30 May 2009
The six bells in the tower of Thatcham parish church are re-tuned in 1929 and two more are added to complete the octave. Men working in the tower find a tiny coffin containing the mummified remains of a baby. There is an inquest but no explanation has ever been found.
29 May 2009
The Parish Council has long been male dominated. This changes in 1919 when ladies are elected for the first time to Thatcham Parish Council. The first two being Mrs. Ashman and Mrs. Pike.
28 May 2009
Miss Elizabeth Hughes-Jones established one of the first schools for lady gardeners in the country in 1906. The school was originally known as Henwick Fruit Farm and later as Henwick Fruit and Flower Farm School as well as Thatcham Fruit and Flower Farm School. The school survived in various forms, including a mushroom farm until …
27 May 2009
The British School in Church Lane closes in 1913. This is because it is too overcrowded. Pupils move to the new Council School on the London Road, later called the Francis Baily School.
26 May 2009
In 1911, A.H and C.G Brown expand their business and open a “coach and van works”, called the Broadway Motor Works, in the Broadway next to the King’s Head. The company managed to keep training until 1990.