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Alfred Powell was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 14 April 1865, the son of Thomas Edward Powell by Emma Corrie. He was the architectural pupil of John Dando Sedding, working in the 'crafted Gothic' tradition inspired by John Ruskin. His wife, Ada…

Among the many newcomers, one of the best known was Sir William Rothenstein. Born in Bradford in 1872, the son of a cloth merchant. he studied art at the Slade and in Paris where, as his great nephew Max Rutherstone wrote, 'the seventeen year old…

Fred Gardiner was born in Waterlane, one of five brothers and two sisters whose father was a builder. Fred was apprenticed to Ernest Gimson, one of the leading practitioners of the Arts and Crafts Revival movement which flourished between 1860 and…

When Gimson started designing metalwork in about 1900 he saw some hinges that Alfred Bucknell, son of William the village blacksmith at Tunley, had made for Alfred Powell. (Architect and painter of Wedgwood pottery. Gimson and Alfred set up a forge…

Peter Walls Workshop at Chalford  by Kay Rhodes From 1919 to 1937 a group of craftsmen worked for Peter Waals in workshops in what used to be Halliday's (or Smart's) Mill at the bottom of Cowcombe Hill. Much has been written about their work,…

Below are two views of William and Eva's lives, the first is a formal Biographical History and the second, is an extract from ''Oakridge a History' by Pat Carrick, Kay Rhodes and Juliet Shipman which focuses on their life as part of the wider…

The following Article was part of the Simmonds Archive gifted to Oakridge History Group. We have been unable to track down the publisher and hope that there is no breach of copyright reproducing it here. The published article has handwritten…

The following Article was part of the Simmonds Archive gifted to Oakridge History Group. We have been unable to track down the publisher and hope that there is no breach of copyright reproducing it here. The published article has handwritten…