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From Thursley Parish Magazine September 2019 This article was written by Rosemary Stockdale with material from Thursley History Society archives (including an article by D.Q Watson), Lutyens Trust, of which Thursley History Society are members, and Godalming Museum. This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944), one of Britain’s most celebrated architects.  He is renowned for the houses he designed at the turn of the 20th century, for his work in New Delhi on the Viceroy’s House and after WW1 for his creation, as one of three architects appointed by the Imperial War Graves Commission, of many monuments to commemorate the dead including the Whitehall Cenotaph. Not so much is known about his long connection with Thursley . Contrary to some local beliefs Lutyens was not born here, but in Onslow Square, London, where his parents were living, in March 1869, their 10th child. His association with Thursley began some seven years later, in 1876, when his father, Charles Lutyens, leased ‘The Cottage’, owned by the Knowles family – now known as Street House . Edwin, known as Ned, was quite a sickly boy and was not allowed to go to boarding school, so shared his sisters governesses and supplemented his education by meandering through the Surrey countryside on a bicycle looking at old buildings and comparing them with new ones going up. It is rumoured that he carried with him a slither of soap and a pane of glass so that he could draw the outline of any building he found of interest.  Early drawing for Munstead Wood His association with Thursley began some seven years later, in 1876, when his father, Charles Lutyens, leased ‘The Cottage’, owned by the Knowles family – now known as Street House . Edwin, known as Ned, was quite a sickly boy and was not allowed to go to boarding school, so shared his sisters governesses and supplemented his education by meandering through the Surrey countryside on a bicycle looking at old buildings and comparing them with new ones going up. It is rumoured that he carried with him a slither of soap and a pane of glass so that he could draw the outline of any building he found of interest.  He also spent hours in a carpenter’s shop owned by ‘ Old Tickner’ of Milford watching and questioning his craft. It became obvious from these early years in and around Thursley that architecture would be his profession! Hence in 1887 he started his apprentice in London with Ernest George, whilst at night he would work on his own Designs. He still visited his parents in Thursley at weekends and during one such visit he interested Edmund Gray, living in The Corner to commission ‘Ned’ to design an extension – a Drawing Room and two bedrooms above it. This extension (opposite) has features typical of his architectural style – rounded arch next to the added chimney, wide sweeps of hanging tiles and distinctive chimney tops. Gray was obviously pleased as a further extension was commissioned in 1895, a morning room to the south with a bedroom above. Lutyens only other commission in Thursley was what is currently called Prospect Cottage . His original commission was to design a working men’s club. The Parish Register states ‘ the site for the institute was given by Captain H Rushbrooke, the architect was Mr E. L. Lutyens, the builder Mr W. K Fosberry. The building was formally opened and given to the Parish Council on February 11th 1901’. The institute comprised a reading room, a billiards and games room and accommodation for a caretaker.  It was during Lutyens regular visits to Thursley that he met Gertrude Jekyll in 1889. The owners of Milford House (Robert and Barbara Webb) befriended the then shy architect and introduced ‘Ned’ to Gertrude.  Their work together, as a result of this introduction, is extremely well chronicled with over 100 plans, Lutyens designing the houses and Jeckyll the gardens, although there is no  known collaboration between them in Thursley. Lutyens became a ‘protégé’ of Barbara Webb who introduced him to society and also to Emily Lytton who he married in August 1897.  Emily’s mother Lady Lytton was a lady in waiting to Queen Victoria and as Lutyens put  in a letter, Feb 3 1897, to Mrs Streatfield (Fulbrook, Elstead) announcing his engagement ‘I was dying to tell you the other day but was not allowed as Lady Lytton said she had to tell the Queen …..This part of it is too funny ….and … a dreadful bore. Because you aren’t well I will draw you a picture, but please tear it up’. This delightful illustration reflects his strong sense of humour. Lutyens Local Country Houses Many of Lutyens more famous houses are in the Thursley neighbourhood including Fulbrook (1896-99) Elstead, Munstead Wood (1896) and Tighbourne Court, Witley (1899). Fulbrook, Elstead (Lutyens Trust) Lutyens Sketch Books and his Sketches for Fulbrook (1896) Lutyens original sketchbook for Fulbrook is housed now at Godalming Museum . Detailed drawings for the house can be found on the various pages within the book. The  drawing opposite also shows Lutyens lighter side with the additional illustration of the man with dog and gun. Lutyens Letters Lutyens, also, wrote very detailed letters to his clients often including drawings to highlight the design ideas he was discussing with them. All illustrating his extraordinary talent. Backwater? Thursley? Never! (from an undated and unattributed newspaper cutting).

