Entry |
Type |
Code no. |
| The Silvester Family of Sunningwell and Radley by Christine Wootton. RHC Occasional Publications No.3, 2007 |
Book |
B.160 |
| Gone for a Soldier – Radley Service Men 1885-1920 by M.B.J. Mawhinney. Published (in a limited edition) by the author 2010, 109pp. Hardback. Presented by the author, September 2010. |
Book |
B.89 |
| Hostilities Only - An Autobiography by David Buckle, with Jan Greenough. 1999. Presented by Stanley Baker, August 2008. |
Book |
B.70 |
| Turbulent Times in the Car Industry: Memories of a trade union official by David Buckle, 2011. Presented by David Buckle. |
Book |
B.105 |
| From Colditz to Radley by Christine Wootton. Published by Radley History Club, 2006. 14pp. |
Book |
B.112 |
| From Radley to Colditz and Sagan. A continuation of the story of Peter and Charles Lockett by Christine Wootton. Published by Radley History Club, February 2009. 44pp. |
Book |
B.113 |
| The Williams Family of Abingdon, 1802-1994, 5th edition, by Alan R. Williams, July 2008. Signed copy presented by the author, July 2008. Contains brief references to the Silvester, Stimpson and Minns families – not the Radley branches. |
Book |
B.69 |
| Robert Acton Blandy. Miner, Leader, Legend. A Boer War Epic, by Rob Belk. Presented by Rob Belk. |
Book |
B.132 |
Radley Personalities – Profiles of Radley People by Brian Mott, Editor of Radley News, published in the magazine, as follows:
2000. Eric Blanks (April), Stanley Baker (May), Jenny Buzzard (June), Doug Rawlinson (July), Christine Usherwood (August), Eddie Cavanagh (September), Gordon Hill (October), Dot Hewlett (November), David Buckle (December)
2001. Joy Riley (January), Tony Rogerson (February), Paddy Drysdale (March), Brian Mott (by Stanley Baker, April), May and Harry Nye (May), David Beckett (June), Lily Hadland (July), Denis Standen (August), Dick and Sue Crabb (September), Ann Farr (October), Ron and Una Woodley (November), Alan Clark (December)
2002. Ann Blake (January), John Homewood (February), Maureen Cook (March), Avril Coleman (April), Peter King (May), Rosemary Hardwick (June), Chris Gasson (July), Mel and Liz Turner (August), Derek Nutt (September), Jeff Grimes (October), Carol Cavanagh (November), Revd. Jock Fletcher Campbell (December)
2003. Rita Holmes (January), Dominique Henderson (February) |
Document |
D.162 |
| Statistical report on the Christian names appearing in the Radley Parish Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials from 1599 to 1900. Compiled and presented by Christine Wootton. |
Document |
D.100 |
| Booklet entitled The Silvester Family of Sunningwell and Radley by Christine Wootton, including accounts of the family’s connections with The Bowyer Arms and Sugworth Farm. October 2006. 14 pp. Presented by the author. Copy also held as bound Radley History Club publication at B.160. |
Document |
D.101 |
| Sunday School stamp book of Michael Turner of 37 Church Road, Radley. [1950s]. Copy document presented by Doris Turner, May 2007. |
Document |
D.112.1 |
| Article re the presentation of an MBE to Marie Cross, aged 87, of Radley Road, Abingdon, Tower Captain of Radley Church, for services to campanology. Copy document presented by Doris Turner, May 2007. |
Document |
D.112.2 |
| Copy account dated 26 April 1929 in the sum of £6.9s.3d from P.E. Davis, Central Furnishing Stores, 23/24 St Ebbe's Street, Oxford, for furniture bought by Mr Turner of 37 Church Road, Radley. Copy document presented by Doris Turner, May 2007. |
Document |
D.112.4 |
| Copy of reference dated 22 November 1947 given by Wessex Electricity Company to Mr W.J. Turner of 37 Church Road, Radley, employed by the company as an electrician learner from 30 December 1940 to 24 June 1944, when he joined HM Forces. Copy document presented by Doris Turner, May 2007. |
Document |
D.112.5 |
| Typescript by Beryl Buckle of notes made by her aunt, Ethel Lay, formerly of Radley (1908 – 2007) in the late 1990s about life in her early days in Radley. Presented by Beryl Buckle, August 2007. |
Document |
D.115 |
| BALH Award to Stanley Baker on 2 June 2007. Copy of article in Oxfordshire Local History News, Issue III, Summer 2007. |
Document |
D.120.1 |
| Documents and photos relating to Alderman Albert Ernest Tombs, OBE, JP, 1882 to 1961, of Fairfield House, Radley, formerly Mayor of Abingdon. Presented by Peter King, March 2007. See separate list filed under Photographs P.118. |
Document |
D.122 |
(1) Order of Service of Thanksgiving at Radley Church on 6 March 2008 for Richard [Dick] James Frearson of Lower Farm, Radley, 1926-2008, who died on 24 February 2008.
