https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/43314/archive/files/f8d829a65f31f8b78f7fb862ed90002c.pdf?Expires=1784764800&Signature=C5Zc7eq0cUa8uDCGyYwMW6lk0dPk4sZ9yMFa7dcyxXJEgkMNYspydb-SFeOkG0zv7jtIPKvcj978g333MxeJZynxIiV0Gj7N2yxrjgyqOCT7bAQpTnBimNS0n2PhAmq1YJdutTl9UFU54f8JKCkHjM6OCQc7sO7g2LTXy0v1OqchV7A%7EoyQJPpwslnhH79uYK4rDp72UBmd2CztXmAHnQhA04MY80AWFB4ugDfeMjcDDIme46DZC8Q6-Mmwf6d%7E-5Vp2TlbV6V%7EmGsx3k90ouEJXaRBb14%7EpCmPqNOAqnFoNQocV4M206k0bTq%7EUbM09cDE8d8txmQrDImN2R5veug__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM bc12a0fcef4651ff5576155a54a32404 PDF Text Text � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Miss Berta Gardiner Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pat Carrick Collection Subject The topic of the resource Pat Carrick, one of the three author's of 'Oakridge - A History', collected a large amount of original content as part of her research. This archive contains facsimiles of much of that content, including research notes, letters, remembrances and more. Inevitably, the book contains only a part of the detail collected, and the purpose of this archive is to both recognise the great work which was undertaken, but also to provide an original resource for other researchers. The content remains the copyright of Pat Carrick and must not be re-published without permission. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Pat Carrick Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Miss Berta Gardiner Description An account of the resource It is rare these days to come across the old-fashioned family retainer. Such was Bertha Gardiner of the Old Mill, Oakridge Lynch, whose death at the age of 90 we reported in a recent issue of this paper.<br /><br /> Miss Gardiner went, at the age of 13 as kitchen maid into the home of Mr. and Mrs Charles Birtwhistle of Cheltenham. <br /><br />Her abilities and personal qualities quickly won the appreciation of her employers and she finally became personal maid to Mrs Birtwhistle. <br /><br />When, a few years later, Bertha returned to Oakridge to spend a holiday with her own family, Mr. and Mrs. Birtwhistle came too, fell in love with the village and, in 1905 just 60 years ago — bought The Old Mill. <br /><br />Here, Bertha was set up as housekeeper and general custodian and their welfare, her energies and wide capabilities carrying her into a far wider circle than that of the merely domestic round. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Pat Carrick Collection