From The Mail On Sunday, April 2023, 1989. A fancy dress parade was held to celebrate winning in 1960: Michael Jupe, Chairman of Thursley Parish Council and Lord Hamilton of Dalzell - Best Kept village presentation. September 1961 Dick Winter receiving a tankard from Lord Hamilton of Dalzell. Best Kept Village presentation, September 1961 Best Kept Village Celebrations at the Cricket Green, 1961. Back Row: C Cooper, B Ashley, J Ellison, Watson, Craddock-Henry, R Crawfurd, ?, Dick Winter, J Bozward, K Guyatt. Front Row: M Rapley, C Darlow, W Cooper, L Cooper, R Loarridge, M Cooper The 1970s: 1985: Unveiling Best Kept Village Award, 1985 Two groups attending the Best Kept Village Award, 1985, and in the centre, Major Brian Camp, Chairman of Thursley Parish Council with Mrs Guyatt, late of Hedge Farm. Best kept village Hall award ceremony 19?, Peter Scheffers, Eddy Gale, Brian Camp

Grade II listed building (9 March 1960) The entry below was published by SurreyLive under the heading "Secrets of a farmhouse at Thursley: https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/secrets-farmhouse-thursley-4845854 UPPER  Highfield Farm in Thursley has a fascinating history. The farmhouse was, at one time, owned by a school. In 1913 a folk song collector visited one of its tenants and noted down three traditional songs. House detective Philip Gorton has been researching its history for the current owners. He has found out a lot, but there are still details that need to be uncovered and clarified. Here is what he has discovered so far. Situated on the lane to the Devils’ Punchbowl, Highfield Farm is a timber-framed, smoke-bay house that dates from the second half of the 16th century when it was occupied by Richard Boxfold. From then, until 1951, it was owned by various landlords and has been the home of a succession of tenant farmers. By 1662 the chimney had been built and, during the next decade, a second fireplace was built upstairs in the bedchamber for which the tenant, Richard Haddington, was charged an extra 2 shillings per year in Hearth Tax. Perhaps it was to celebrate his latest home improvement that he burnt his initials on to the hearth beam with his cattle branding iron! In 1704, the farm was bought by the trustees of the newly founded Robert May’s School in Odiham. It was a small school with about 20 boys on roll and the rents of the farm went to maintain the building, to provide free education and to fund apprenticeships. The archives of the school record their stewardship of the farm, the continual need for maintenance and relations with its various tenants. Maria Karn came to the farm with her husband Joseph in 1822 and was widowed with two small children 10 years later. Their letters to the trustees reveal how Mr and Mrs Karn struggled to make a living and pay their rent during the agricultural depression that followed the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. The records show that Maria continued to run the farm through the “Hungry 30s”, supplementing her living by baking and selling bread. Upper Highfield was in the ownership of the school for more than 150 years until Mrs Karn left and the Cosford House estate bought the farm in 1857. Edward Baker and family at Upper Highfield Farm dated 1904. There were 10 children. Surnames of previous owners include: E Baker; J Baker; Wilton; Abels A series of short-term tenants followed until 1885 when Edward Baker came to the farm.In 1913, a folksong collector visited Edward and noted down three of his traditional songs, John Barleycorn, The Sweet Nightingale and The Cuckoo. It has been many decades since these songs, which reflect Mr Baker’s world and way of life, were sung within the walls of Upper Highfield Farm.  Edward Baker in the early 1930s. He was 91 when he died and he never went to church, not even to give his daughters away. From the Surrey Advertiser, 4th November 2005. Edward Baker remained at Upper Highfield until his death in the mid 1930s when his son, John, took on the tenancy.It says a lot for the continuity of rural life that he was farming the same 33 acres of land during the Second World War that were tenanted by Richard Boxfold four centuries earlier.  Edward and John Baker in the 1920's Miss E Baker John Baker Snr, plowing at Upper Highfield in the 1920's Philip Gorton is a professional researcher who specialises in the history of houses. A recent project is the history of Upper Highfield Farm. He would like to speak to anyone who may have family connections, memories or pictures of the farm or its former inhabitants.He is particularly keen to contact descendants of Edward Baker. If you are able to help in any way, he will be very grateful if you could contact him. Write to him at 11 Orchardfield Road, Godalming GU7 3PB or ring 01483 420763. His website is: www.house-history-research.co.uk Upper Highfield Farm as it is today

The Old Parsonage is a Grade II listed building, dating back to the early 15th century. It is a hall house with a timber frame, under-built in brick, with red brick infill above, and weatherboard cladding to the first floor left and red and grey tiles. The building was designated Grade II on March 9, 1960. This comprehensive report was commissioned by the current owners to provide dendrochronological evidence to date the primary construction phase of this building. by Edward Wilkins Waite (1854-1924) History changes: the coloured print was sold as an original woodcut c1901 and the black and white as an original print c1950! This photograph, almost certainly taken during WW2, shows the garden turned over to growing vegetables for the 'Dig for Victory' campaign This is the opening paragraph of an undated description of the house: In 1952 the Cosford Estate was broken up and Old Parsonage Cottages were Lots 16 and 17. The annotation on the relevant pages of the sale catalogue notes that they were 'Sold to tenant' and the tenants were listed as Mr C Hoare and Mr V C Rapley respectively: The house has attracted painters for decades past Note the huge Chestnut tree that was in the Churchyard and now no longer with us Mike and Amanda Roberts and family, 1997 A History of the Old Parsonage by Philip and Sally Gorton This history was commissioned by the present owners, Mike and Amanda Roberts and the brief extracts shown below, along with a pdf of a scanned version of the book, are reproduced by the kind permission of the owners and authors A 600 year-old house In 2011, to celebrate the house's 600th year, Mike and Amanda hosted a birthday party and a quiz - most questions are still relevant, how many can you answer? Edmund and Jane Haviland won the Limerick competition!: There's a fine Surrey village known as Thursley, Whose buildings we number as, firstly, St Michael's to pray in, Good houses to stay in, And, thirdly, the Shoes when we're thirsty.

The Three Horse Shoes after the breathalyser was introduced. Brockbank lived in Badgers in The Lane from 1951 to 1978. See also the biography of Russell Partridge Brockbank by Peter Anderson Russell did these two for Reg Cottle, the owner of the Red Lion Garage:

Photos only. For further information: https://www.facebook.com/ThursleyCricketClub/ Minutes of the AGM held on May 1st, 1865 Bert Williams, groundsman and umpire, 1947 to 1980. Photo by Allan Woodger, 1958 The article above was published in Thursley Today, 1965 (see separate entry) The pavilion referred to above. I'anson Cup Winners 1970. Back Row: J Reffold, P Baldwin, D Hardy, P Pietrusiewicz, A Tilson, A Davidson. Front Row: A Staves, D Piper (Vice Captain), B Karn (Captain), G Pilbeam (Vice Captain), R Linegar, D Williams A Thursley Cricket Match in 1992, Thursley Gentlemen v Gentlemen of Thursley Back row from right to left : Robert Ranson; Richard Leet-Cook; Alan Traill; Malcolm Coles; Mike Spencer; unknown; Paul Gubby; Barry Rapley; unknown; Alan Staves; John Puttock; Julian Watt; Tony Tilson; Aubrey Karn; Alan Wells, Tony Cheeseman and Brian Karn Front row from left to right : two unknowns; Peter Goble; Peter Andersen; Anthony Langdale; Ant Hodges; unknown; Simon Treadwell; unknown; Tim Wakeley A colour photograph of the same event.

