Mabel Gillard
Mabel moved to Thame at the age of eight and a half. After leaving school at 14 she started work at Thame Park a couple of years later.
Author: RobH
Object of the Month – June 2023
The famous violinist Alfredo Campoli lived in Thame from 1986 to 1991. the concert programme is for his performance with the Crendon Orchestra da Camera in 1982.
John Hussey
John talks about Thame during the Second World War and how the wool trade changed since the 1950s.
Object of the Month – May 2023
Quart – 2 pint – milk bottle from the Hollands Dairy
Jack Lazenby
Jack came to Thame in 1950 to work at Rycotewood College as a woodwork teacher. The recordings cover Jack’s early life in Wakefield, Yorkshire, his time at Loughborogh College as a student and Rycotewood College as a teacher.
Object of the Month – April 2023
A sepia photograph of the NatWest Bank in Thame taken in 1910.
Dr Andrew Markus
Andrew qualified as a Doctor in 1956 and was a Thame GP until his retirement in 1994. The recordings also cover his time as a Town Councillor.
Ray and Phil Shewry
Ray and Phil Shewry moved to Thame in 1936. In the recordings they recount recollections their early lives in Thame.
Object of the month – February 2023
An embroidered cloth with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Regimental crest, made by Mr Cecil Aldridge whilst a prisoner during WWII.
Arthur Staggs
Arthur recounts his time spent working alongside the French Resistance, taking part in sabotage operations and being captured by the Germans.
