Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford
Thursley History Society recently made a small contribution to the fund established to save the Rural Life Living Museum.
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Climbing Mount Everest, 8848m, in 2003
Tony Kelly, of Bedford Farm, gave a talk in the village hall in October 2024 about his extraordinary feat.
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Visit to the D-Day Story Museum
These are just a few examples of exhibits both outside and inside the museum
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The Harvest Supper returns to Thursley
The idea of resurrecting the event came from Susanne Hunter, Sally Scheffers, Tamsin Taylor Matthews, Lisa Woods and Lizzie Young
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St Michael's and All Angels: Installation of the "Tree of Life" Vestry Screen
The Vestry Screen for Thursley's Church was designed by Tracey Sheppard FGE, was unveiled by the Dean of Guildford on 26th November 2024...
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Thursley Photo, 2000
This photograph, inspired by the school photographs of his youth, was Peter Anderson's idea (he lived in Brook Cottage, opposite the road...
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Thursley's Beacon lit for the Queen's Jubilee in 2022
As part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, individuals and organisations were invited to lead the nation's tribute to Her Majesty the...
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History in the making...the launch of our website
On Saturday, 1st June 2024, more than 50 villagers turned up at the village hall to witness the launch of the Thursley History Society...
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Neil Woods: Memorial Cricket Match, 26th May 2024
On a day where the weather forecasters were proved wrong, a charity cricket match to celebrate the life of Neil Woods was held between a...
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Anniversaries and Weddings
This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was in the Parish Magazine in April 2024. See also 'Wedding Belles'. April 28, 2024 marks the...
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Thursley Marriages 1613 -2023: Part 5 2000 to date
As part of the History of Thursley Society's Wedding Belles exhibition held in 2007, this list of marriages that took place in St...
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Thursley Marriages 1613 - 2023: Part 4 1900 - 1999 (includes Marriage Register details)
As part of the History of Thursley Society's Wedding Belles exhibition held in 2007, this list of marriages that took place in St...
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The Festival of Britain, 1951
The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition and fair that reached millions of visitors throughout the United Kingdom in the summer...
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Old Faces Reunited: part of the Wedding Belles exhibition
The History of Thursley Society's exhibition, Wedding Belles, celebrated the history of weddings in Thursley church from 1613 - 2007 when...
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Ukrainian 'Thank You' party
Following an appeal for help from Arkadii Kostenko, a number of villagers were able to house Ukrainian refugees beginning in April 2022,...
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Scarecrow Trails
Photographs only - courtesy Valérie Ferris (VF) and Andrew Kaplanovsky (AK) Starting in 2016 (VF) Many more entries in 2017 (AK) And more...
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The Coronation of King Charles III & Queen Camilla, May 2023
As usual, the village celebrated this Royal occasion and it began with a Royal Ball in the village hall on Saturday, 7th May 2023: A...
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