Photos of Hilary Thrupp with her dogs.
Hilary Thrupp (1925 – 2012)
Hilary Margaret Cookson was born at Swiss Cottage, London on the 10 May 1925 and educated at St. Margaret’s, Hampstead and Holy Cross Convent, Woking. In 1942, aged 17, she joined the Royal Artillery 628 Squadron ‘Heavy Mixed AA Battery’ Isle of Sheppey. After the war, training as a stenographer led to appointment as Personal Assistant to the Director of Studies at Sandhurst. She met and married Caspar Thrupp in 1955 and they worked together on their fruit farm in Suffolk. Due to an influx of foreign fruit their farm business collapsed. They sold up and bought a derelict property in London Street, Andover and set up Andover’s first ever launderette. It was a tremendous success, though it took them both a while to get used to being ‘in trade’ – a side of life unknown to them. They moved to Wherwell in 1958; first to ‘Uplands’ (now ‘The Well House’), 12 years later to ‘The Old Malt House’, and in 1982 to Hilary’s last home at ‘Gavel Barn’.
Hilary was active in village life and her many interests included music, patchwork and quilting.
The whole eulogy was published in the February 2013 Chilbolton and Wherwell Magazine which can be read by following the link below.
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2000-2012Place
WherwellLanguage
EnglishReference number
AQ13097.01Storage location
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Photographs (344)
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Wherwell (437)
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People (69)
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