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THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A VILLAGE IS IT'S PEOPLE.

HERE ARE BUT A FEW

THE PHOTOGRAPHS ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT IN ANY KIND OF DATE ORDER

THEY ARE PLACED ON THE PAGE AS I RECEIVED THEM

NELLIE TIPPLE'S WEDDING.

YEAR UNKNOWN

       

        BENNY HOWARD                               BILLY HOWARD                            BILLY SMITHBONE

           

                BERTIE BIX                                                                           FRANK STIMSON 1968          

                             

                                            JOHN WOODS                                                              NELLIE DIX

               

    RONALD FISHER 1963           SAM & GEORGE HEWITT              RINGWOOD ?                     BILLY DUCKER

       

                    ANGELA SOUTHERLAND'S WEDDING                              COL. AMES & FAMILY                            CATH & REG SHEPHERD

   

                MORRIS DANCING 1910                                 MARCHING THROUGH THORNHAM (ANY IDEAS WELCOME)

   

                                         MR & MRS STEPHENSON                                                     EVELYN SEAWARD

                                       HEADMASTER & TEACHER THORNHAM SCHOOL.                 HER MOTHER WENT TO AFRICA

                                                                                                                                  EVELYN WAS LEFT IN THORNHAM TO BE BROUGHT UP    

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION PARADE 1959

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION PARADE 1959

 

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION PARADE 1959

                                                          

 

                                    

THE ABOVE 4 PICTURES FEATURE MAINLY AGGIE POTTER

THE LITTLE GIRL WITH HER IN THE 4TH PICTURE IS

ELLEN POTTER, KNOWN NOW HAS ELLEN HOWELL, ROBERT & LESLIE'S MOTHER

  

                 ELLEN POTTER (HOWELL)                                         ELLEN POTTER (HOWELL) GWEN WATSON / BAKER

                                                 

       ALFRED GREEF.  LATE 1920s                                                                            ANNA GREEF 1970s

LAWRENCE CLARK'S WEDDING TO HILDA GENT

 

THORNHAM BOWLS CLUB                                                 1956

   

                                1959                                                    FRED HAMMOND

   

                    ERIC BECK                                                       ERIC BECK MARRIAGE TO RENEE WOODS

   

                          ERIC BECK'S MOTHER & FATHER                                     RENEE WOOD'S MOTHER & FATHER

                                                   

WINIFRED MOOR & MOTHER  17/09/1908                                            WINIFRED MOOR

THESE 2 PICTURES SHOW THE WIFE & DAUGHTER OF THE VICAR OF THAT PERIOD IN THE VILLAGE

   

            NEAR CLOCK ROW IN THORNHAM                         TUG OF WAR AT GARDEN FETE AT MANOR HOUSE

   

  ROBERT HOWELL, FRANK BRADBEER, ATLEE NEEDHAM & MARK RIX.

                        

ABOVE 3 PHOTO'S.  FLOWER SHOW IN THORNHAM.  BELIEVED TO BE EARLY 1900s

       

HERBERT (SUNNY) MIDDLETON                                HORACE & MRS HEWITT                             HARRIET PROUDFOOT (HEWITT)

ONCE OWNER OF CARAVAN SITE                   GRANDFATHER TO SAM & GEORGE                  MARRIED STEPHEN HEWITT

USED TO DELIVER MILK                                                                                                                        MOTHER OF SAM & GEORGE                  

   

                        LEWIS HUNT                                           RUBY LARTER (HUNT) WENT ON TO MARRY LEWIS HUNT

                       

          GEORGE HINES                                 DAVID CHART                            THORNHAM GUIDE TROOP

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL

           

                                        OLIVE & OSWALD WATERFIELD                                      OLIVE WHITING   PRE RAF DAYS

   

CHILDREN'S PARTY IN DRILL HALL 1959       

   

                       MAUD POTTER                                                                                  MRS CROSS

                               

            ROBERT & MARY ANN ASKER                                            THORNHAM TO KING' LYNN CHARITY WALK

                                                                                                      ROBERT RUDDLE, STEVE GREEF, DAVID RUDDLE,

                                                                                                                                                                                                             RODNEY SUTHERLAND, ANDREW McGLYNN

                                                                                                                              25 MARCH 1978

 

