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Broadband to Oakridge for History Club PDF.pdf
Since the advent of the Internet age Oakridge residents had had to put up with very slow speed connections either via their old fashioned phone lines or by using a “dongle” and renting a specific data limit monthly. Big companies like Virginmedia were…

_Oakridge Locals Who Served in the Great War and Survived.pdf
In 2018, to commemorate the end of the Great War, Oakridge History Group researched and documented those who served in the Great War and survived to tell the tale. This record is the result of that research. We have tried to include those who were…

After the end of WW1, Rothenstein was offered the post of Principal of the Royal College of Art in London. This was something very close to his heart, as he loved teaching and encouraging the development of young talent, so he decided to leave Far…

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Images are from a property sales brochure, 2018.Iles Green dates back to the early part of the 17th century. Sir William Rothenstein, artist and, later, Principal of the Royal College of Art, purchased and refurbished the house in 1913 when the…

86-1299 Butchers Arms Landlord (Peter Coupe).JPG
Pictures L - R, T - B:1. The Butchers Arms Landlord, Peter Coupe 2. Oakridge Show - Winner of flower section 3 . Butchers Arms Group 4. May Queen Gemma Weare on Headmasters Motorcycle (Bruce Burn) 5. May Revels Dancers 6. May Revels - Guessing Sweets…

Queenie Pearman remembers WWI & WWII
During WWI the women in the village took in machining work for one of the factories on Brick Row where Mr White, who lived in the village worked. The factory made khaki and white overalls for the army and local women sewed the pieces together.…

Wilful Damage at Bisley
Williant Gardner, Frank Gardner, Walter Whitinq, and Alfred Alley, youths of Oakridge, were charged with doing wilful damage to a void house at Bisley, the property of Mr J. E. Dorington. on the 30th March, doing damage o the amount of 2/•. Each of…

When the Trains Stopped at Chalford - by Geoffry Dearmer
Fifty years ago "The fastest train in the world" was reputed to be the run from Paddington, Reading, Swindon to Kemble. After that it dawdled somewhat. But the GW.R., did stop its trains at places like Brimscombe and Chalford in those days. And what…
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