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Alphonso William Thackway

11/05/1894 - 08/06/1985

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Obituary For Alphonso William Thackway

COMBE DOWN RESIDENT

Death of Mr. Alphonso W. Thackway

A former Bath business man, Mr. Alphonso William Thackway, of Green Mount, Combe Down, Bath, died on Saturday, aged 87.

Mr. Thackway was formerly a station-master in Shropshire and had to retire owing to ill- health.

He came to Bath about 40 years ago, and kept a boarding house at South Parade.

He also had a coffee shop in Southgate Street and at one time had a business in Westgate Street.

He was one of the first men in Bath to volunteer for home service when the war broke out, and he was also a special constable for some time.

He was a member of the Westgate Buildings Primitive Methodist Church, but of late years attended the Union Chapel, Combe Down.

He had resided on Combe Down for seven years, in fact, ever since he retired from business. He was a life-long total abstainer and was a staunch Liberal, For the first time he voted National Conservative at the last election.

He leaves a widow, two daughters and one son, who is at a Bristol branch of Lloyds Bank.

A great friend of Mr. Thackway ever since he came to Bath is Councillor W. J. Baker

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