Local People
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Jill Dando - Grew up in Worle
Jill was born in Ashcombe House in 1961 - Died 1999 in Fulham.
She attened Worle Infant School (now Mendip Green) and Worle Comp.
Jill started as a trainee reporter at Weston Mercury, where her brother and father worked. In 1985 Jill started work for the BBC in Devon as a news reader, she later went onto national television. Along with the news she persented a travel programme and Crimewatch.
In 1999 she was on This Is Your Life and was joined by locals.
Nigel Dando (her brother) worked as a journalist for BBC Radio Bristol.
Mother's Union
Mother's Union - Photo outside the Village Hall, Hill Road East (1955).
1927 - Rev Frederick May organised a committee to help set up a village hall. They bought the site and built the hall; it was up and running by 1934.
It was a hub for the local Community. It held events like jumble sales, dancing, weddings, Sunday School meetings and was used for many years as a school dinner hall.
It was later sold and became The Village Surgery and then a Children's Nursery
The Hardwick Family
The family donated the land for Worle Village Club (Century Club).
James Hardwick set up a charity in 1906 - its objective was Bread to be distributed on St Thomas Day for the poor of Worle.
The charity provided Tea, Bread, Blankets and Warm Clothing to the poor of Worle
Photo: Edward Hardwick
The Edwards family - Lived on the High Street (now the Co-Op Supermarket)
Owen Edwards 1913
Eli George
Eli was very much a Worle man and well known in the community, he was a church verger for over 40 yerars. Eli was also a grave digger for many years (he even fell in one in the 1960s).
He was born in Lawrence Road in the late 1800s and died in 1985 aged 91. His Dad was a boot and shoe maker. He left school aged 12 and had various jobs locally. He worked at White House Farm on station Rd, Woodsporing Priory, Mr Tripp at Nutwell Farm and a school caretaker.
When he worked for Vernon Hill at Woodspring Priory he would walk there and back, he would start at 4.40 in the morning and finish around 7pm.
Emma and Fanny Parsley
Emma and Fanny lived at Ivy House on Worle High Street.
They were born in 1840's and are buried in St Martin's.
The 1901 census shows the sisters living at Ivy House with their nephew Frank Burton and their neices.
We have a wonderfull collection of photographs of the Parsley family and Ivy Lodge. If you would like to know more please get in touch.
Tony Britton - Actor
His parents lived in Ebdon Road Worle, they then moved to Milton. Tony was a local vistor to Worle and Milton.
Tony appeared in sitcoms including Robins Nest and Dont Wait Up.
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