As part of the History of Thursley Society's Wedding Belles exhibition held in 2007, this list of marriages that took place in St Michael's and All Angels was compiled. For ease of research a complete file of the marriages from 1613 to date can be found at the end of this post. Overall, the most popular month to be married is October and March the least: Thanks to the Wedding Belles committee of 2007-8, we have been able to add this pdf which contains photographs of the Register of Marriages from 1910 - 2007: 1900 February 5th Thomas Wisdom & Flora Rathbone April 14th Percy Denyer & Annie Snelling April 16th Henry Miles & Alice Edwards June 4th Leon Philemon & Louise Bywill Miller November 17th Henry William Hardy & Annie Chitty December 8th Henry James Keen & Eliza Ellen Paris   1901 April 27th Alfred Vowels & Annie Elizabeth West May 25th Edward Hardy & Ellen Underwood November 9th George Court & Lucy Hayden November 30th John Sheet & Ellen Grevitt   1902 April 26th Charles Lillywhite & Elizabeth Mansell May 20th Arthur Ford & Sophia Annie Barnard July 26th Walter Wilfred Hardy & Jane Timms Mr and Mrs Alan Karn September 18th Alan Edward Karn & Mary Ann Barnard November 6th Henry Young & Rosie Jane Penfold November 18th Anthony Astley & Margaret Lily Gooch December 29th William Henry Males & Emily Court   1903 January 20th Henry Young & Ann Boxall January 24th Wilfred Lillywhite & May Amelia Winter   1904 April 18th Arthur Hill & Kate Harris April 30th John Forey Karn & Mary Ann Keen December 24th Raymond Snelling & Mary Cousall   1905 April 24th William Bowbrick & Emily Baker 1905 wedding of Edward Baker (Ted) of Upper Highfield Farm and Maria Levy of Smallbrook Farm. June 15th Edward Baker & Maria Levy October 19th Frank Gulliver & Annie Watkins October 23rd William George Pink & Elizabeth Baker   1906 February 6th Henry Boxall & Emily Mary Clarke June 6th Albert Edward Harbut & Mabel Sarah Brown   1907 March 30th George Clarke & Harriet  Cunningham May 15th Alfred Court & Ellen Young June 20th Albert Elliott & Maria Baker August 4th Harry Egbert Spokes & Edith Emma Winter September 14th Percy Frost & Olive Kate Fosberry October 7th William Toone & Laura Mabel Goodall   1908 April 18th Harry Mylward & Ellen Elizabeth Boxall August 3rd William Israel Pichard & Flora Poland September 16th Herbert Glendinning & Ada Brown October 31st George Potter & Ethel Jane Carter   1909 June 5th George Warner & Edith Keen July 8th Frank Brown & Ada Jones August 2nd  Charles Ward & Annie Beatrice Rowe  August 9th Conrad James Reed & Alice Mary Fosberry September 22nd Walter Woodin & Lucy Baker   1910 February 19th Albert Mansbridge & Emma Ward April 12th Arthur John Levy & Sarah Baker June 1st Charles Price & Rose Nash June 29th Frederick Harold Nash & Ellen Adams August 31st Charles Barnard & Margaret Bowden   1911 April 14th Herbert Henry Cripps & Edith Pullen April 14th Robert Keen & Daisy Pullen October 2nd Frank Hunter & Alice Abigail Smithers October 26th  Arthur Boxall & Margaret Edwards   1912 March 7th Sydney Doy & Alice Keen   1913 June 25th Arthur Shadrach Spooner & Clara Pullen July 16th William Coombes & Adelina Chalcraft July 23rd Ralph Marshall & Louisa Chalcraft July 29th Ernest Churchill & Mary West December 31st Maurice Wisdom & Florence Catchpole   1914 April 23rd Edward Mansey & Florence Lawes September 23rd Dennis Mann & Louisa Alice Nash   1915 August 7th George Robert Manning & Martha West August 9th James Fisher & Ellen Karn Matthews September 2nd Archibald Pitchers & Mary Tozer September 4th Frederick Budd & Daisy Hole September 25th Walter Wright & Edith Johnstone   1916 June 17th William McLeod & Lilian Phillips June 17th Henry Court & May Randall December 25th Thomas Collins & Eliza Keen   1917 April 15th William Lailey & Harriett Wheeler   1918 February 4th Angelo Astri & Agnes Pullen June 4th Ernest Wilkinson & Emma Goodchild September 16th Wesley Abe Bolton & Harriet Milton   1919 February 6th James Barrett & Alice Sharland February 19th John Keen & Lilian Fosberry March 27th Oliver Hewton & Alice Karn Matthews April 23rd Walter Cullen & Alice Howard May 31st John Forey Karn & Barbara Williams August 2nd Edwin Burmingham & Emily Hayden December 22nd Leonard Felix Rapley & Florence Nash   1920 February 28th Stephen Norman & Lily Nash April 3rd William Goodeve & Esther West May 5th William Ferrer & Aileen Chalcraft November 10th Gerard Staveley Gordon & Marjorie Worsley Smith December 4th Alfred Chuter & Ellen Hayden December 16th Charles Vesey & Mary Dorothea Loring   1921 June 13th Ernest Croft & Gladys Powell June 15th John Lamboll & Edith Jacobsen June 18th Charles Crane & Ethel Milton October 10th Frederick Fosberry & Mabel Warn October 15th Mark Ellis & Ethel Little November 19th Thomas Karn & Florence West   1922 February 22nd George Fry & Angelina Ware April 15th Walter Norman & Caroline Nash July 18th Henry Sharland & Charlotte Lillywhite November 4th Thomas Upfold & Mary Raggett   1923 September 20th Vernon Rapley & Margaret Walters October 3rd Alfred Hayden & Annie Baker December 8th Maurice White & Ada Rice   1924 January 12th Alfred Court & Harriet Snelling June 9th William Pullen & Eva Chalcraft June 15th Leonard Fisher & Ada Dora Simmons September 23RD Tom Bishop & Edith Mary Sharland   1925 January 31st Arthur Charles Winter & Maude James May18th Benjamin Wonham & Eva Brockhurst September 26th Sidney Osman & Mona King   1926 February 1st Charles Boxall & Florence Colvill May 1st William  Norell & Ivy Grace Beaven September 29th William Snelling & Gertrude Harrod October 23rd Richard Gillard & Louisa Mary Wisdom November 27th Harry Court & Ada Maud Rose   1927 April 30th Alfred Pullen & Emily Kate Ridout October 15th Frank Walters & Doris Minnie Hamm December 26th William Boxall & Elsie May Roberts   1928 June 16th John Baker & Matilda Alice Price auust 11th Ernest Ware & Dorothy Alice Christian August 25th Frederick Monk & Minnie Worsfold December 8th Frederick Miles & Dorothy Karn Matthews   1929 April 13th Ernest Greenagh & Ruth Leah Gregory June 17th Harold Lewis Barrington & Gertrude Richardson June 21st Richard Henry Anstruther Morris-Marsham & Iris Rose Sophia Locking December 28th William Gilbert Messenger & Maggie Booty   1930 June 7th Charles Sole & Annie Boxall June 10th Alan Wilkinson & Evelyn  Birch Reynardson July 19th Eric Wynn & Emily Wade   1931 April 18th Robert Collard & Hilda Grace Snelling June 1st Ernest Watts & Annie Wonham October 