 In the 1970s, Potter and his wife operated a 900-year-old Devonshire ale house.He rejoined the D'Oyly Carte for the 1979 season, appearing only as Nanki-Poo in "The Mikado".He then continued to perform occasionally, appearing, for example, as Lord Tolloller with the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company in 2001 at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, where he also occasionally gave master classes or participated in coachings and lectures for many years.