East Hanningfield Archive

Arthur and Frances Bright lived at Rosemount. Arthur was an insurance Agent. Their daughter Joyce became the Mrs. Thorrington who some of us might remember working behind the screen at the Post Office.  At that time she lived at Smiths Garden (now Poppies).

Arthur Bright was born at Buttsbury on 16 June 1889, the son of William and Elizabeth Bright. An early occupation was as a gardener. He married Frances at Buttsbury on 11 June 1916.

Frances Rose Fullbrook was born at Chelsea on 12 August 1888.

Known children are Joyce born 13 August 1922 and Charles Arthur born 6 November 1923.  In the 1939 survey Joyce was a shorhand typist and Charles was an electrical engineer.

Frances' mother Rose Ann Fullbrook was living with them in 1939.