Thorley School 2013 , after closing it was known as ‘Heytesbury Hall’ . It was sold off in 1970s and is privately owned

I had been a Brownie and was very keen to join the Guides so I kept asking my mum to buy my uniform. She said it was a lot of money and she wouldn’t buy it unless she was sure I’d stick at it. In the end, she gave in and bought the uniform. Then a Youth Club opened in the old school at Thorley, and that was the end of me going to Guides. It was no contest.
A group of us used to walk out from Yarmouth, to play records and do whatever we did at Youth Club. Ruth Mills nee Kelleway b 1945

I used to go with my mum and Elsie Squibb to Beetle Drives at Heytesbury Hall, and at Ningwood WI Hall too. They were always lots of people there. Mary Henderson b 1954