up residence at Dartmouth, Devon.