History of Agricultural Education in Wiltshire - Lackham Countryside ...

The first Further Education Sub-Committee in Wiltshire was set up in 1949,
with Mr Shawcross as F.E. Officer. The Wiltshire Authority, however, elected
to continue with its Agricultural Education Sub-Committee until 1963 rather
than allow Lackham itself to be administered by the F.E. Sub-Committee. This
decision could have been due to the fact that the Ministry of Agriculture grant
aided all the Colleges and Farm Institutes and that Further Education, including
Agricultural Education outside the Institutes, was grant aided by the Ministry
of Education. Mr Gover, the efficient Officer responsible to the Agricultural
Education Sub-Committee for administration in those days, must have found the
division of grant aid between the Ministries of Agriculture and Education very
confusing and difficult.
Most counties formed Further Education Sub-Committees, and Regional
Advisory Councils were established as advisory and consultative bodies, and a
Secretary appointed for each region. Sub-Committees were set up in each
region to consider all matters relating to specific subjects, including
Agricultural and Horticultural Education. For Agricultural matters, Wiltshire
was included in the South and South Western regions, with Headquarters at
Reading and Bristol respectively. The Agricultural Committees consisted of
representatives from the various organisations relating to the industry: N.F.U.,
N.U.A.W. etc., together with the Further Education Officers and Principals of
Farm Institutes in the region financing the whole of Agricultural Education,
including the Farm Institutes.
In view of the rapid growth of Lackham and its importance in Agricultural
Education, the County Agricultural Education Sub-Committee was disbanded and
was succeeded by the Agricultural Education and Farm Institute Sub-Committee,
with Mr F Swanton as Chairman.[*]
Agricultural Education and Farm Institute Sub-Committee
Alderman F Swanton, O.B.E. (Chairman) Mr. W J Osmond
Mr H W Annetts Mr 0 M Peall
Lt. Col. R C Bartlett Alderman S Pond
Lt. Col. C N C Boyle Brigadier D M Sole, D.S.O.
Mr W J Brimacombe, M.Sc. Mr J M Stratton
Alderman W A J Case, M.B.E. Alderman A F S Sykes
Mrs M Culverwell Mr H N Tilley
Major Sir Gerard Fuller, Bt. Alderman C W Whatley,
O.B.E.
The Lady Katharine McNeile Mr G C Whatley
Mr C A Morrison Mr J H Williams
Mr G W Olive, C.B.E., M.A. Mr T W York King