I have read all these - no info. Catch22 - to get an email address you have to already have an email address. Mine is POP3 and won't transfer to Thunderbird

I have bought a shiny new desktop PC with Windows 8.1. It does not permit POP3 email providers. My current email provider does not support IMAP (it is a freeserve.co.uk address from orange.co.uk also known as EE). I have had my email address for 16 years and would like to keep it if possible but if it has to go then so be it.
Thunderbird is recommended as a provider that enables POP3 email accounts to be set up (imported is I think the phrase but I try to avoid jargon). I followed the instructions carefully, making and correcting mistakes. I was told I had set up the POP3 account in Thunderbird retaining my old address. Yes I could send messages but could not receive. I deleted that account after a few days.
So I thought I'd set up a brand new email address in Thunderbird but it seems that I can only do this if I use another email address that I might already have (such as gmail, yahoo, or live.com). I don't want to use these corporate giants. Enough of my private life goes their way already without them reading my friends/family/business correspondence. And anyway if I had (say) a gmail account why would I want or need to run it through Thunderbird. It'd work OK on its own wouldn't it?
QUESTION: is it possible to start from scratch with a new email address as if this was my very first time on the internet? If so, how? And where?
Thanks for any advice.

First of all you need to create an account with an email provider of your choice. Typically you'd do that via the provider's web site. Whatever provider you choose, you don't have to have another email address for that.
I don't see any reason why you shouldn't continue to use your existing freeserve.co.uk address. Since you apparently deleted the account in Thunderbird, you'd need to set it up once again.
I can't tell why this didn't work initially, most likely one of your settings wasn't correct.
Follow these instructions when setting up a new account in Thunderbird.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/automatic-account-configuration

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