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Albert Victor Robbins

Albert Robbins was born in 1877 in Chedworth. He was the son of William Robbins and Margaret Fry. In 1881 he was living with his uncle and aunt in…

Alison Gardiner Remembers

Water lane in the 1930's was a very different hamlet from what it is today. The central point was The Crown Inn, run by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hewer. It…

Ann Hornby on the ARP Wardens

During the war, my father was the head ARP Warden for the Village.There were a number of Wardens, and a group of boys who acted as 'runners'. One of…

Mrs Ann Hornby (nee Sadler) Remembers

We first knew Oakridge in 1922 when my parents rented what is now known as Lyday Close from Dr. Percy Dearmer, as a holiday cottage. I was seven years…

Childhood Recollections of Services at St. Bartholomews

As a little girl almost five decades ago, I was often present at Evensong in Oakridge Church sitting in a seat close to the organist who was Mr. Hunt.…

Memories of Convivial Evenings at "The Crown," Waterlane

I well remember my father, Edgar, telling me of the time when the then Landlord, Charlie Ewer, had difficulty in getting his customers to leave, long…

An Old Document found by Mrs. Woolls in the attics of her house at Tunely

A rolled up document was on stiff parchment paper. One side of the document is an indenture for the lease of some land in Bisley from Thomas Baker to…