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A Visiter To Oakenshaw

A Memory of Oakenshaw.

Until the early sixties when my grandmother died, I visited Oakenshaw with my parents and brother to see my grandparents James Carter and Jane Ann Carter. It wasn't until I began researching my father's family tree that I discovered we were practically related to most of the inhabitants of the village. The main families were the Rosethornes and the Barrass's, and other families through marriage. I was not happy visiting grandma because it took up the whole day and involved traveling on 4 buses. J. Allison

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hi dann just read your memory about oakenshaw. i am john scott and i lived their mid fifties to mid sixties before going out into the wide world. one of my best friends was john and peter barrios and i remember the rosethornes, although can't remember where they lived, i lived in school row. i knew ronnie carter, any relation? i have a vague feeling we met around 1960, there was a group of us biking about and i remember meeting someone from "out of the village"and was really curious because i had hardly met anyone from outside of the village believe it or not!! i would love to know where you travelled from lol.hope you come across this little piece and all the very best to you...john scott
By sunybaygrey on Fri Nov 13th 2015, at 12:11 am
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Hi, I’m Alan Barrass and I lived in 154 school row from 1953. I left in 67 when I got married but it was still the family home till 1971. Mam was Winnie, dad Norman and us kids were Norma, Michael, Alan, John, Eleanor, Richard, Peter and Paul.
If anyone remembers us please post a comment.
By Alan Barrass on Thu Jan 12th 2023, at 11:38 am
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