Oving, Post Office c.1955
Photo ref: O118009
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This view is taken looking south towards Oving from Bowling Alley's junction with the North Marston to Whitchurch Road. The carrier's wagon outside the post office gives an old-fashioned view to this 1950s view - but milk floats and rag and bone carts were also still horse-drawn well into the late 1950s. The outbuilding and shop beyond have been demolished; the site is occupied by new houses. The slate-roofed house by the telegraph pole survives, but nothing else is the same on the left side of the road.

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William and Charlotte Steers, my great grandparents, became the landlords of The Butchers Arms in 1939 when they moved from Woolwich, SE London. Unfortunately William died in early 1940 and my grandparents, Edith and John William (known as Jack) Mortlock took over the licence. Edith was Charlottes’ daughter. Charlotte continued to live with her daughter and son-in-law along with Roy, Edith and Jacks’ ...see more
My family lived at Stone View, Oving and my dad went to Oving School and was born in the bowling alley in Oving. I remember the afore mentioned names and the Butcher's Arm's public house which caught fire in the 60's. My father's name was John Webb, my brothers went to Oving School (Stephen, Clifford, and Martin Webb). I remember the Hovis advert for mini rolls made near the Black Boy public house in the 1964/65 called ...see more
 My family lived in Manor Cottage, the house on the left, when I was born in 1959. It was such a friendly village. I knew everyone who lived in the lower half of the village. I was able to walk safely down the road to the village school until it closed in 1968. We then had to travel by bus to North Marston school. There were less than 20 children in the school when it closed.  We all played together in the small ...see more
I also remember going to Quarrendon County Secondary School from Oving. Most of the children from Oving and the surrounding villages went there. As I understand it now the school has been renamed. I remember Rosetta Sasso, Patsy Morris, Jane Cairns, Anne Jaeger, George Randall, Leila Randall, the list goes on. We would perform Gilbert & Sullivan Operettas which would take about six months to ...see more