The apprentice John holding the sword, Chantry Cottage, 2 July 1974

Photograph, 2 July 1974. A tall young man with long hair stands barefoot in the middle of the temple in a black robe with white facings and a knotted white cord at the waist, holding a broad bladed sword level in both hands. Betty Britton stoops beside him in a shining robe, reaching towards the blade. A young woman in a white robe sits against the wall at the right, a dagger on the bricks beside her, and other members of the coven are seated in the foreground. The altar stands in the fireplace behind, candles lit among the flowers. The museum lists the print as 'John with sword'. Bexhill Museum item 083. Print from the Bexhill Observer photographic archive at Bexhill Museum. Shown in UNSEEN: The Alex Sanders Archive at Bexhill Museum, Part One, The Town That Was Already Listening (9 August 2026), presented by Julian Porter of Bexhill Museum and hosted by Sharon Day for Alexandrian Witchcraft. The apprentice John holding the sword, Chantry Cottage, 2 July 1974. (1974). Bexhill Observer photographic archive, Bexhill Museum. Alexandrian Witchcraft Timeline & Archive. https://www.alexandrianwitchcraft.com/archive/bexhill-museum-083-john-with-the-sword