(2) Death notice of Mr R.J. Frearson published in the Abingdon Herald on 28 February 2008.
(3) Extracts from Radley News, April 2008, of articles by Ann Blake and John Homewood re the death of Dick Frearson. |
Document |
D.123 |
| Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Alan George Clark, at Radley Church, 3 October 2011. |
Document |
D.123.10 |
| Order of Service to Celebrate the life of John Homewood, 17 December 1929 - 27 February 2014. St James the Great Church, Radley, Monday 10 March 2014. Includes a double page of photos of John. |
Document |
D.123.11 |
| (1) Order of Service of the funeral of Richard (Dick) Usherwood 1937–2008 [of Radley] at St Leonard’s Church, Sunningwell, on Tuesday 21 October 2008. (2) Obituary of Dick Usherwood by John Homewood, printed in Radley News, November 2008. |
Document |
D.123.12 |
| Order of Service at the funeral of Colin Smewin (1930-2009) of Radley at Radley Church, 26 October 2009. |
Document |
D.123.4 |
| Order of Service at the funeral of David John Fillingham of Radley at Radley Church, 10 November 2009. |
Document |
D.123.5 |
| Order of Service in memory of Barbara Joan Hook (1927-2010) at Radley Church, January 2010. |
Document |
D.123.6 |
| Order of Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Joan Hancox, at Radley Church, 15 September 2010. |
Document |
D.123.7 |
| Order of Service of Thanksgiving for the life of John Graham Talboys, 1925-2011, at Radley Church, 30 June 2011. |
Document |
D.123.8 |
| Celebration for the life of Jeffrey Raymond Grimes, 1937-2011. Funeral Service at Radley Church, 4 October 2011. |
Document |
D.123.9 |
| Summary of the contents of audiovisual items A.3, A.6 and A.88, prepared by Christine Wootton, February 2008. |
Document |
D.127 |
| Extracts from Radley News, February 1998, recording the death in January 1998 of Hilda (‘Sue’) Shaw of Lyric Wood, 6 Lower Radley, editor of Radley News from 1964 to 1989, with an obituary by her son David. Also copy of her final editorial for the magazine in October 1989, reprinted as a tribute to her. |
Document |
D.132 |
| Order of Service at Radley College Chapel, being Service of Thanksgiving on 17 May 2008 for Tony Money, Radley College Archivist, born 25 July 1920, died 17 January 2008. |
Document |
D.134 |
| Order of Service at St Michael’s Church, Abingdon, on 2 July 2008, at the Funeral of Michael John Portsmouth of Radley, who died on 22 June 2008. |
Document |
D.138.1 |
| Order of Service of Thanksgiving at the Funeral of Henry (Harry) John Alfred Nye of Radley at St Leonard’s Church, Sunningwell, on 10 July 2008. |
Document |
D.138.2 |
| Employer’s reference from Mr R.J.M. Brockley of Thrupp Farm, dated 5 March 1937, re Bert (Albert) Shepherd employed on the farm as a general handyman since June 1935. Copy document relating to Thrupp, presented by Mrs Frances Shepherd, November 2007. |
Document |
D.149.1 |
| Employer’s reference from Mr. P.T. Wilsdon of Thrupp Farm, dated 12 June 1948, re Bert Shepherd for some six years. Copy document relating to Thrupp, presented by Mrs Frances Shepherd, November 2007. |
Document |
D.149.2 |
| Employer’s reference from Major P. Wm. Lancaster, of Wapsbourne, Sheffield Park, Sussex, formerly of Thrupp, dated 23 January 1957, re Albert Shepherd, who worked for him since June 1948. Copy document relating to Thrupp, presented by Mrs Frances Shepherd, November 2007. |
Document |
D.149.3 |
| Sheet of four photographs, three of which are of Shepherd family members and the other is of Thrupp Farm (not dated). Copy photo relating to Thrupp, presented by Mrs Frances Shepherd, November 2007. |
Document |
D.149.5 |
| Copy of an article published in 2005 (source as yet unidentified) about Alec Issigonis when he lived at Radley, whilst designing and building a single seat racing car. (This copy has been prepared by Stanley Baker from text supplied by Mr Peter Fennell.) |
Document |
D.168 |
| Copy of a book owned by Mrs Jean Tabor (née Edwards) who lived at The Bowyer Arms (where her father was landlord) during the Second World War, containing names and addresses and other information of Radley men serving in the Forces. Donated by the owner, June 2009. |
Document |
D.189 |
