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 […]
Ainslark
Terry and Dorothy Clark have spent thirty-two years at Ainslark, Lt. Thurlow Green. They have brought up their family of one son and four daughters here, who all attended the village school. The children have all moved on and Terry and Dorothy have now retired. They are both keen gardeners. Dorothy also likes photography, music […]
Myrobella, Thurlow Green
Valentine Woodard and his late wife Kathleen (known as Sis) moved to this area in 1945 to run the Bradley Oak. He now lives with his daughter Sue at Myrobella, Thurlow Green. Val is retired from running the family garage in Stradishall, whilst Sue works for Grampian Foods, where she says “there have been many […]
Church Farm
Helen and Roland Daniels and their children Philip and Hannah have lived at Church Farm for the past twenty one years. Roland is Head Gamekeeper on the estate and Helen works from home as an interior designer. Helen is the “Inventor of Lt. Thurlow”. In 1996 Helen thought of the idea of Flatmate (a flat […]
Amberley Grange
Jill and Barry Steele live at Amberley Grange, having moved to Lt. Thurlow from Surrey four years ago. Barry is a retired civil servant who was born on the Isle of Sheppey, while Jill was born in Malta. They are both involved in village activities, being on the village hall committee and St. Peter’s Church […]
Town House
Town House, Church Road has been the home of Anthony and Nancy Wills-Smith since March 20th 1976. Anthony was born in Colchester, Essex and Nancy at Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire. Anthony works in design-and-build for Amec Construction Co. in Ipswich. Nancy is floor manager for the bacon plant at Grampian Foods, Little Wratting. Playing golf at […]