Thringstone Church Choir

All-male choir seen outside Thringstone Vicarage with the Revd C Shrewsbury, circa 1911.

At present, only several of the men and boys depicted can be identified - Men (middle row): James Lawrence, Bernard Baker, Unknown, Reginald Gee, William Henson, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown.

Choristers who took part in a play at Thringstone House in 1912

Seated: William Henson; Boys (left to right): Joseph Knight, Albert Ward, Alec Turner and George Fortnam.

Alec Turner lost his life during the First World War

Snapshot of church choir after a Sunday morning service in 1934, when under the leadership of Mr J W Wilkins.

Identified by Mr W Smith and G Fortnam as, at the back, J W Wilkins; William Smith. Middle Row (men), left to right: J Biddle (Vicar's Warden); Alec Stinson; M B Maloney; Revd C Shrewsbury; James Lawrence; J H Webb (Parish Warden).

At the front (boys), left to right: Walter Matterson; John Bancroft; Quintin Cresswell; Geoff Fortnam; Frank Gough; Gordon Robinson; William Franklin; Douglas Upton; Leslie Atkins; Rudolf Rossell.

The Choir and Churchwardens of Thringstone photographed on the occasion of the Reverend Cheverton Shrewsbury's retirement, September 1954

Back Row (Men): Maurice Brownsword Maloney (Choirmaster); John Brooks; John William Brooks (Parish Warden); Graham Fox ; James William Wilkins (former Choirmaster); William Smith; Charles Shrewsbury (Organist); Charles Toon; George Fortnam (Vicars Warden); Donald Bancroft.
Middle Row (ladies): Betty Jackson; Patricia Toon; Sheila Bailey; Pauline Gee; Glenis Smith; Doris Baxter; Blance Watts; Margaret Lowe; Anne Hicken; Joyce Burton.
Front Row: Alan Griffiths; Peter Black; unidentified; Revd Cheverton Shrewsbury; Terry Waterfield; Keith Richards; Charles Watts.

By the 1970s, the choir was entirely a ladies affair - seen here with the Revd A B Pettit at the wedding of Reg and Margaret Staley (nee Gee), August 1974

Pictured Left to Right: Doris Stanyard, Enid Brooks, Barbara Toon, Mandy Toon -- Reg and Margaret Staley, A B Pettit -- Glenis Stanyard, Karen Whaley, Carol White.

Above: Choristers pictured with the Bishop of Leicester, 1983

Back Row: Christine Middleton, Revd B Matthews (Vicar), Stephen Badcock, JW Wilkins (Choirmaster); Middle Row: Doris Stanyard, Mandy Toon, Sheila Burton, Joanna Bradford, Rt Rev CR Rutt, Margaret Staley, Richard Hoskins, Herbert Brooks; Front Row: Sarah Middleton, Dawn Staley, Martin Clifford, John Bradford, Barbara Toon, Enid Brooks, Pat Lowe (Organist)

Choristers pictured on the occasion of the wedding of Karen Wheatley, June 1st 1985

Left to Right: Doris Stanyard, Stephen Badcock, Margaret Staley, Christine Middleton, JW Wilkins (Choirmaster), Joanna Bradford, Ernest Lakin, Barbara Toon, Sheila Burton, John Bradford, Michael Elgar -- Karen Wheatley, Joe Wheatley.
Little Girls At the Front: Dawn Staley, Sarah Middleton

Billy Wilkins and Maurice Maloney - between them Choirmaster for half a century - snapped in 1982

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