| Extract from Tales of Old Oxfordshire by Cecilia Millson (published by Countryside Books 1983) re Mr Blewitt, attacked by robbers near Bagley Wood, 1783. |
Document |
D.192 |
| Battling William Batts. Copy of an article by Ollie Batts published in Oxfordshire Family Historian, Vol. 23, No. 3, December 2009, about the prize fight between Thomas Clayton and William Batts on Radley Common on 28 April 1817 which resulted in the death of Clayton. |
Document |
D.194 |
| Family tree of the Weston family of Radley. Compiled and presented by Martin Weston of Teignmouth, Devon, December 2009. Revised December 2011. |
Document |
D.195 |
| File of e-mails and documents relating to the Gill and Grimes families of Radley, c.1890 to 1977, supplied mainly by the Quill family. RESTRICTED USE. |
Document |
D.219 |
| Ambridge/Deller family tree from 1740 to 1934. Presented by Jean Deller, July 2011. |
Document |
D.225.1 |
| Copy of I.O.U. dated 25th September 1901 for £2.15s.0d given by Thomas Ambridge to Albert Warwick, endorsed with Albert Warwick's receipt for repayment. Presented by Jean Deller, July 2011. |
Document |
D.225.2 |
| Bill from Drs Faulkner and Craig of The Green, Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex, to Mr Deller, for professional attendance during February 1933, amounting to 19 shillings, with receipt endorsed 23/3/33. Presented by Jean Deller, July 2011. |
Document |
D.225.3 |
| Authority given by the General Register Office of Shipping and Seamen to William Charles Deller to wear war medals for the Mercantile Marine, 17 August 1943. The medals are British War Medal ribbon, Mercantile Marine Medal ribbon, British War Medal and Mercantile Marine Medal. Presented by Jean Deller, July 2011. |
Document |
D.225.4 |
| Cutting from Radley Parish Magazine, October(?) 1936, with brief eulogy for Frederick Charles Ambridge of 112 Lower Radley, buried on 17 September 1936, aged 71 years. Also correspondence about his Boer War medal, owned by Rory Reynolds, with three photos. Presented June 2014. Presented by Jean Deller, July 2011. |
Document |
D.225.5 |
| 'My Life as it happened and much, much more'. Typescript by Christine Wootton of talk given by Bill Small to the Radley Retirement Group in 2002, mainly relating his experiences as a prisoner of war of the Germans after the Battle of Dunkirk 1940. Also note about the Commemorative Medal of the battle. |
Document |
D.232 |
| Timeline for Richard Ellis, one time Master and Governor of Abingdon Union Workhouse and later Clerk to the Board of Guardians of the Workhouse, and family 1790-1871. He was buried at Radley in 1863. Also enlarged extract from the 25 inch Ordnance Survey map showing the Workhouse. Compiled and presented by Brian and Rita Ford, July 2012. |
Document |
D.237 |
| Database of the A Tale to Tell oral recordings of Radley History Club, produced by Ann Blake. |
Document |
D.238 |
| Report of the talk entitled 'A Lawless and Piratical Lot - The Life of Daniel Parke, Governor of the Leeward Islands 1705-1710' presented by Jenny Lee to the Radley History Club meeting on 10 February 2014 |
Document |
D.242.15 |
| Report on RHC Members Interests meeting: Members' interests re World War I, including copy of talk by Brian Ford; anecdote by Wendy Thornton about George Edwin Hatch 1887-1972. 13 July 2014 |
Document |
D.242.19 |
| Report of the talk entitled 'Building your family tree: pleasures and pitfalls' presented by Jessica Feinstein at the Radley History Club meeting on 13 April 2015 |
Document |
D.242.25 |
| Report of the talk entitled 'Men of Radley who gave their lives for their country 1914-1918' presented by Jenny Lee to the Radley History Club meeting on 13 April 2016 |
Document |
D.242.35 |
| Report of Radley History Club Members' Interests meeting, with talks by Ian Collingwood, Nicholas Lawrence, Sylvia Wilson and Christine Wootton, held on 13 March 2017 |
Document |
D.242.44 |
| Report of the Members' Interests meeting of the RHC on 8 April 2013, including summaries of talks by Felicity Henderson, Scilla Dudding, Sandie Fowlie, John Huddleston, Brian Ford and Christine Wootton |
Document |
D.242.7 |
| Report of the talk entitled 'Gentry, yeomen and land in 17th Century Radley' given by Richard Dudding to Radley History Club on 10 June 2013 |
Document |
