1963

In the Quire

A posed photograph of the choir, in the quire stalls looking towards decani. The six lay vicars in the choir (who were boosted on Sundays and special services by secondaries or 'Sunday men'), arranged three per side, have all been placed on decani for the sake of the photograph.

From left to right:

Back row: Lionel Dakers (organist), Cathedral School Headmaster, Rev. John Dams (precentor)

Decani men: George Dinneen (bass), Tommy Hughes (bass), Christopher Teuten (alto, died 2023), Malcolm Russell (alto), Ronald Kitchen (tenor 196?-1978, died 2006), Ralph Price (tenor)

Decani trebles: Hook, Dawson, Stretton-Downes, Hodge, Piers Vokes Dudgeon, Daryl Youé, Nigel Price, James Norrish, Richard Cooper

Cantoris trebles (back of heads): David Acres, Nicholas Hatswell, Wyatt, Richard Brown

Source: Life in the Cathedral (1963) by Wilfrid Westall (Jarrold & Sons, Norwich). With thanks to David Acres, Nichoilas Hatswell and Harry Williamson for information about names.