When Brancaster Deepdale village Primary School in Norfolk closed, the two school buildings were made into homes. More than 20 years later, former pupils and teachers from the 1940s to the 1980s return to reminisce about their time at the school. Their memories help to build a social history of this rugged coastal village school in the 20th Century. We hear about 1940s schoolboy pranks; evacuees from London joining classes; and how the curriculum was designed around the nature and farmland surrounding the village. Two decades later, we hear of the important part played by Honey and Muffin (the school dogs); the spectrum computer which ran on cassette tapes; and the two pot bellied stoves which took three days to heat up the classrooms. We also find out about the village's protest against the closure, and the impact on the community when the school finally shut its doors in the summer of 1985.

Video Series: School Days
Release Date 2006