| Thorncombe Village Trust: Recollections |
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| This is a new area for our website - we intend to collect memories of the village and the parish from anyone who can contribute. We hope it will grow as people learn of its existence and send in their reminiscences. Even memories from a few years ago can remind us of our own stories about local people and events. Please get in touch if you would like to share any memories you have ...... Photographs are fantastically important for us to be able to visualise life 50 or 60 years ago. We can scan in the images and return photos very quickly - so if you have any that you would like to contribute please contact us, we will take very good care of them. |
Louise May Silver born 1933
, evacuated here in 1942 We were very excited to be contacted by Louise Onione, nee Silver, who found the memories of Wilfred Potter (below) with delight. Louise has sent us her vivid memories of her time in Thorncombe during the war, she begins: "I was an Evacuee from Sept.8th 1942 - July 43 and lived right opposite Wilfred and his Mum .........." read on.... |
Wilfred Potter (1923 - 2008) Eve Higgs writes … " everybody who knew him has their own story to tell about Wilfred. This is mine. My husband John and I moved to Thorncombe in July 1998. Our house backs on to Potter’s Field so we got to know Wilfred as near neighbours. He used to let us ........ read on |
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Reminiscences from Ruth Anderson ( nee Loveridge) " Loved the story of the evacuee girl, Louise May Silver and her time in Thorncombe. I was born in 1945 and I remember the Down family with whom she lived, but never knew ........" read on.... |
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Hopefully this is just the beginning of this fascinating area of our
history. If you have any memories of Thorncombe as it was - it doesn't have to be from very long ago, do please get in touch. We hope that reading this will remind others of people and places they knew, and will provide younger people, and newcomers to the village, an absorbing and useful resource. |
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