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Photographs L - R :-1. The Right Honourable Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 19472. Sir Stafford Cripps and family at Frith House 3. Sir Stafford Cripps4. Sir Stafford Cripps with Fred Gardiner showing one of a twelve piece set of…

The Arts and Crafts movement found, in Oakridge, an environment sympathetic to their creativity and work. That same environment continued and continues to attract both locals and others who have settled here to craft beautiful objects such as those…

The Arts and Crafts movement found, in Oakridge, an environment sympathetic to their creativity and work. That same environment continued and continues to attract both locals and others who have settled here to craft beautiful objects such as leather…

The Arts and Crafts movement was not just about beautifully crafted objects, many came from an Architectural background and appreciated the craft based skills that went towards beautiful buildings sympathetic both to their location and local…

The Arts and Crafts movement found in Oakridge an environment sympathetic to their creativity and work. That same environment continued and continues to attract both locals and others who have settled here to craft beautiful objects such as this…

The Arts and Crafts movement found, in Oakridge, anenvironment sympathetic to their creativity and work. That same environment continued and continues to attract both locals and others who have settled here to craft beautiful objects such as these…

The Arts and Crafts movement found in Oakridge an environment sympathetic to their creativity and work. That same environment continued and continues to attract both locals and others who have settled here to craft beautiful objects. In Oakridge…

In 1880 William Allen was appointed headteacher at Oakridge, where he stayed till his retirement in December 1922.1. Roofing of the School House 2. William Allen with a class of children outside the school, 1902 3. Kathleen Allen, daughter of the…

Dame Margaret Weston, or Peggy Weston as some villagers recall, was born in Oakridge in 1926.Dame Margaret was the only daughter of the village schoolmaster. Her mother and father were both headteachers of local elementary schools, her father of…

Percival "Percy" Dearmer was an English priest and liturgist best known as the author of The Parson's Handbook, a liturgical manual for Anglican clergy. A lifelong socialist, he was an early advocate of the public ministry of women (but not their…