THE VILLAGE

A PICTORIAL TOUR OF

OLD THORNHAM

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THIS IS THE TOP OF CHURCH STREET BY THE NOW BUS SHELTER

 

THIS IS NEAR OAK HOUSE ON THE MAIN ROAD
 

YORK HOUSE AS A BUTCHERS SHOP.  BUT WHO IS THE LITTLE BOY IN THE PICTURE.

THE MAIN ROAD SHOWING THE 2 CHAPELS AND THE BUILDINGS WHERE THE BUS SHELTER NOW STANDS

   

NEAR STOCKS HILL ON MAIN ROAD

 

   

APRIL 25TH 1962 WHIRLWIND HELICOPTER LANDS IN PARK

PAPER CUTTING FOR THE ABOVE HELICOPTER PHOTO'S

 

   

                                 STOCKS HILL                                                   CHOSELEY RD 1963

WHO NEVER KNEW THIS AREA OF THORNHAM USED TO BE CALLED "FROG MARKET STREET"

WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN THE GARAGE USED TO BE RUN BY MR KING

 

   

 MANY MANY YEARS AGO. DATE UNKNOWN                                        AS IT IS TODAY

   

THE BIG FREEZE OF 1963                                                        A VERY OLD CHURCH STREET POSTCARD

   

                        HIGH STREET 1960s                                                       VICTORIA HOUSE POST MARKED 1921

MRS SIDDLE & MRS RUTLAND PASSING UNLOADING OF CARTS.

   

THIS ARE USED TO BE KNOWN AS MARKET PLACE.                                  FROG MARKET STREET (NOW CHURCH STREET)

   

THESE TWO PICTURES  SHOW THE WEST END OF THE VILLAGE.  THE SECOND PICTURE IS ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN THE DROVE HOUSE AND THE TURNING DOWN TO THE LIFEBOAT

   

CHURCH STREET

   

SHOWING TURNING DOWN TO LIFEBOAT INN                           HIGH STREET IRON WORKS ON LEFT

   

STOCKS HILL MARCH 09 2008

   

THIS IS NOT THE NORMAL PICTURE FROM THIS ANGLE.                                      EAST END OF THORNHAM

                            THIS SHOWS WHERE THE BUS SHELTER NOW IS

   

                  HIGH STREET 1960s                                                                    HIGH STREET 1958

HIGH STREET.  POSTMARK ON POSTCARD 1901

SO ONE CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THIS PHOTO IS ACTUALLY EARLIER THAN THAT

 

CHURCH STREET 2004

 

   

BANK ROAD 1963 & 2005

BOWLING GREEN 020706

CHOSELY ROAD 250805 LOOKING TOWARDS VILLAGE

NEW ROAD 250805 FACING TOWARDS VILLAGE

      

   IVY COTTAGE.  230504                      METHODIST CHAPEL. 230504                    YORK COTTAGE. 020706

BEHIND THE BUS SHELTER LURKS THE ORIGINAL

CORONATION SEAT

 

 

 

         

   

STEVE & MEGAN GREEF ENJOYING THE THEN NEW BUS SHELTER

LIST OF CRAFTSMEN & THORNHAM PARISH COUNCIL

THESE ARE STONES ON THE BACK OF THE SHELTER

ALL PICTURES 230504

   

   

 

THE HOUSE FORMALLY KNOWN AS

"THE COTTAGE"

CC 1920

NOW TURNED INTO SEVERAL DWELLINGS

 

THE HALL

 

   

 

 

                                             

THORNHAM VICARAGE

  

 

 

 
 

THE FOLLOWING PICTURES  ARE OF

THE DROVE HOUSE

THESE PICTURES ARE MAINLY TAKEN FROM COPIES OF OLD POSTCARDS

 

ROAD GOING DOWN TO HARBOUR, AS IT IS TODAY

TAKEN 03/04/08

ABOVE PICTURE TAKEN AT THE BOTTOM OF CHURCH STREET WHERE THE GREEN ENDS AND CHURCH STREET STARTS ON 12/07/09

 

SEE IF YOU CAN FIND WHERE THESE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS BELOW WERE TAKEN IN THE PARISH OF THORNHAM.

CLUE :- THEY ARE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHURCH.

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DATE 31/03/09

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