11 Pound Green
Kath Crooks has lived at 11 Pound Green for the past forty-six years and before that at Gt. Thurlow. She is the second child of a family of fifteen, her parents being Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Gert Atherton. She says she had a poor but happy childhood, although she did not enjoy school and […]
12 Pound Green
Betty and Jim Talbot and their son Gary live at 12 Pound Green. Jim was born at Gt. Thurlow and has lived in the village all of his life. Betty was born in Gt. Shelford and met Jim when visiting relatives in the village. They have been married for forty one years. Betty is a […]
13 Pound Green
Iris and Derrick Eley live at 13 Pound Green, Lt. Thurlow, with their youngest son Simon. They have three older children who, like Simon, went to the village school at Gt. Thurlow (now the Thurlow Estate Office) then on to the new school at Lt. Thurlow which opened in 1967. From there they attended Castle […]
14 Pound Green
Valentine Tron and her son Fred live at 14 Pound Green, Lt. Thurlow. She has lived in Thurlow for most of her life, and her parents and both maternal and paternal grandparents also lived in the village. Val has three other children who have left the village, the eldest John works as a chartered accountant […]
Pound Green House
Carol Warden and Mick Erridge have lived at Pound Green House (the old police house) for the past fifteen months, and in the village for three years. Carol works as a key account manager for Royal Mail which entails “location independent working” (meaning she can work from home at times). Mick is a self employed […]
Brookside
Born in Yorkshire, René Sargent has lived in Thurlow sixty two years, the latter part being spent at Brookside, Lt. Thurlow. She was part of the Ryder household and commuted with the family between Yorkshire and Thurlow. She met her future husband on one of these visits to Thurlow. Her father-in-law, E. J. Sargent, was […]
Ascham House
Tom and Rosemary Allcock have lived at Ascham House for the past three-and-a-half years. Both are retired, Tom from Deputy Director of Anglia Polytechnic and Rosemary from teaching French and Latin. Tom is now clerk to the parish council and Rosemary his chief assistant. They have two cats, Mikhail and Gorbachov. Rosemary was born in […]
The Old Rectory
Fiona and Charles Brittain came to the Old Rectory eleven years ago with their family of seven children. Now only the two youngest live at home; both are preparing for A levels and although twins they are at different schools, Long Road Sixth Form College and St. Mary’s, both in Cambridge. Fiona has enjoyed the […]
Fair Rig
Nicky and David Ogden have lived at Fair Rig, Lt. Thurlow Green, for the past seventeen years. At first they lived in London, coming here for weekends. They have two children, Thomas and Lucy. Lucy is at Thurlow School and Thomas at Culford in Bury St. Edmunds. Nicky was born in London, David in Manchester, […]
Green Ginger
Green Ginger, Little Thurlow Green has been the home of Donna and Andrea Branchini and their son Jack for the past four and half years. Donna was born in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A. and Andrea in Bologna, Italy. Andrea works for an international horse shipping agency in Newmarket. Jack attends the Colourbox Montessori school in Newmarket. […]