Places
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- Oakley, Hampshire
- Oakley, Buckinghamshire
- Great Oakley, Essex
- Little Oakley, Northamptonshire
- Oakley, Dorset
- Oakley, Bedfordshire
- Oakley, Staffordshire (near Market Drayton)
- Oakley, Fife
- Oakley, Gloucestershire
- Oakley, Oxfordshire
- Oakley, Suffolk
- Church Oakley, Hampshire
- Oakley Court, Oxfordshire
- East Oakley, Hampshire
- Oakley Green, Berkshire
- Great Oakley, Northamptonshire
- North Oakley, Hampshire
- Oakley Park, Suffolk
- Oakley Wood, Oxfordshire
- Little Oakley, Essex
- Little London, Buckinghamshire (near Oakley)
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Memories From My Father Rod Dean
This is what Dad had to say when I emailed him this site and the photos from 1955. Dad lived in Oakley from childhood until 1987, when as a family we moved to Adelaide Australia. I myself lived in the village from ...Read more
A memory of Oakley in 1955 by
Fondest Memories Of Gt Oakley 1938 To 1961
That was when I was born along with a bunch of other kids who grew up with me and with whom I played during the WW2 years and eventually went to C of E school together. Mr Porter was a teacher there, he ...Read more
A memory of Great Oakley by
Growing Up In Blaenau Ffestiniog. 1961
I was brought up in Blaenau Ffestiniog and lived there until 1971. The High Street photograph brings it all back. The shop on the extreme left of the photo was my mum's hairdressing shop and we lived ...Read more
A memory of Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1961 by
Thanks For The Memories
My goodness this brings back memories! I grew up in Irby and we lived in Oaklea Road from the late 40’s to the late 60’s – I’m now a true blue Aussie having lived in Queensland since the mid 70’s but about to revisit Irby in ...Read more
A memory of Irby by
Little Oakley The Dolly Houses
Just before I left school in July 1948 I with my mother, cousin Isabel, and aunt Hannah travelled down from Gateshead to visit my aunt Susie and uncle Don who lived in the dolly houses in Little Oakley. I recall there ...Read more
A memory of Harwich in 1948 by
Lost Times
My memories are of Okenden in the early days, my father was born there and was from a family of 11 children, he was called Arthur Oakley, he lived there when the local bobby walked the streets pushing his pushbike, and if he did any ...Read more
A memory of South Ockendon in 1959 by
Pavenham 1945 1970
This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that name ...Read more
A memory of Pavenham by
Thatcham 1951 1962
The shop opposite the White Hart public house, owned by Simonds, was called Lays Stores. My mother and father bought it in 1952 and ran it till it closed in 1962. Before that, they owned the fish and chip shop which has now been ...Read more
A memory of Thatcham by
My History
I was born in Park Royal Hospital in November 1951. Lived for a while in Willesden High Road. We then moved to Severn Way, which was off Denzil Road. I went to school at Dudden Hill Infants School. Then I went to St.Marys Junior school. ...Read more
A memory of Willesden by
Happy Days
My family moved from Tottenham in 1949. There was only 5 children and Mum and Dad at the time. Nice new terraced house in Faringdon Ave - Gooshayes end. I was born in that house in 1954. My younger sisters (twins) were born in Oldchurch ...Read more
A memory of Harold Hill by
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This post office is at 22 Oakley Lane, and is still trading today. Since the 1960s, Oakley has grown considerably, and its population is now 7,000.
Oakley was within the medieval royal hunting forest of Bernwood - the king's hunting lodge cum palace was at Brill nearby. The name of the village means 'a clearing in the oak woods'.
Considered to be Fleet's most famous landmark, the dome on the right is part of the old Oakleys department store.
The architect was Major C Oakley and the sculptors were Fairburn and Hill, all of Barrow.
The impressive façade of Oakley's Stores simply oozes prosperity as it faces the larger department store premises across Fleet Road.
The pinnacled tower of Oakley church has a sturdy staircase turret, a fine Tudor doorway, and a memorial window to William Warham, a local boy, reputedly born at nearby Malshanger House, who
Ernest Oakley had taken over the running of the family business from his father James in 1918, but it was very much 'business as usual' for, amongst other things, the store is advertising
Opened in September 1955 on a site facing Oakley Road, the school offered superb education facilities for the more academic students of the town.
The pinnacled tower of Oakley church has a sturdy staircase turret, a fine Tudor doorway, and a memorial window to William Warham, a local boy, reputedly born at nearby Malshanger House, who
The foundation stone was laid by Miss Beach of Oakley Hall on 14 June 1886.
The Liberal mayor Edwin Oakley, who gained office in 1891, was far- sighted; he sensed that Luton's future and prosperity depended on new industries and better infrastructure.
Oakeley Chemist and Store on the right of this photograph is now the premises of a photographer, and today the adjoining seed and agricultural merchants is the office of an independent
Shoefayre (left) is now Molson & Coakley (optometrists), and finally Sketchley (next door) is now Card Fair.
Shoefayre (left) is now Molson & Coakley (optometrists), and finally Sketchley (next door) is now Card Fair.