D.242.9 |
| Copy typescript of 'The Life Story of Amos Bannister' [born 1874]. 10pp. Gives an account (inter alia) of his employment by Mr Welford at his bakery in Radley and later the Dunsdons. Presented by Patrick Drysdale, 2002. Also email of 25 February 2019 from Margaret (Betty) Callaghan, his grand-daughter, giving background to the memoir. See P.226 (below) for related family photographs. |
Document |
D.271 |
| Information about Amos Bannister and family collated by Joyce Huddleston 2022 while researching Radley's post offices.See D.426 for PowerPoint presentation about the village's post offices. |
Document |
D.419 |
| Information about Dunsdon family collated by Joyce Huddleston 2022 while researching Radley's post offices. See D.426 for PowerPoint presentation about the village's post offices. |
Document |
D.420 |
| Information about Hadland family collated by Joyce Huddleston 2022 while researching Radley's post offices. See D.426 for PowerPoint presentation about the village's post offices. |
Document |
D.421 |
| Information about Silvester family collated by Joyce Huddleston 2022 while researching Radley's post offices. See D.426 for PowerPoint presentation about the village's post offices. . |
Document |
D.422 |
| Information about William and Alice Machin collated by Joyce Huddleston 2022 while researching Radley's post offices. See D.426 for PowerPoint presentation about the village's post offices. |
Document |
D.423 |
| Information about William and Lilian Welford collated by Joyce Huddleston 2022 while researching Radley's post offices.See D.426 for PowerPoint presentation about the village's post offices. |
Document |
D.424 |
| The Roberts family of bakers, who lived in Radley c.1851. Email exchanges, 2021-22, with descendant Daniel Smith together with family portraits and a 1907 photo of 87 Lower Radley. |
Document |
D.409 |
(1) Obituary by John Homewood of Dick Deane of Park Farm House, Radley, who died on 15 November 2003, printed in Radley News, December 2003.
(2) Article in Abingdon Herald 24 November 2003 re death of Dick Deane. |
Document |
D.28 |
| Order of service for funeral of Beryl Buckle, 9 January 2014 |
Document |
D.313 |
| A Celebration of the Life of David John Buckle. 11 August 1924 – 21 January 2017. Ceremony at Radley Church on Thursday 9th February 2017. |
Document |
D.301.1 |
| Extract from Abingdon Herald 22 February 2017. A letter from Mark Fysh of Unison [Oxfordshire] County Branch in praise of David Buckle [of Radley] recently deceased. |
Document |
D.301.2 |
| Obituary of David Buckle in The Guardian, 1 February 2017 by Alan Buckle |
Document |
D.301.3 |
| Email from Colin Pitts to Radley History Club with information about his life at 1 Sugworth Crescent, Radley from 1937 to 1948/49 and attendance at the village school, Sunday school and church choir |
Document |
D.302 |
| Transcript of talk at funeral of Francis Levetus, 6 September 2001. Item belonging to Patricia Groser, former RHC Committee member, and donated by her family following her death. |
Document |
D.304.5 |
| Photographs and captions used by David Buckle for his memoir Hostilities Only (see B.70) (donated by his family following his death) |
Document |
D.305.1 |
| Rent book for 48 Lower Radley, 1941-1950 (item belonging to David Buckle and donated by his family following his death) |
Document |
D.305.2 |
| Articles by Beryl Buckle, entitled Radley Railway Workers and Radley Men’s Occupations (items belonging to David Buckle and donated by his family following his death) |
Document |
D.305.3 |
Papers in relation to award to Stanley Baker for Personal Achievement made by British Association for Local History:
(1) Copy of the BALH Programme for the Local History Day at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, on 2 June 2007
(2) Copy of the Scroll awarded to Stanley Baker
(3) Photo of the award winners
(4) Newspaper cutting from the Abingdon Herald, 28 June 2007
|
Document |
D.306 |
| RHC website article about Community Award presented to Stanley Baker by Evan Harris MP on 6 July 2006 |
Document |
D.307 |
Documents following death of Stanley Baker on 27 April 2017 as follows:
(1) Order of Service for a celebration of his life at St James Church, Radley, on 6 June 2017.