BRENDA FLATT. TAKEN MONDAY 10TH AUGUST 2009

ONE OF THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE CHURCH, WHO HELPS KEEP THE PLACE CLEAN

RICHARD SIDEY & HIS DOG CHAMPAGNE

 

THE NEXT FOUR PHOTO'S SHOW THE
GUILD OF HELPING HANDS

 A CHARITY ORGANISATION RUN BY THE PEOPLE OF THORNHAM

   

                                                                                          GWEN BAKER.  EVA WARD.  GLENDA SADLER

 

 

ALL THE PICTURES IN THIS COLLECTION ARE FROM A NIGHT OUT HAD BY WORKERS OF THORNHAM FARM, COURTESY OF PERKINS DIESEL ENGINES.   THE FARM WAS OWNED THEN BY HENRY BETT AND NOW BY HIS SON STEPHEN BETT. PICTURES BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN LATE 50s EARLY 60s.  INDIVIDUAL PICTURES TAKEN FROM THE TEMPLATE ON DISPLAY FIRST.  PICTURES STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS ON, QUOTE THESE IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF ONE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL COPIES OF THESE PHOTO'S, THESE WERE TAKEN FROM THE ABOVE TEMPLATE FOUND IN A FAMILY ALBUM ONCE OWNED BY MY GRANDMOTHER

CLOCKWISE  STARTING NEAR THE NUMBER 8

LUAN WALKER, HENRY BETT, BOB BUSSEY, ERIC BECK, MARSHALL RISEBOROUGH

GENTLEMAN CENTRE FRONT UNKNOWN

EMAIL THIS SITE IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF ANY OF THESE PHOTO'S OR TO REQUEST REMOVAL OF PHOTO'S WITH FAMILY MEMBER IN.  DO NOT FORGET TO QUOTE NUMBER WHEN ORDERING OR REQUESTING REMOVAL.  THIS GOES FOR ANY PHOTO YOU SEE ON THIS SITE

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FROM NOW ON, IF THE QUALITY OF THE PICTURES ARE IN QUESTION,

IT COULD INDEED MEAN YOU ARE LOOKING AT A COPY OF A NEWSPAPER CUTTING

   

ABOVE

BILL HARBOR MANNING BOTH THE POST OFFICE AND THE BAKERY

 

       

        CHRISTINE STIMSOM                     HERBERT (SUNNY) MIDDLETON                     MAURICE CHAPMAN
 

       

               DEREK BATTERBEE                                       DIANE EDGE                                   ROSEMARIE EDGE                

PICTURE ABOVE TAKEN IN 1992

THORNHAM KING'S HEAD

TED RASON & RONNIE WADLOW

IN THE LAVENDER FIELDS

 

"Raven's Court" creator Robbie Wright giving bouquet to Mrs Kathleen Ware who was then a new resident of "Ravens Court"

Also in the picture from the left are her husband Reginald, estate agent Richard Bird and a another resident Mrs Mabel Howes

DARTS TEAM 1940

CANNOT NAME ANY OF THESE, CAN YOU?

HAVE FOUND OUT SOME NAMES AND THE DATE OF ABOVE, THEY WILL BE ADDED SOON
HOW MANY CAN YOU NAME, I CAN NAME BUT A FEW
 DATE UNKNOWN

MOTHERS UNION DEANERY SERVICE 17/06/1953

MOTHERS UNION DEANERY PARTY 1957

LISTED IN ALBUM AS ELDERLY PERSONS PARTY 1950

IN DRILL HALL

PARTY IN DRILL HALL.  DATE UNKNOWN. 

NAMES PLEASE FOR THE TWO PICTURES ABOVE IF YOU KNOW THEM

   

TOM HART.                                                                                                            BILLY WALKER.

OLIVE JOHNSON'S FATHER.                                                           USED TO RUN THE SHELL GARAGE IN                                       .

NOT STRICTLY A THORNHAM PERSON.                                                       THORNHAM                    

BUT WAS ALWAYS READY FOR A CHAT

WHEN SUPPING IN THE CHEQUERS