The Coach Drive

Family outing, coming down the Thornton Road.

Family outing, coming down the Thornton Road.
Mr W. Hawkins is seen here driving Mrs. F. W. Woollard, her daughter Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Rudd, Fred and Lillian Rudd.
Family outing, coming down the Thornton Road.

Top hat and coachman's uniform would have been provided by the family.
Carriage, coming up the hill from Thornton Hall.

The coachman, Mr W. Hawkins, was unfortunately killed in a coaching accident near Stony Stratford in about 1910.
The Thornton Road 2002 with the Chestnut trees in blossom.

The Thornton Road 2002 with the Chestnut trees in blossom. Similar view to the picture above but notice how the trees have doubled in size.