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8 WESTLEA
Big money for Pupils look back in time
Westlea Thirty youngsters at Westlea School tended the pupils into written work,
Injanuary six students attended a
have spent several months study- discussions, poetry, art and craft. reunion of students who attended
Westlea is being given a cash injec- ing avillage close to West Swindon. Below, he describes how the class Hook School which closed in 1965.
tion to stimulate community life. The fourth years have been learn- has narrowed their research to find- The reunion was held in The School
In March a large temporary ing all about Hook Street and have ing out all about one resident of House restaurant which now occu-
building will arrive to provide a been so inspired with the project Hook village.
pies the building.
much needed extension to the exist- that the original time given to it was
ing community room next to Westlea extended by three months until The search for John Thomas Titcombe.
School. The building is being paid Easter this year. Do you know this man?
for by a £30,000 contribution to Teacher Tom Harman said that
community facilities by McLean the in-depth history study had ex- On the war memorial in Hook Vill- -age and delivered the letters by
homes, which has built houses on age, we saw the name of John hand. We had some replies but no
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Thamesdown Council has metthe in the First World War. We found
We rang up the archives office in
difference required to provide the Charity Market & that out by writing to the War Office Trowbridge and they sent us infor-
building. Car Boot Sale which sent us back the information. mation about the school records. So
In another development, the Local community groups are John Thomas Titcombe was born we found out that John Thomas
Westlea Community Action Group invited to raise money in Hook Street on 25 March 1892. He Titcombe went to school in Hook.
has been promised £10,000 by Na- at the Westlea School had a sister named Louisa and a The family moved away and then
tional Power to set upan after-school brother named William. He also moved back again. This was shown
club. charity market had another sister who died when in the admissions register.
The group has applied to
Thamesdown Council's Commu- Saturday 9 March, she was a baby. Her name was
We also found out that the family
nity Development Committee for 10am - 12 noon Rosie. We found out that informa- lived in HookFa rm from the records
another £5,000 so that the club can Car Boot Sale open to all tion from the church records. His of voters in the parish.
run on three afternoons a week. Stalls: £2. Boots £4/,5 father was John who was born on 6
We still wanted to find out
Fewer sessions may not make the To book, ring November 1859 and he married whether we could find anyone in
club viable to operate. Westlea School on 870469 Emma Wheatly on 7 April 1888.
the family so we wrote to everyone
We thought all this was very in- called Titcombe in and outside
Salisbury Street teresting and we wanted to find any Swindon who were in the telephone
relatives or friends of the family. So directory.
Top Tel: 619562

ri Swindon we wrote to everyone in Hook vill-
We are still waiting to hear.
Nearly New Toys Always On Sale, Pictured in Victorian costume at the Hook School reunion. Tonny Ramselaar,
owner of the Schoolhouse restaurant, rear left, and from left, WestleapupilJcnnifer
maternity wear & baby clothes and school uniforms.
Bush, Claire Duke, James Douglas, Emma Garrett, Anish Harrison, Adam Ellis
New factory seconds, e.g. cots, swinging cribs etc. Hook resident and ex-school pupil Mrs Teresa Collis and Karen Ramselaar
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