New Cottage
Elizabeth and Melvyn Harris live at New Cottage, Lt. Thurlow Green (built about 1953) with their two young children, Stephen and Caroline. Elizabeth has lived in the village for 28 years and her parents live in Gt. Thurlow. Stephen is 10 and Caroline is 6. Melvyn works as a gardener at Gt. Thurlow Hall and […]
Holme Cottage
ohn Cook and Dorothy live at Holme Cottage, Lt. Thurlow Green. John has lived in the village all of his life, as did his parents and grandparents. Dorothy is from Dullingham, Cambs and describes herself as a housewife-housekeeper. Now John is retired he spends his time tending his large garden, while Dorothy likes reading. John […]
The White Cottage
Tracy and Cameron Wade live at The White Cottage, Lt. Thurlow Green, where they have been for five years. Since moving here they have enjoyed getting involved in village aVairs. Tracy was especially pleased at seeing the new pre-school building brought into use. They have three small children and the eldest one, Jack, goes to […]
Grainge House
Helen and Nicholas Dickens have lived at Grainge House, The Green for six months, moving here from Gt. Bradley. Helen is a Ph.D research student at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket and Nicholas is a motor mechanic at Vindis Audi in Cambridge. Helen enjoys riding, reading, gardening and embroidery. Nicholas is a keen motor […]
Wyatt Cottage
Suzanne White and Chris Pamplin have lived at Wyatt Cottage with their dog and three cats for the past six years. Chris has family connections with this area as his paternal grandparents, Molly and Stan Pamplin, ran the Gt. Thurlow village shop in the 1960s and 70s, whilst his maternal great, great, great grandparents ran […]
The Old Inn
Sylvia and Len Robinson live at The Old Inn, formerly The Red Lion, at Lt. Thurlow Green. They came to Thurlow 15 years ago and very soon got involved in village life. Sylvia joined the Women’s Institute and her main interest within that is music and drama. Sylvia has been Suffolk West’s Chairman (a term […]
Sunningdale
Robert and Heather Hunt live at Sunningdale, Lt. Thurlow Green, with sons Marcus who is 17 and Paul who is 13. They have been in the village twenty years and they have seen more houses built in their area and the changes taking place at Manor Farm. Fewer children use the village school and they […]
Cherryripe
For the past nine years Lorna and Sedgewick Boxall have lived at “Cherryripe”, The Green, Lt. Thurlow. They have two sons: Tony, a quantity surveyor and Paul, a projects engineer. At one time one of their sons and his wife also lived there with them. Their grandson is eighteen and granddaughter sixteen. Both enjoy joining […]
1 Coronation Villas
May Coote is a very active member of the village community, having retired from being the school cook. She feels the school used to be the centre of village life. Every child was well known and family problems were also shared. She, along with Kate Atherton and Margaret Ince, helped to set up the luncheon […]
Faraway
Ann and Peter Shovlin live at Faraway, Lt. Thurlow Green. They came here seven years ago for work. Peter is a shipping manager at I.F.F. (International Flavours and Fragrances), a chemical factory in Haverhill. Ann works as a receptionist in the scanning department of Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Peter enjoys bowls, while Ann reads and gardens. They […]