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William Simmonds - Puppet Master
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…
William Mark Curtis
William Curtis was born in 1897 in Sapperton, one of nine children. He was the son of Mark Curtis and Ellen Smith. Mark Curtis was a carter at King's Farm, Tunley in 1901 and in 1911 lived at Henwood Mill in the parish of Sapperton. William followed…
William George Hunt
William Hunt was born on 17 June 1890 in Oakridge and baptised on 10 August 1890 in Oakridge Church. He was the son of Thomas Henry Hunt and Emma Maria Clift. Thomas Hunt was a railway labourer and lived in Oakridge Lynch at what was Hillbrae and now…
William and Eve Simmonds, between them : Artist, Carver / Sculptor, Photographer, Embroiderer, Book Illustrator, Marionette Maker and Puppet Master
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…
William and Eve Simmonds - The Marionette Makers
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…
William Allen, Head Teacher 1857 - 1932
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…