From Tom Nicholson (also known as Bill).Winsham was like a second home for Tom from 1940 until the death of his foster mother Kathleen Phillipps in1988

Winsham was my second home from 1940 to 1988 when my foster mother Kathleen Phillipps (Nee Fowler of Whatley Farm)died. My foster father Joe Hodder Phillipps died in 1979. Their cremated remains were scattered behind the farm house in the field known as Long Strip, so I don't know what parish records　would be available. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Winsham had its own Web museum last year when I was given a PC to drag me into the 21st century. 　

On the map of farming I see no mention of "The Farm", High Street which was located at the top of Back Street, and I see on Google Satellite that most of the buildings are still there, including the tractor garage built by Arthur Loaring from scrap wood in 1941. ( I also used to watch him making coffins in his work shop on Church St.) I may have the wrong Loaring but there's probably quite a few still in the village who will know who made the coffins.　 The farm now known as Lime Kiln Farm was built on land purchased from the Hodder　family who farmed in Winsham for at least three generations　at　the High Street location.　(William, Jane, and Joe Hodder Phillipps.)　 The field,　on which the new farm was built by Mr Warry　( I believe), was called Lime Kiln field, and the location of the　original Kiln which has been buried by landfill shows up in the top right corner of the satellite picture as a much lighter colour　than the rest of the field.　　

Hope I haven't bored you with so much Winsham Trivia, but as Joe Hodder Phillipps and his wife were so active in the church and parish for many years then I feel that there should be a place for them somewhere on your wonderful web site. Hopefully, there are still a few people in the village who may remember the Nicholson boys up at the High Street Farm.