(2) An appreciation by Richard Dudding on RHC website |
Document |
D.308 |
| Documents following death of Robert Sephton in February 2017 as follows: (1) Obituary in The Guardian of 10 April 2017 by Chris Hall (2) An appreciation by Joyce Huddleston on the Radley History Club website |
Document |
D.309 |
| Order of service for funeral of Basil Crowley, 11 April 2016 |
Document |
D.314 |
| Abingdon and District Volunteers 1915. Copied from the Abingdon Free Press, 5 and 19 February 1915. Published by the Berkshire Family History Society. Presented by Stanley Baker, June 2011. |
Document |
D.315 |
| Poll Book Berkshire, 1796. The copy of the Poll for the Knights of the Shire for the County of Berks taken at Abingdon on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday, the first, second, third, fourth and sixth days of June 1796. Published by Berkshire Family History Society, BRK0233, 2006. For Berkshire Poll Book 1727 see Books B.66. |
Document |
D.316 |
| Freeholders of Berkshire. Electoral Roll of Berkshire 1832. Published by Berkshire Family History Society, BRK0226, 2005. Presented by Stanley Baker, February 2014. |
Document |
D.317 |
| Original letter from Charles Lockett, a prisoner of war in Oflag IV-C, Germany (Colditz Castle), to his wife Mrs Charles Lockett of Neat Home Farm, Radley, Abingdon, Berks, England, postmarked 14 April 1942. (Also a photocopy and a transcript). |
Document |
D.35 |
| Letter of 25 July 1943 from Charles Lockett, while a Prisoner of War at Colditz, to his wife 'Twinkle' together with transcript by Christine Wootton. |
Document |
D.410 |
Photocopies of the fronts and backs of two postcards, as follows:
(1) Postcard dated 26 December 1943 sent by Charles Lockett, a prisoner of war in Colditz Castle, Germany, to his wife at Neat Home Farm, Radley.
(2) Postcard dated 31 August 1944 sent by Charles Lockett to his wife at Neat Home Farm, Radley.
These copy documents were presented by Paul Watkins, September 2007. |
Document |
D.116 |
| Powerpoint presentation by Christine Wootton, November 2023, about the Lockett brothers (Charles and Peter) and their parents, entitiled It all stated with a letter from Colditz together with copies of associated war records. Donated by Christine Wootton, November 2023. Also Lockett family tree prepared by Joyce Huddleston. |
Document |
D.434 |
| Harry Taylor of Radley’s Conquest of Everest - Cutting from Abingdon Herald 20 May 1993, giving an account of this solo ascent without oxygen. Presented by Patricia Groser. |
Document |
D.44 |
| Typescript of talk by Sandy Fowlie on 'Life in a Rural Scottish Village (‘Insch’) in the 1930s and 1940s', presented to Radley History Club on 13 September 2004. See also recording of this talk at Audiovisual A.72. |
Document |
D.50 |
| Copy of notes on the History of Radley written by schoolgirl Agnes Frearson (1900–1987) in about 1910–1912, copied from the original owned by Dick Frearson. |
Document |
D.80 |
| Genealogical reports for 18 Radley families, prepared and presented by Christine Wootton as follows: (1) Badcock (2) Castleton (3) Cook (4) Deane (5) Godding (6) Comley (7) Dawson (8) Gibbens (9) Grace (10) Hook (11) Leach (12) Pocock (13) Silvester (14) Smewin (15) Stimpson (16i) Villebois (17) Weston (18) Woodley. |
Document |
D.92 |
| Ring binder containing Stanley Baker's research notes on a number of Radley families. Donated to the RHC after his death by his family. The families are: Badcock, Davis, Deane, Dockar-Drysdale, Hutchins, Hyde, Minns, Weston and Wilkins. |
Document |
D.325 |
| My acquaintance with GBS - a true story of a year and a day of my life, by Stanley Baker, 1997. Digital copy of a 62-page booklet telling the story of the disease Stanley contracted [Guillain-Barré syndrome] and his subsequent disability. Donated by his family after his death. See A.93 for a recording by Stanley of the booklet made on 10 June 2004. |
Document |
D.332 |
| Transcript of Oxford Times article of 17 April 1936 about the wedding of Mr S.J.L. Dockar-Drysdale of Wick Hall and Barbara Estelle Gordon of Neat's Home Farm. Presented by family of Robert Sephton after his death. |
Document |
D.337 |
| Article by Christine Wootton entitled Charles Walsh - the black sheep of the family? |
Document |
D.363 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Amatsia Kashti's relatives |
Document |
D.383.1 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Beryl Buckle |
Document |
D.383.2 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Bill Small |
Document |
D.383.3 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Brian and Valerie Mott |
Document |
D.383.4 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Brian Talboys |
Document |
D.383.5 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Charles Lockett |
Document |
D.383.6 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. David Buckle – early years |
Document |
D.383.7 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. David Buckle – time in the marines |
