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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 Chedworth and by 1891 was a farm labourer at Smart's Farm, Bournes Green. He married Alice Lewis 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 was a popular place with regular customers from the village itself and from outlying areas. It was…

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 the latter slept at Iles Green each night, but none of them ever had to run with a message. The most…

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 old at the time, and my two brothers were five and six. It was a wonderful village for children as…

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. Those were the days when there seemed to be a longer service (sermon probably) and the Book Of…

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 after "Time" was called.So in desperation he went outside, found his garden hoe, and used it to…

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 Thomas Blanch, for seven years. The date on the document is 1814. The edges of the paper have been…
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