NOSTALGIA: Wyberton pupils queue up for chance to soak headmaster in 1976

By David Seymour
Published 23rd Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Updated 23rd Jun 2021, 14:42 BST
A youngster gets set to release a wet sponge at Wyberton Primary School's summer fete 45 years ago.A youngster gets set to release a wet sponge at Wyberton Primary School's summer fete 45 years ago.
A youngster gets set to release a wet sponge at Wyberton Primary School's summer fete 45 years ago.
Sponges were flying at Wyberton Primary School’s summer fete 45 years ago, with most aimed at headmaster Trevor Thompson (out of shot).

Mr Thompson had a queue of youngsters when he took his turn in the ‘stocks’, but the event helped to raise £400 to purchase display units for the school to show off the children’s work.

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