On Saturday, 1st June 2024, more than 50 villagers turned up at the village hall to witness the launch of the Thursley History Society website. The site was designed by Helena Traill, a daughter of the village and founder of Nooh Studios, and the content was populated by David Young from a variety of sources.
In recognising the rich source of material available to him, David mentioned Tim Walsh in particular, the society's former digital archivist, who had done such diligent work over the past many years. Photographic sources came from three photographers the village is lucky to have: Valérie Ferris; Jill Fry; Sean Edwards.
Before the site was demonstrated by Helena and David, villagers were entertained on the village hall's new big screen by scrolling photographs which were part of the digital archive and put together by Alie Hanbury. Jackie Rickenberg had, with help from other members of the committee, made some superb crudites, and Thursley badges, produced by Peter Rickenberg and Gillian Duke, were sold alongside copies of Thursley Remembered.
Leon Flavell welcomed everyone and introduced the two presenters, Helena Traill and David Young:
David praised Helena for producing such a well-designed and easy to use site and then proceeded to demonstrate some of its attributes:
And a good time was had by all:
