Nora Nichols

Nora Nichols, aged eighty three, was almost the last of the village characters. She came to the village in 1947 with her parents and was soon involved in village affairs.

Amongst her many activities, she helped with the Girl Guides and the formation of the Brownies. She was a founder member of the Helmdon Fellowship and served as its treasurer for many years. A formidable personality with a big voice and a heart of gold, she dominated committees and leaned on people, and she got things done!

She was treasurer of the WI and embroidered the cloth which is still used on the top table at meetings each month. She was also secretary of the PCC.

Nora played an important part in setting up a bus service line to Brackley on market day, originally once a month, and now on a regular weekly basis.

She said that when Jeffs had one coach operation on the old railway yard soon after the war, there was no telephone there, so she acted as the telephone link in the early days.

We first met her on a Fellowship coach outing, organized with her usual efficiency, some nineteen years ago. We had visited her days before she died. She was still in good voice and very “with it”. It was a privilege to have known her.

AR & PR

From: Talkabout Spring 1998