10th Arthur Herbert Williams & Ellen Keen October 13th Henry Hounsley & Frances Richardson December 26th Leonard Harris & Emily Lucy Court   1932 April 26th Arthur Cecil Stuart & Dorothy Bateson June 11th Edward Winchester & Agnes Poultney   1933 January 7th Albert Hammond & Bertha West September 30th Harold Hibbin & Beatrice Nelly Court October 28th Henry John Nash & Gladys Amelia Wood November 4th Walter Thompson & Anita Carton de Wiart Major-General Carton de Wiart, VC   1934 March 7th Stanley Horne Gale & Ethel Mary Boxall March 24th Harold Parsons & Frances Kate West March 31st Alfred Cottrell & Emily Evelyn West   1935 March 30th Walter Hobbs & Margaret Boxall August 5th Bertram Holden & Violet Grace Smith September 12th William Penfold Grey & Alice West September 21st Frederick Howard & Miriam Leggett December 21st William Good & Lucy Winifred Karn   1936 January 25th Royston Bartlett & Kathleen Rose West August 31st Reginald Messenger & Dorothy Warner 1937 July 17th Digby Dent & Barbara Henty July 24th Horace Fullbrook & Emily Rose Boxall September 11th Ernest Holmes & Mary Chapman October 2nd Reginald Cyril Parr & Jessie Wilson December 23rd Henry Baden Keen & Phyllis Joan Trott December 27th Eric George Adams & May Giles   1938 June 2nd Herbert Smyth & Peggy Warren Meade   1939 September 9th Edwin Hall & Norah Kathleen Robinson September 19th Harry Howard & Minnie Madge West October 27th Julius Norman Gems & Olive  Dewhurst December 9th John Edgerley & Anne Parker   1940 March 11th Owen John Reddick & Doris Keen March 16th Frederick Albert Miller & Pansy Taylor March 23rd Leonard Raggett & Elizabeth Keen July 18th John Constable Jackson & Irene Stainer July 27th Ronald Francis & Florence Lavender Mr and Mrs Ronald Francis August 16th Clifford Gibbs & Gwendoline Burrows August 17th Alan Priestman & Marjorie Kennersley September 5th Charles Jones & Patience George September 6th Frederick Sugden & Lillian Clode September 21st Harold Swatton & Doreen Hughes October 17th Maurice Clifford & Dorothy Blythe October 22nd Walter Martin & Zillah Alice Cole October 26th Alan Paice & Joan Curtis November 12th Basil Millar & Lorna Nichols December 7th Cuthbert Norris & Cicely Hurcomb December 26th Ray Hall & Marjorie Warner   1941 January 4th  John Wonham & Gwendolen Nicholls April 2nd Albert Ayres & Unis Symes April 19th Charles Weeden & Elizabeth Maria Baker August 16th Thomas Brown & Alice Rose Miller September 30th George Hasler & June Russell October 1st Lawrence Pink & Evelyn Hayter   1942 January 4th  William Zuschlag & Lilian Marshall April 25th Sidney Budd & Hilda Mary West May 2nd Leonard Cousens & Gladys Page August 15th Harold Whittle & Anna Gaeser August 15th Frank Dovey & Gladys Ida West   1943 August 17th Charles Campbell Graham & Helen Elizabeth Keen October 9th John Grant & Hazel Avril Jones   1944 February 26th Deryck MacDonald & Brenda Pitts March 25th Ernest Yates & Olive Winter March 28th William Wesbowsky & Florence Rapp April 27th William Brown & Lily May Price June 30th John Ellison & Rosemary Tephi Pitts Cecily Ida (Sammy) Warner was born in Thursley, Surrey, England on August 9, 1922 to George and Edith Warner. Sammy and Bill (William Avery Tiner) met in Britain during WWII - Bill a member of the Royal Canadian Navy and Sammy a member of the Royal Air Force. Bill and Sammy were married on July 2, 1944 at St. Michael's and All Angels. July 2nd William Avery Tiner & Cecily Ida Warner August 19th Frank Day & Sylvia Mary Brown December 14th David Bridger Austin & Diana Bush   1945 April 17th Peckles Crawford Greer & Caroline Talbot September 15th George Kenefick Rae & Mary Pitts December 8th Peter Barrington & Joan Warren Meade   1946 June 8th Robert Morgan & Edna Hall December 26th James Kelly & Phyllis New   1947 April 5th Albert Jack Merrifield & Barbara Joan Hall   1948 April 10th Norman Graffham & Betty Lee June 19th Leonard Linegar & Annie Simmonds July 24th Wladyslaw Wozniak & Jane Mary Davidson   1949 November 26th Mieczskaw Kalinowski & Mary Fosberry   1950 April 27th Reginald Crook & Nan Tavender Wilton June 17th John Olive & Betty Mary Keen August 5th Robert Seville & Elizabeth Gibb September 16th Richard Partington & Peggy Sayers   Dick and Peggy Partington 16th September, 2025 - 75 years to the day later, Richard and Peggy returned to St Michael & All Angels. They lived in Heath View (now Acorns) for five years immediately after their marriage. They are photographed with their daughter (next to Richard), daughter-in-law Sheila (next to Peggy) and friends Paul and Sandra Cheeseman from Elstead. 1951 July 7th Patrick McEvoy & Peggy Kimbrey   1952 July 10th Ramon John Beesley & Anne Collins October 11th Clifford Fausset & Barbara Wilton   1953 March 21st John Graham Stewart & Pearl Annette Gems October 15th James Gray & Patricia Holford   1954 March 20th Keith Garland & Jeanne Hawkes April 3rd Derek Sharland & Marjorie Baker Mary Williams & Bert Williams on Mary's wedding day April 24th Cecil Arthur Rapley & Mary Williams October 2nd Derek Rosser & Nina Hoare   1955 February 19th John Welland & Olive Morland February 26th John Wheeler & Kathleen Clay November 19th Martin Fausset & Eva May Smith   1956 March 10th Edward John Baker & Maureen Meanwell June 2nd Robert Cowan & Sheila Ann Watts September 1st Bertram Webb & Joan Good   1957 April 20th Lindsay Pibworth & Patricia Reed July 13th Frank Miller & Dorothy Grove   1958 August 30th Roland Moss & Elsie Allwright September 20th Roland Palmer & Joan Sharland   1959 April 4th John Heard & Mary Middleton June 27th Eric Walters & Sheila Ware September 12th Douglas Sheehan & Ann Sharland   1960 January 23rd Jim Ellis & Christine Wordsworth April 2nd Robert Watt & Rosemary Rapley July 16th Ralph Cusack & Barbara Jobson September 10th Victor Moseley & Monica Reed September 17th Patrick Harvey & Tamzin James   1961 April 3rd David Williams & Pamela Ware August 16th Stephen Waters & Maureen Cottle September 30th Robert Latter & Susan Scott   1962 July 21st Richard Kent & Hazel Keen   1963 August 31st Peter Darlow & Paula Brooker   1964 March 28th Michael Reffold & Linda May July 18th Martin Auger & Elizabeth Holt August 22nd Malcolm Gee & Ruth Loarridge October 10th Patrick Gray & Jane Mary Barrow   1965 July 3rd Peter Mead & Susan Villiers Susan Brockbank and her father, Russell Brockbank, on their way to her wedding. Brockbank was working on a commission for Rolls Royce and they lent his this rare 1906 Silver