Document |
D.383.8 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Denis and Jenny Standen |
Document |
D.383.9 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Doug Rawlinson |
Document |
D.383.10 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Eric and Joy Riley |
Document |
D.383.11 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Evacuees in Radley |
Document |
D.383.12 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. John Nicholson |
Document |
D.383.13 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Lorre Stebbings |
Document |
D.383.14 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Peter Hairs |
Document |
D.383.15 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Reg White |
Document |
D.383.18 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Tony Money |
Document |
D.383.19 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Wartime Remembered for 50th Anniversary of VE Day |
Document |
D.383.20 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Christine Wootton |
Document |
D.383.21 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. David Shaw |
Document |
D.383.22 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Dot Hewlett |
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D.383.23 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Margaret Higgs and Iris Lancaster |
Document |
D.383.24 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Nancy Homewood |
Document |
D.383.25 |
| WW2 memories, notes transcribed by Christine Wootton 2020. Compendium |
Document |
D.383.26 |
| WW2. List of Service men and women from Radley, notes compiled by Christine Wootton, 2020 |
Document |
D.384 |
| Obituary of Paddy Dockar-Drysdale. Canadian Journal of Linguistics, June 2021 |
Document |
D.396.1 |
| Obituary of Paddy Dockar-Drysdale. Radley History Club website, June 2021 |
Document |
D.396.2 |
| Consolidated summary on an Excel spreadsheet of the Radley Remembered interviews conducted by Radley History Club, January 2022 |
Document |
D.391 |
| Letter from John Homewood and Tony Rogerson of Radley History Club, January 2003, seeking funding for equipment needed from the Radley Remembered oral history interviews |
Document |
D.400 |
| Bertha Annie May Dunsdon 1901-1982. Note by Ray Jenkins July 2007 |
Document |
D.416.1 |
| Edwin Norman 'Ted' Mattingley, 1893-1916. Note by Ray Jenkins, November 2006 and letter and photos about Ted's death on the Somme, July 1916 |
Document |
D.416.2 |
| Jenkins/Dunsdon/Mattingley family. Letters from Ray Jenkins dated 15 April 2008 and 17 September 2008, the latter relevant to possible right of way along Pumney Lane. |
Document |
D.416.3 |
| Trains of Thought and Other Connections. Account written by Ray and Mercia Jenkins about Jenkins/Mattingley/Dunsdon family, 11 December 2012 |
Document |
D.416.4 |
| Wedding Party of George Silvester of Sugworth Farm. (c.1910). In Photograph Album containing Photographs P.1 to P.62. |
Photo |
P.45 |
| Two photos: (1) Silvester daughters (Clara Lily, Maud Kate, Lilian Sarah) outside post office, c.1892 and (2) their mother Martha Silvester (d. 1892). |
Photo |
P.255 |
| Sheila ? (later Nutt), Carnival Queen (?1953). Copy of original owned by Beryl Buckle. In Photograph Album containing Photographs P.1 to P.62. |
Photo |
P.53 |
| Bob Godding, of 61 Lower Radley, caretaker at Radley School (no date). Copy of original owned by Beryl Buckle. In Photograph Album containing Photographs P.1 to P.62. |
Photo |
P.56 |
| Ethel Portsmouth at 78 Church Road, Radley (now demolished), c.1936. |
Photo |
P.64.10 |
| John Portsmouth thatching a cottage in Lower Radley, 1942. From the Mick Portsmouth Collection: copies of photos loaned by Mick Portsmouth of 69 Foxborough Road, Radley. |
Photo |
P.64.12 |
| Copy of a photograph of a wedding group at a double wedding, c.1900 (as yet unidentified). Presented by Rita and Brian Ford. |
Photo |
P.72 |
| 48 Lower Radley (Stimpson family home), June 1949. Copy photograph from the David and Beryl Buckle Collection, presented by David Buckle. |
Photo |
P.79.2 |
| Ernest Villebois with Laurie Haddon at 57 Lower Radley. Copy photograph from the David and Beryl Buckle Collection, presented by David Buckle. |
Photo |
P.79.3 |
| Rose Dawson and her dog Snowy at Dawson’s Cottage, Lower Radley. Copy photograph from the David and Beryl Buckle Collection, presented by David Buckle. |
Photo |
P.79.4 |
| Bob Godden, School Caretaker, at 61 Lower Radley. Copy photograph from the David and Beryl Buckle Collection, presented by David Buckle. See also P.56. |
Photo |
P.79.5 |
| Ernest Villebois at 57/59 Lower Radley. 30 November 1934. Copy photograph from the David and Beryl Buckle Collection, presented by David Buckle. |
Photo |
P.79.6 |
Photographs presented by Dick Frearson, as follows:
(1) Dick and his father at Lower Farm, Lower Radley, early 1930s.
(2) Dick at Lower Farm in late 1920s.
(3) Molly and Peter Frearson (Dick’s brother and sister) in 1940s.
