This picture of Thorn's Cottages, situated just above the village green, was taken in 1914, and is a scene which has changed little since. If you look at it today, largely only the roof is different, as it is no longer thatch.

It is now the homes of two people with the same name, Bob Miller. To distinguish one from the other, one is "Old Bob" and the other is "Young Bob". However, young Bob is not as young as he was, as I went to school with him at Woodbury school in the 1940s! Old Bob, however, has always tended what can only be called the ultimate vegetable garden.

The immaculate rows of vegetables have been photographed by many a visitor to Woodbury, and the area is indeed a credit to him. His crowning glory came in 1987 when he was awarded a certificate from the Guinness Book of Records for growing the largest recorded shallot at 5lbs 13ozs. It is understood that this record still stands. Maybe this is where some of the cow residue mentioned last week came to good use over the years!