Ghost for the occasion. September 4th Christopher Ellis & Susan Brockbank   1966 March 26th Rowland Bloomfield & Wendy Darlow March 26th Keith Tipping & Marilyn Joan Cooper April 23rd Richard Timberlake & Patricia Jobson September 3rd William Good & Penelope Darlow December 24th Anthony Walker & Hazel Deverall   1967 June 3rd Robert Banks & Diana Payne Crawfurd September 2nd Martin Pritchard & Caroline Lawson   1968 September 21st David Hepburn & Jane Slater September 21st Sydney James & Stephanie Morrison September 28th Brian Taylor-Jones & Rosemary-Anne Barnard September 28th Malcolm Reece & Brenda Francis   1969 July 19th R   R   & Fiona Payne Crawfurd September 13th Robert Ranson & Susan Thomas September 20th John Beamont & Sandra Hallam   1970 April 11th Bryan Shelley & Shirley May Drake July 11th John Lodder & Barbara Ann Good August 25th Graham Ramsey & Rosemary Holt   1971 August 14th Nigel Miller & Janet Holt August 28th Gerald Fox & Norma Ruth Gems September 3rd Robert Morris & Dianne King September 11th Geoffrey Redwood & Judith Goddard   1972 Anthony Langdale & Susanna 'Sukey' Man January 29th Anthony Langdale & Susanna Man May 18th Rolf Unwin & Amy Rowe July 22nd Kenneth Lawson & June Lawson September 25th Alan Wisely & Anita Aveline   1973 April 28th Stuart Aldridge & Carol Ann Hard John Gunner & Kay Cottle with the legendary Reg Cottle and his wife Elsie next to Kay September 26th John Gunner & Kay Sonia Cottle   1974 July 6th Andrew Constable & Mary Lintott August 24th Duncan Beal & Margaret Ranson   1975 July 26th Stephen Loveday Jupe & Jane Petherbridge August 30th David Hoare & Janet Shorter September 20th Michael Stead & Josephine Karn   1976 April 14th John Brown & Victoria Seymour-Sloan May 29th Robert McNeilly & Philippa Jane Watson September 18th Kenneth Smith & Brenda Rees September 25th David Corbett & Peggy James   1978 April 29th Malcolm Graham & Diane Louise Smith   1979 April 7th Anthony Hawkes & Jennifer Anne Collins May 5th Stuart Millichamp & Wendy Effer   1980 May 3rd Graham Keen & Jacqueline Hill July 12th Geoffrey Smith & Christine Butt   1981 October 17th Peter John Goble & Teresa Ellen Boxall   1982 June 5th Peter Davis & Rebecca McCreath June 5th Eric Warren & Sandra Valerie Platfoot June 12th Vladimir Bojoric & Annabel Clery November 20th Paul Davis & Sharon Piggott   1983 July 30th Keith Conrad Moseley & Anne Palmer August 20th David Grimes & Petronella Matthews October 8th David Brazier & Judith Keen   1984 May 19th Grantley Pearson-Wright & Caroline Wilson August 4th Robert Brown & Emma Frances Bevan   1985 August 24th Michael Walker & Nicola Jane Watt September 21st Nigel Lelend & Elizabeth Norman   1986 February 15th Martin Simpson & Maureen Andrew March 15th John Giddens & Marie-Louise Clayton   1987 May 2nd Michael Huntley & Alison Jane Phipps May 16th Michael Stuart Arnold & Sandra Macleod June 27th Russell Segalov & Melissa Bristow July 25th David Redwood & Penelope Briscoe September 26th Harry Sutherland-Hawes & Catriona McLean   1988 January 6th Carlos Manuel Garcia Hiraldo & Lynn Ann Pearson-Wright June 4th Richard Foster & Shan Suzanne Davies July 23rd Stephen Riedlinger & Sula McKinnon September 3rd Andrew Keen & Sharon Selmes October 1st Christopher Wallis & Amanda Drayson   1989 May 20th Kim Clive Platfoot & Anne Bulley July 29th Emile Pinco & Nicola Susan Mann September 23rd Hugh Latimer & Tracey Hammond   1990 June 2nd Stuart Chapman & Bryndis Forberg September 28th Paul Redden & Charlotte Cordy-Simpson   1991 April 20th Louis Cotterell & Yanine Hughes June 1st Christopher Holuj & Kirsten Hamilton June 29th Piers Germain Van-Mol & Helen Price June 29th Neil Randolph & Robyn Morley August 3rd Spencer Hutchings & Caroline Clark   1992 March 14th David Gregory & Gillian Briscoe May 30th  Nigel Jones & Katy Jane Middleton June 6th Robert Ellerby & Rachel Royall July 17th Gary Fannin & Zena Khan August 8th Timothy Metherell & Philippa Sprinks   1993 22nd May Michael Spencer & Debbie Myerscough July 31st David Andrew Storey & Jillian Bird September 11th Philip Traill & Angela Bury   1994 January 9th Charles Malcolm Coles & Sarah Dwyer May 14th Paul Howling & Joanna French September 3rd James Thoden van Velzen & Amanda Gadd   1995 May 13th Julian Watt & Kirten Cawsey September 9th Christopher Leyshon & Sally-Ann James   1996 June 29th Edward Lear & Annabel Palmes September 14th Stuart Wilkinson & Catriona Wilson   1997 August 23rd Anthony Wybrott & Wendy Faulkener September 20th Christopher Simson & Rosalind Taylor   1998 February 7th Steven Moffat & Susan Vertue March 21st William Westbroek & Carolyn Venner

Alan Karn's baker's cart driven by Drew Milton, the roundsman. Jim Christmas's father was the baker. Alan Karn married Mary Barnard on September 18, 1902. Mary lived in Hindhead Nursery (now Upper Ridgeway Farm), but everyone knew her as "Auntie Jum" as in Jumbo. Betty Karn From the 1936 Register of Electors This brief history of Karn's store (continued below) was published in the Parish Magazine in May 1978 and in 'Lives of the People of Thursley' by The History of Thursley Society in 1996 Karn's Grocery shop. You can see the poplar tree which was a major landmark especially from the common. Alan and Sid Karn in the third photograph Karn's shop with Mrs Karn outside Karn's Grocer shop, 1897 The Christmas family including Jim as a young boy From Thursley Today, 1965 (see separate entry) Year unknown, illustration by Salli Tomlinson The Old Stores in 2009 The Old Stores c2020 from sale particulars