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Photo |
P.90 |
| Gladys and Rosa Dunsdon outside Bakery Cottage, Lower Radley, c.1924, with family friend who helped at the Stores after the death of Frederick Dunsdon in about 1918. Copy of photograph presented by Mr and Mrs P. Neal. |
Photo |
P.96.1 |
| Radley Stores and Cottage, Lower Radley, Proprietors Frederick and Charles Dunsdon, c.1921. Copy of photograph presented by Mr and Mrs P. Neal. |
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P.96.2 |
| Radley Stores and Cottage, c.1921, with Rosa Freda Dunsdon, daughter of Frederick and Rose Emma Dunsdon, who was born there in 1915. Copy of photograph presented by Mr and Mrs P. Neal. |
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P.96.3 |
| Delivery ticket dated 14 June 1920 issued to Mrs Walker by Dunsdon Bros., Grocers, Bakers and Corn Dealers, Coal, Coke and Oil Factors, Cartage Contractors, of Radley and Kennington, for delivery of a coal load. Also a note by Rosa Freda Dunsdon to Pam Neal (one of the donors of these copy photographs) about the Dunsdon Family and their businesses at Lower Radley and Kennington. Copy of photograph presented by Mr and Mrs P. Neal. |
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P.96.4 |
| Prints of five black and white photographs of John Jones, Station Master at Radley 1927-45, his wife and children Donald, Gilbert and Jessie outside Station House, Radley, c.1942. Copied from the original photos lent by Don Jones, March 2007. |
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P.105 |
Three copy photographs of members of the Frearson Family (presented by John P.H. Frearson, March 2007), as follows:
(1) Bert Frearson, c.1915
(2) Agnes Frearson, née Walker, c.1920
(3) Bert, Agnes, Dick, Molly and Peter Frearson, early 1950s. |
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P.107 |
| Photo of Mr B. Thomas, Brenda’s father-in-law. Copy photo from original lent by Brenda Thomas of Radley. |
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P.111.1 |
| Copy newspaper cutting of the award of the MBE to Marie Cross, Radley Bell Tower Captain. See also Documents D.112.2. Copy document from original lent by Brenda Thomas of Radley. |
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P.111.6 |
| Four photos of Marie Cross at various bellringing locations. Copy photographs from originals lent by Brenda Thomas of Radley. |
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P.111.7 |
| Wedding group of Fred and Evelyn Stimpson (Villebois), with father Ernest Villebois, best man Jack Stimpson and bridesmaids Ellen Stimpson (later Jeacock), Hilda Gibbons (later James). Copy photograph from Beryl Buckle’s collection, presented by Beryl Buckle, August 2007. |
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P.115.1 |
| Group picture of Sid Alexander, Bernard May and Mr Haynes, with horse and waggon. Copy photograph from Beryl Buckle’s collection, presented by Beryl Buckle, August 2007. |
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P.115.2 |
| Group photograph of Albert Bennett, Joe Cato, Fred Pitter, Frank Pitter, 2 November 1935. Copy photograph from Beryl Buckle’s collection, presented by Beryl Buckle, August 2007. |
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P.115.3 |
| List of photographs and documents relating to Alderman Albert Ernest Tombs, OBE, JP, of Fairfield House, Radley, formerly Mayor of Abingdon. For the photos and documents on the List, see Documents, D.122.1 to D.122.18. |
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P.118 |
| Copy of a postcard, the front being a photo of a lady, and the reverse of the card being endorsed ‘Florrie Allsop, Radley Vicarage’. Probably early 1900s. Presented by Brian and Rita Ford, February 2008. |
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P.120 |
(1) Copy photograph of soldiers of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, 1914, including John (Jack) Portsmouth of Peach Croft Farm, Radley.
(2) Copy photograph of John (Jack) Portsmouth in uniform, with a horse, c.1914.
(3) Copy of both sides of a postcard, c.1918, written by John (Jack) Portsmouth to his wife at Peach Croft Farm, Radley, and dropped by him, weighted with a stone, at Radley Station on his by train from Southampton to Liverpool; found by a porter at Radley Station and delivered to Mrs Portsmouth. (The text has been enhanced on this copy to make it legible.) Copies made from originals lent by Mr M.J. Portsmouth.
