Their premises were 2 cottages at the end of Cromwell Terrace. The post office and boot repairers[63 Cromwell Terrace] that John Thrussell ran. The shop was where the shop is today and the living quarters were where the post office is today[65 Cromwell Terrace].

John and his wife Ethel having tea in the front room.

The back yard of the terrace showing the well which is still there

Ethel getting water from a tap in the yard. John built a sort of bathroom in the yard.. His grand daughter remembers ” The bath contraption was just panels around a bath which was placed by the yard wall and a porch was created. The panel over the bath became a shelf for a large number of pot plants which had to be removed before the bath could be used! I think I even had a bath in it once!!”

John and Ethel had 7 children Caleb, Mary, Cyrus, Tom, Lois, Joe and Marcus[Ruby’s husband]

The family often went camping.

Granma Sarah Pratt with 2 of the children

Johnny Olly, his nickname, was on the committees of many village organizations. He recorded all the parish footpaths when he was chairman of the Parish Council.      https://pirtonhistory.org.uk/studies/

One of John’s hobbies was photography

He had a telescope and observatory in the drying yard behind the cottages and sent regular reports to Harvard USA.