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens was an English architect who designed many war memorials, English country houses and public buildings in the UK and abroad The article below was written in two parts in November and December 2022 for the Parish Magazine by Jackie Rickenberg Sir Edwin Lutyens. The architectural historian Gavin Stamp described Lutyens as "surely the greatest British architect of the twentieth (or of any other) century". He was the designer of many, many grand Arts and Crafts houses, war memorials and public buildings, both in the UK and overseas. From his humble beginnings in Thursley (Prospect Cottage in The Street being an early example), Lutyens’ career famously culminated in his design of The Cenotaph in Whitehall. On 11th of this month, The Cenotaph will celebrate the centenary of it’s unveiling in its current form. Previously it was a wooden structure, commissioned by David Lloyd George as a temporary structure to be the centrepiece of the Allied Victory Parade in 1919. After an outpouring of national sentiment, it was replaced in 1920 by a permanent structure. Lloyd George proposed a catafalque, a low empty platform, but it was Lutyens' idea for the taller monument. An annual Service of Remembrance is held at the site on Remembrance Sunday, the closest Sunday to 11th November (Armistice Day) each year. Lutyens' cenotaph design has been reproduced elsewhere in the UK and in other countries of historical British allegiance including, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Bermuda and Hong Kong. In 2015 a memorial to Lutyens by the sculptor Stephen Cox was erected in Apple Tree Yard, Mayfair, London, adjacent to the studio where Lutyens prepared the designs for The Cenotaph. The following is the story of Lutyens’ early life in Thursley, to be continued next month with more about his career and buildings. The Young Lutyens and his Thursley Houses Contrary to some local belief, Sir Edwin Lutyens was not born in Thursley, but in London. His parents were living at 16 Onslow Square when Edwin, their tenth child, was born in March 1869 and they didn’t move to Thursley until some seven years later. Lutyens’ father, Charles, had been an ambitious artillery officer: he had invented an instrument for judging distances called a Stadiometer which was used by the Army for nearly forty years. However, early in his career, he found that he preferred painting to being a soldier and he retired from the Army in 1859 when he was only 28. Three years later the first of his paintings was accepted by the Royal Academy and he exhibited there regularly until 1903. The house Charles Lutyens leased in Thursley was called The Cottage (now Street House); it was built for the Knowles family in Regency times. Although The Cottage was a fairly substantial house with a large garden, it was not, as claimed by Mary Lutyens in the biography of her father, “by far the largest house in the village”. Charles Lutyens did much of his painting from his Thursley home. His principal subjects were racehorses and portraits but he also produced a number of small watercolours of putti (the plural of putto, Italian for the figure of a child, especially a cherub or cupid-like one usually used in connection with Renaissance paintings) possibly as pot-boilers, for his financial state deteriorated as the years went by and his eyesight weakened. Several of his paintings can be seen at Goddards, the house at Abinger Common built by Frederick Mirilees as a rest home for “ladies of small means” and now the headquarters of the Lutyens Trust. Charles died in 1915 but the Lutyens family continued to rent The Cottage for many years and until fairly recently a couple of village inhabitants still remembered Miss Lutyens. She was Aileen, one of Charles’ numerous daughters who, amongst other things, ran a sort of youth club to keep the young boys of the village occupied in their spare time. She was of the opinion that girls, with their domestic duties and their sewing, were well able to look after themselves, but that boys, unless suitably guided, developed into hopeless drifters! Enough said. Aileen Lutyens died in 1926 and the house was then let for a while to various tenants, including Army officers from Aldershot. It was afterwards sold, first of all to a Mrs Patricia Peto, a widow, who soon re-married and, in 1956 it came into the possession of Captain R. C. Tosswill RN. By then it was popularly known as Lutyens House as it was thought that the former name was inappropriate. In 1970 the house was bought by Mr and Mrs Nicholas Charrington who were then living at The Dye House. The Charrington’s added an additional wing substantially increasing the size of the house. Nicholas Charrington was not, however, a lover of Lutyens work, so he gave the house the rather more mainstream name of Street House. As most of us will know, the house is currently undergoing a further sympathetic refurbishment and we look forward to seeing the house finished and looking splendid again. Edwin Lutyens, always known to his family as Ned, was a delicate boy and deemed not sufficiently robust to go to boarding school with his brothers. Instead, most of the time he shared his sister’s governesses and supplemented his education by meandering through the Surrey countryside on a bicycle, looking at old buildings and comparing them to the new ones going up. He is said to have carried with him a small pane of glass and, with a slither of soap, drawn the outline of any building he found interesting. He also spent hours in the carpenter’s shop, then owned by “Old Tickner” of Milford, watching him at his craft and questioning him on why he did things in a certain way. By the time he was fifteen it was clear, both to himself and to his father, that architecture was to be his profession. Sir Edwin Lutyens and his latter life and career In 1885, Edwin was sent to the South Kensington School of Art to study architecture. He did not finish the course as he felt he had learnt all that the school could teach him, and left after two years. He became an apprentice in the practice of Ernest George and worked at night on his own designs. It was presumably during a visit home to his parents in Thursley that he succeeded in interesting Edmund Gray, then living at The Corner, the house opposite his family home, into commissioning him for a major extension. Young Ned, still only nineteen years old, designed a drawing room for The Corner, with two bedrooms above it. Originally, it was two small cottages, built around 1700, one of which had once contained the village shop. The Gray’s were obviously satisfied with it as, in 1895, Ned was asked to draw up plans for a morning room and a bedroom above to be built on the southern side of the house, and for four smaller rooms to be added to the western side. These extensions were grandly described as “two additional wings”. They were duly completed about 1896 and until recently, apart from a narrow bay being added to the drawing room, there had been no changes to the exterior of the house. Most of us know that the house has recently been given a lot of sympathetic tender loving care by the recent new owner. Lutyens’ only other building in the actual village is what is now known as Prospect Cottage. It was originally built as a working men’s club, the land and building work costs donated by Captain Rushbrooke of Cosford