TYSOE ONLINE

  • About Tysoe
  • News
  • Events
  • Join In
  • Parish Council
    • Parish Councillors & Parish Clerk
    • Parish Council Meeting dates
    • Meeting Minutes & Documentation
    • Financial information
    • Local Planning
    • Neighbourhood Plan (2018-2021)
    • Policies & Procedures
  • Tysoe History
    • Old images of Tysoe
    • Projects
    • Village History
    • Guides
    • Miscellaneous Publications
    • Links to other websites
  • Contribute
  • Contact us
  • Subscribe

Margaret Gibbs & Peg Wyles

Topics discussed

TimeDescription
00.00Introductions
00.10Earliest memories
02.20Margaret’s first married home – condition of the house /services
02.56Electricity into Tysoe – changes resulting
06.27Doctors
07.22Factory in Tysoe during the war – Peg’s early working life – women & work
09.10Margaret’s early working life
10.45Leaving school
11.25Iniquities in education – scholarship / fees
13.30Schooling now & then in Tysoe – headteachers
17.15School treats
18.18Margaret’s husband’s family origins – occupants of local houses – familiar names
21.25Chapel interlude
22.50Peg’s husband in RAF …
23.55…followed by war memories
27.10Games as a child – Peg – playing fields – other childhood memories
28.55Coal supplies – heating & cooking – first hot water system
30.40Peg’s large family – small house – room for everyone? – 3 generations in one house
32.10Old Tree Lane & ‘Faggot Alley’
33.00The old bakehouse on Saddledon St.
33.40‘The Dock’ behind the village hall
34.10Birth & death – coffins etc. – children & death – exposure to death – childbirth
37.25Houses & conditions – mice, rats – dirt floors, poor thatch, uncertain walls
42.08Pigsties in the new council houses 1929 – food in the war
44.00Moving house (from Lancaster to Tysoe)
47.26Gated roads and other memories, including wages
49.40Then & now
52.45Ends

WHAT’S NEW

Song Sung Blue

ByWebmaster Events 2 April, 2026
On the 22nd April, the Tysoe Village Hall Film Club will be showing Song Sung Blue. It is a 2025 biographical musical drama directed by Craig Brewer, and was released in…
Read More

Could you be a Tysoe HERO?

ByWebmaster News 1 April, 2026
A hero image is a web design term used to describe the full-screen video, photo, illustration or banner that welcomes visitors to a webpage. The image always has a prominent…
Read More

Tysoe Flower Show Schedule – online

ByWebmaster News 1 April, 2026
The Tysoe Flower Show & Fete committee look forward to welcoming you to another fun-packed show in August. The schedules are now back from the printers and will be distributed…
Read More

Tysoe Village Hall AGM

ByWebmaster Events 31 March, 2026
On Wednesday 8th April, Tysoe Village Hall Trust is holding their Annual General Meeting, updating the village on the prior year of operation and with election and re-election processes. Doors…
Read More

Holy Week & Easter Services

ByWebmaster Events 30 March, 2026
Maundy Thursday – April 2nd, 7.30pm Holy Communion in St Mary’s Church, followed by vigil Good Friday – April 3rd, 7.30pm Tenebrae at St Mary’s Church, as service of light…
Read More

Photography Competition – 2026

ByWebmaster News 28 March, 2026
Tysoe Wildlife in conjunction with Tysoe & District Record are planning a photographic competition to select 12 photos for a ‘Tysoe Wildlife’ calendar for 2027.  The calendar will go on…
Read More

Tysoe Parish Council

Tysoe Parish Council is the first tier of local government for the civil parish of Tysoe, Warwickshire

  • Parish Councillors & Parish Clerk
  • Parish Council Meeting Dates
  • Meeting Minutes
  • Financial Information
  • Local Planning
  • Neighbourhood Plan (2018-2021)
  • Policies & Procedures

Join in – Get Involved

Tysoe is bursting with organisations, volunteering opportunities and events. Come and get involved!

  • Join in
  • Contribute
  • Contact us
  • Site map
  • Events
  • News

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

  • Keep on top of the latest news and events, via a maximum of one email a day, and unsubscribe at any time
Subscribe

Cancel or pause any time.

Smartphones capturing a scenic wildflower meadow with trees
Facebook logo
  • Accessibility
  • Disclaimer
  • Site map
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe