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Yarmouth and Thorley Voices

WWII Marriages: 1940s

Edward Lawry, a carpenter from St. Ives, Cornwall, was in the Royal Navy Patrol Service

Edward Lawry RN

Edward Lawry RN

Mat and married Joy Cotton of Yarmouth, 1942

 

Ed Lawry and Joy Cotton m 1942

Ed Lawry and Joy Cotton m 1942

If anyone asked Ted how he got here, he always said he came as a missionary!

I'm jolly glad I came to Yarmouth IW

I’m jolly glad I came to Yarmouth IW

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A selection of memories

  • Free Time : Brownies and Guides, and a special occasion
  • Carnival week 1949 : Pier Shore
  • The Dashwood Family and Yarmouth Church
  • The Dashwood family of ‘The Mount’
  • WWII Brownies War Effort: Delia Whitehead
  • WWII Childhood Memories: Sheltering in Air Raids
  • WWII: Thorley Marsh mystery
  • WWII Firewatch : Delia Whitehead
  • WWII Canadians at Rofford House: Delia Whitehead
  • Delia Whitehead nee Hunt :Confirmation at St. James’ Church
  • Granny Hunt: Home nursing and more
  • Doctor Drummond, Yarmouth Doctor
  • Delia Whitehead: Harvest Festival at St. Swithin’s Thorley
  • Delia Whitehead : Picking snowdrops at Thorley old church
  • Delia Whitehead: War years at Yarmouth School