As usual, Thursley is recognising the importance of celebrating VE Day with a variety of events.

Thanks to a conversation between our Chairman, Sally Scheffers, and her veterinary surgeon, Jeremy Mantel, we are able to reproduce the...

This remarkable collection of old postcards was put together over many years by Kay Cottle.

These are just a few examples of exhibits both outside and inside the museum

In the churchyard of Thursley in Surrey there is a monument marking the grave of my uncle and namesake, Lieutenant Derek Lutyens.

Having already found an Elizabethan sixpence, Olly Lynes has also discovered a pocket watch belonging to Lt. Leslie Richmond. He must...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Thursley Parish Magazine, August 2024 If you haven’t yet checked out the...

This book was published in 2021 by the Thursley History Society and this was made possible by the support of The Armed Forces Covenant...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in June 2020 As we missed our planned VE Day celebration...

This article by Rosemary Stockdale was published in the Parish Magazine When war broke out on 1st September 1939 life changed overnight...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was in the Parish Magazine in April 2024. See also 'Wedding Belles'. April 28, 2024 marks the...

The History of Thursley Society's exhibition, Wedding Belles, celebrated the history of weddings in Thursley church from 1613 - 2007 when...

From Thursley Parish Magazine December 2019, written by Rosemary Stockdale The Tweedsmuir Camp (off Dye House Road) was built by the...

D-Day training sites were created in Britain in order to practice for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Northern France by allied...

From Wikipedia: Witley Military Camp, often simplified to Camp Witley, was a temporary army camp set up on Witley Common, Surrey,...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in June 2022 Well, isn’t life strange? I’ve been writing...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in July 2022 Well, I hope you have all recovered from the...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in September 2020 The site of the V2 rocket explosion...

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens was an English architect who designed many war memorials, English country houses and public buildings in the...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in November 2021 On Sunday the 14th of this month,...