House. Lutyens designed it seven years after the much grander and more flamboyant nearby Tilford Village Institute, and some say it was a reflection of his more simplified style – or perhaps it was just they had very differing briefs! In Thursley churchyard, not far from the grave of the poet John Freeman (another month, another article!), is a cross designed by Sir Edwin, bearing the names of his parents and his sister Aileen. Nearby is Edwin’s memorial stone to his nephew, Derek Lutyens, who was killed in 1918 whilst serving in the Royal Air Force. Aside from the buildings in Thursley village already described, on the outskirts of the parish Lutyens designed two lakeside boathouses for Whitaker Wright in Witley Park. In 1901 he built the cottages at Warren Lodge and in 1909 he planned alterations to the main house there. Many of his more famous houses in the neighbourhood; Munstead Wood (1896) and Tighbourne Court, Witley (1899). In later years of course, Lutyens achieved great fame, particularly with his designs for the Viceroy’s House and other impressive government and palatial private buildings in New Delhi and for The Cenotaph in Whitehall (covered in last month’s article). Only the crypt was completed of what he considered his finest design, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool. This crypt is now part of the present cathedral, a magnificent fragment of what might have been. He worked, on and off, on this dream for fourteen years (1929 – 1943) before his death in 1944. He died believing that this grandiose Romanesque super-structure, which was to house the largest organ in the world, would be built when the war had ended. Tragically, it became cost prohibitive and never was. Thank you to Jane Ridley for her kind permission to reprint this wonderful photograph. If anyone would like more information on Lutyens, The Lutyens Trust can be contacted on general@lutyenstrust.org.uk . 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This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in September 2020 The site of the V2 rocket explosion which demolished Lambeth Public Baths Thursley History Society, before lockdown, was preparing to mount a 75th anniversary exhibition of VE Day. We are thrilled to be able to announce that the exhibition has been rescheduled for Remembrance Day, Sunday 8th November. The exhibition will be mounted in the Village Hall and is being made possible by a generous grant from The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. Members of the society have been busy beavering through lockdown and beyond, putting together an exhibition that will take the visitor through Thursley’s involvement in the war effort as well as fascinating tales of its inhabitants. Whether they went off to fight in foreign lands, stayed behind to help the war effort or indeed came to Thursley as a result of the war, we have their stories to tell. Tales of bravery, of excitement, trepidation, anxiety and tumultuous upheaval are intertwined with revelations on how Thursley served the home and allied forces so valiantly. Thursley was a vital hub in World War 2’s history. It offered essential training areas for troops carrying out manoeuvres and operations and as a result, the village helped to look after those troops and visitors alike. This exhibition will be of interest not only to Thursley villagers, but also to anyone with connections to the surrounding area, the Canadian, Polish, French and British regiments based nearby and anyone interested in military history. We hope there will be something of interest for all ages, as well as live entertainment and refreshments. The exhibition is free and will be open from 12-4pm. Please come and visit and bring family and friends! NB. We will keep you posted regarding Government guidelines nearer the time, but fingers crossed it will go ahead. Following on from last month’s profile of our esteemed past chairman, Michael O’Brien, and in keeping with our WW2 theme, we have a short reminisce from him entitled “My War – On the Home Front”. “In September 1939 I was six years old, the only child of my parents, and living with them south west of London. I remember with great clarity the announcement on the wireless by Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, that we were at war with Germany. Later came the first warning on the sirens of an impending air-raid. It must have been at a weekend as my father was at home. As the last wails of the siren died away, all was action in our sitting room, the designated area for shelter during an air attack. Sofa’s were rearranged behind which we could all lurk and other dispositions made of heavy furniture. Unfortunately, the room possessed a large bay window with doors that gave access to the garden. The area of glass was considerable and the possible effect of bomb blast upon it disturbing to think about. Under my father’s direction we all set to collecting every book in the house, of which there were quite a number. Slowly a magnificent wall of books rose behind the dreaded windows. It was fine work, but took so long that the “all clear” sounded before completion. This great effort was never repeated. It could only be done at weekends when father was at home, and the Luftwaffe were hardly likely to co-operate in this! Later in the war, when we were living elsewhere, the house was almost totally destroyed by a V1 Flying Bomb. The only room to survive complete collapse was the sitting room, and from within a Morrison shelter in that room, the survivors were hauled forth. So at least part of the original plan proved sound in the event. By 1942, after having been relocated to a village near Newbury, we were now back in London. Day and night raids by German bombers were by no means over at this stage of the war and many occasions were spent by us under the stairs as the world boomed and banged around us. The supersonic V2 rocket bomb campaign then started in due course but was relatively short-lived. Mercifully, I and my relations were unaffected by this new horror. The sudden terrible and seemingly inexplicable explosions these weapons caused baffled nearly everyone and there was constant talk of exploding gas mains as a possible explanation. Those in authority knew better and were deeply concerned, but the success of the D-Day invasion and all that followed put paid to this fiendish German invention. Little did we know that it was the first step towards putting man on the moon!

