It was Harold Shoosmith who had restored the name of Nathaniel Patten to its rightful place as part of the heritage of Thrush Green, for Patten was one of the village's most famous sons A statue has been put up on the hundredth anniversary of Nathanial's - fasinating letters are discovered, telling much more about Patten's time as a missionary in Africa, it seems right to have a joint celebration for the centenary of Thrush Green's own village school and of Patten's mission school in Africa