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School
I lived and went to school in Ogbourne St Andrew, I think the headmistress was a Miss Platt and very authoritarian. I always remember school dinners because we were not allowed to leave anything it all had to be eaten. Fried tomato was my nemesis.
We rented the house next to the shop, I remember from a very early age, 8-ish, spending time in the pub (it was the Wheatsheaf then) playing darts with the men, it was more of a social club all those years ago. My gran lived in the last house on the road going towards Marlborough (terrace of about 4!!), after her house was the Green Hut, where all the jumble sales were held. This has been knocked down and a house put on it. Another house has appeared in what would have been Gran's garden.
Mum was a stable-lass and worked in Turnells stables and Gran worked in the Manor House cleaning for Mr Cooper. I do remember it was boring at times... Read more
Wiltshire memories
Reverend Robert Blythe
Not a memory as such but my gt.gt. Uncle Reverend Robert Blythe, Clergyman of the Church of England moved to Ogbourne St George where he became Rector of the church. Robert Blythe moved to Ogbourne St. George from Windsor with his wife and two daughters. I had thought he was perhaps widowed before that but now I know they all appeared on the 1891 census, recorded as living at the vicarage. He had held a position of Master at St. Mark's School in Windsor until then. This later merged with another and was renamed the Imperial Service College. About four or five years ago my two daughters arranged to meet nearby not realising the family connection and my younger daughter and her husband were just coming out of the church when my older daughter arrived. It was so interesting to view the photos as some scenes may not have changed much in all the years. I think he and his daughters are most likely to be buried in the... Read more
Military
I was in the forces that year, my memories are not that good any more. What I did see of the village was good, I remember Marlborough Square cobbled, I think it was also Sir Gordon Rochards who used to train his horses therem that's all I can recollect, when was it all demolished?
1940's in Og St George
Mrs.Ball at the Post Office.
Westlecot House (now March House) with the Hayward-Jones family.
Imo H-J and self at fete at the Manor house dressed as Shah of Persia and Aga Khan.
Old Mrs.Ollie home help/cleaner.
Pony called Snowball and being led by mother to Chiseldon Camp (then deserted) to catch newts.
Alf Cooper (of Coopers Metals) at Og St Andrew Manor - interested in horse racing.
Dancing classes in Marlborough.
Breaking my arm and going to Victoria Hospital in Old Town, Swindon!
Happy to hear from anyone with similar memories.
School Times
I used to attend the local Ogbourne St. George school where Mr. Bernard Crooks was the headmaster and Mrs. Twelftree was my teacher. There used to be a kitchen attached to the school but that has since been changed to a library.
Great Grandfather
It is strange to see one of the two portraits that hung in my grandparents' hallway, for sale on the web. Issac was born in 1837 in Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire. Taught himself to read and write while an agricultural labourer, and joined the Wilts Constabulary in 1874. During the winter of 1881/2 he was pensioned out of the police from injuries sustained in the line of duty. The family story is that he was set upon by poachers in Savernake Forest while he was the local constable at Froxfield and nearly lost the sight in his left eye as a result. He lost his first wife and mother of 3 children at pretty much the same time. He subsequently moved to Marlborough to become Town Crier, Beadle and Bill Poster. In 1888 he remarried Elizabeth Simms (nee Harper) from Barbury Castle and had another three children with her, the youngest being my grandfather, Albert Reginald, born 1894. Isaac remained in this municipal position until his death, aged 73, in 1911.
Wartime Marlborough
Evacuated with my sister and mother, one of our favourite walks was to Treacle Bolley where we collected rose hips which were then sent away to be made into a source of vitamin C and distributed to those who needed it. On a visit to Marlborough (from London) a few years ago, I was unable to find Treacle Bolley nor anyone who had ever heard of it. Is there anyone out there who knows this lovely spot? (April 2008)