Our village sign, past and present

http://www.thursley-pc.gov.uk/ This watercolour is the only illustration relating to Thursley to be found in the British Museum The following was copied from the Thursley Parish Council website: Thursley is situated in the Borough of Waverley, South West Surrey, north of the Hindhead Tunnel. Thursley parish is dissected with the village centre being just west of the A3 which runs from Portsmouth to London. Its name is believed to mean the “sacred grove of Thor” referring to the Norse God of Thunder, who was worshipped by the Anglo Saxons. The relatively small population of approximately 650 people (272 households), live in a comparatively large parish of roughly eight square miles. The properties are located in four distinct areas: Thursley Village, Bowlhead Green, Pitch Place, and Warren Park. The village has evolved slowly over time, with the church of St Michael and All Angels dating back, in part, to the Saxon times but later enlarged and reordered in 1860 and 1884. The centre of the village with its many listed buildings, interspersed with 18th Century, Victorian and more modern properties, is a designated Conservation Area. The Village Hall, built in 1843 of Bargate stone was originally the village school and remained so until its closure in about 1960. Today it, along with The Three Horse Shoes public house, is very much at the centre of village life in Thursley; being used as a Nursery School in the day time and then by village organisations or to host social events in the evening  or at week-ends.   The centre of Bowlhead Green is also a Conservation Area.  Originally an agricultural settlement, the many listed and period buildings clearly reflect this activity. Being on the “other-side” of the A3, with its narrow lanes and high banks, it can have a quite separate feeling of identity. Through the years the parish has seen various industries come and go. Woollen weaving took place during the 15th and 16th centuries, being replaced by iron smelting, which flourished in the 17th century. During the first half of the 19th century silk weaving took place; much of the raw silk was believed to have been smuggled from France. The surrounding Commons have also had a long relationship with the Military, being used extensively for training exercises and equipment trials during both World Wars.  Tweedsmuir Camp at Thursley, named after Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada, known to many as John Buchan the famous author, held Canadian troops until the end of the Second World War.  Afterwards it became a Displaced Persons Camp for Polish nationals, many of whom chose to settle in the area. Within the Parish boundaries are areas appreciated locally for their unspoilt nature and intrinsic beauty, which have also been recognised for their national and international significance. Thursley Common National Nature Reserve, managed by Natural England, is one of the largest remaining heathlands in Surrey with a mixture of woodland, lowland heath and mire (bog). The mire is not only a Special Area of Conservation, but also, a RAMSAR site (a wetland of international importance) supporting diverse flora and fauna.  In addition, there is Hindhead Commons (partly in our Parish) and the Devil’s Punch Bowl which is owned and maintained by the National Trust and has been recently reunited by the construction of the Hindhead Tunnel which opened in 2011. Finally, there is Hankley Common located to the north and west of Pitch Place which with its replica section of the Atlantic Wall, played a significant role in D-Day preparations, and  more recently doubled as the Skyfall estate in the James Bond film of the same name. These Commons are all designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and the Parish as a whole is within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and is deemed to be an Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV). The parish is unsurprisingly popular with walkers, many of who will follow the Greensand Way. Riders, both equestrian and on two wheels, also make use of the many byways that extend some 40 miles in total, through the parish. Thursley residents are proud of their village and care passionately about its environment, so while they are cautious and measured in their approach to development of the village, they seek to ensure that a vibrant and viable community is maintained and further developed where possible and appropriate. A notable example would be the efforts made by parishioners to ensure the pub re-opened, after a significant period of closure, as a community-owned venture. This article, written by Jackie Rickenberg, appeared in the Parish Magazine in February 2024 As every one of us knows, our Parish Council does a superb job of administering and governing the village and all its business. The Chairman, James, the clerk and all the councillors give of their time freely and enthusiastically to ensure this beautiful ancient village is protected and safeguarded for future generations. We probably don’t thank them enough - although I am sure they don’t do it for the self-gratification – and I’m also pretty sure they would tell you it’s a thankless task anyway!  Nevertheless, as a reminder of the necessity of Parish Councils and a nod to their absolute worthiness, here is an extract from the archives dated November 1979 by C.W. Cooper: “The Local Government Act of 1894 decreed that from henceforth the ultimate link in the chain of government should take the form of Parish Councils, the membership of which should be formed by local worthies of good standing in the community. When I was asked to contribute an article on the subject, it occurred to me that it might be of interest were I to delve into the past history of our village as it was recorded in minutes from the Parish Councils of the times”. The first meeting of the Thursley Parish Council was on 2nd January 1895. The old Minute book makes quite fascinating reading – and one is struck by the similarity of some of the items dealt with then and today; the ever-jealous guardianship of public footpaths, the removal of fallen trees, common fires and the speed of motor traffic (this in 1908!) to name a few. In 1897 there was concern for the victims of famine in India and a relief fund raised £27. A tragic little piece of forgotten history is recorded in 1899. It was customary for the local bank manager to hold the post of Treasurer to the Council, and a Mr J C Collier of Capital & Counties Bank, Godalming, was so appointed at the first meeting. In the minutes for 20th April 1899 (a mere four months later) there appears this item – “Mr J.C. Collier was drowned in the wreck of the L.&S.W.R Co’s “Stella” on The Casquets, Channel Islands on or about Good Friday, 31st March 1899, and was found floating in a life-belt some days after. A.J.E”. A.J.E. was Mr A.J. Edwards, the first clerk to the council, a post he held for forty-five years until his death in 1940. In 1898 a request was made to the Post Office for Sunday letter deliveries, which was granted. One wonders what the Post Office Union would have to say to that nowadays (remember – this was written forty-five years ago!). Here are a few more intriguing items: In 1900 The Institute (now Prospect Cottage) was built as a Working Men’s Club. There was a succession of caretakers and in 1910 the current incumbent, a Miss Keen, was given one months’ notice to quit as she was unable to reach the lamps in the billiard room to clean them! 1908 saw a request to the Automobile Association for the erection of danger signals at the Red Lion corner because of the excessive speeding of motor traffic. The hot, dry summer of 1911 saw “terrible conflagrations” on the common, and Mr W K Fosberry was instructed to replace the destroyed gate to the Parish Field (gone again!). In 1912, the Clerk had occasion to travel twice to Guildford and once to Kingston, on Council business. His total fares came to 9 shillings. 1913 saw considerable concern about the dangerous bends at Dye House Hill. Nothing much changes! It now seems difficult to appreciate that the village had no refuse collection before 1929, when Hambledon Rural District Council undertook to provide a monthly service. From earliest days until then it had been customary to employ a man with a cart to collect bottles and tins to be dumped at various spots in the parish, one such being near Foldsdown. It was in 1929 too, that following a request from the Parish Council, it was agreed to construct the footpath from the village to the main (A3) road, and thence along past the bus stop to the bottom of the hill by Bowlhead Green turning (obviously written in days when we had buses!) And so, one could go on, gleaning little snippets of interesting information of bygone Thursley, but I fear I have already over-stretched the space originally allowed me. And so, to all members of the PC, carry on doing the good work on behalf of this community, you are very much appreciated.