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P.129 |
| Photograph of Peter and Mary Minns of Lower Radley, c.1900, taken by W.J. Vasey, Photographer, Abingdon. |
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P.139 |
| Negative (not printed out) of Radley College Laundry staff, c.1950. Presented by Derek Hart, Pebble Hill, Radley, 2004. |
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P.145.5 |
| Dorothy Urania Long (née Denton) outside No. 1 Council Houses, Radley. Copied from original belonging to Mrs Long. |
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P.147 |
| Hilda (‘Sue’) Shaw, editor of Radley News for 25 years, c.1984 (colour print). Copy photograph presented by Doug Rawlinson. |
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P.150.1 |
| Copy of photograph of John Portsmouth of Radley (1885-1957) in army uniform, c.1914. Presented by Martin Mawhinney, September 2010. For other photographs of Radley Soldiers, see Martin Mawhinney’s book Gone for a Soldier – Radley Service Men 1885-1920 in Books B.89. |
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P.164 |
| Charles Ambridge and his wife Hannah taken just before he retired, c.1890. Sepia image of a framed photograph, taken by J.G. Brewerton, High Street, Abingdon. Photograph presented by Jean Deller, July 2011. |
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P.172.2 |
| Charles Ambridge, c.1890 (sepia photograph). Photograph presented by Jean Deller, July 2011. |
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P.172.3 |
| Copy photograph of a Foster family group, of Radley, c.1890. Presented by Brian and Rita Ford. Black and white photo taken by Edw. Leach, Clarendon Street, St. Giles, Oxford. Caption added. |
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P.173 |
| Disabled son of the Godden family of Radley, who died young, c.1900. Copy photograph presented by Martin Mawhinney, August 2011. |
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P.174.1 |
| A group of eight women and two babies outside Radley Vicarage, c.1900. Copy photograph presented by Martin Mawhinney, August 2011. |
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P.174.3 |
| Colour photo of John Huddleston of Radley with his wife Joyce, son and daughter at Windsor Castle after John had been invested by the Queen with the MBE (for services to the environment). Presented by John, February 2012. |
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P.178 |
| Colour photograph of Stanley Baker, Bill Kilhams and Reg White on their mobility scooters outside the Bowyer Arms, Radley, 8 October 2016. Presented by Stanley Baker. |
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P.199 |
| People in Lower Radley, 1935 – photos taken by Laurie Haddon (photo belonging to David Buckle and donated by his family following his death) |
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P.202.2 |
| Group photos of wedding, taken in Lower Radley, c.1930 (photos belonging to David Buckle and donated by his family following his death) |
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P.202.3 |
| Buckles’ house, cars and family in 1950s after they moved to 1 Stonhouse Crescent (photos belonging to David Buckle and donated by his family following his death) |
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P.202.4 |
| Abingdon by-election campaign 1953, including Ted Castle (unsuccessful Labour candidate), Barbara Castle and Nye Bevan (photo belonging to David Buckle and donated by his family following his death) |
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P.202.6 |
| ‘Digging for Victory 1939-40’, showing Ron Bateman, Laurie Haddon, Mr and Mrs Stimpson, and two evacuee boys. Copy photograph from the David and Beryl Buckle Collection, presented by David Buckle. |
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P.79.1 |
Family photographs mainly of the Mattingley, Dunsdon and Weston families of Radley, presented by Ray Jenkins of Abingdon. Each photo has identifications and genealogical notes in pencil on the back and there is a separate page of notes at the end of the collection. Digitial copies are available. The photos are as follows:
(1) Thomas Mattingley of Radley, aged 22, c.1890.
(2) Susan Jane Weston, aged 21, c.1890.
(3) Jessie Hill, aged 14½, c.1911; also Sylvia Smewin, aged c.9 years and Bertha Annie May Mattingley, aged c.10 years.
(4) Edwin Norman (Ted) Mattingley, aged 19, c.1912.
(5) Thomas and Susan Jane Mattingley (née Weston, c.1915.
(6) Group photograph, c.1915, comprising Edwin Norman (Ted) Mattingley and Thomas Walter (Tom) Mattingley (both in Army Uniform) and Bertha Annie May (Dolly) Mattingley and Elizabeth Evelyn (Bessie) Mattingley.
(7) Wedding group 18 May 1929 at wedding of Stanley George Dunsdon and Bertha Annie May Mattingley at Radley, with bride and groom, Mercy Dunsdon, Daniel Mattingley, Thomas Mattingley, Elizabeth (Bessie) Mattingley, and children Donald Mattingley, Roy Mattingley and Muriel Dunsdon. Photo taken outside old ‘Hovels’ next to 35 (now 115) Lower Radley.
(8) Group photograph, c.1931, taken at Rose Cottage Terrace, Lower Radley, outside No. 35, comprising Thomas Mattingley (Senior), Jack Mattingley, Vic Mattingley, Lil Mattingley, Fred Mattingley, Roger Mattingley, Stan Dunsdon, Stuart Weston, and children Don Mattingley, Beryl Mattingley, Ted Weston, Mercia Dunsdon, Joyce Weston, and others unidentified.
(9) Family gathering at rear of Norfolk Cottage, Radley, c.1932, comprising Lil and Fred Mattingley, Stan Dunsdon, Roger Mattingley, Bessie Mattingley, Violet Mattingley, Jack Mattingley, Joe and Maggie Heridge, May Mattingley, Norah Smith, Norman Heridge, Bertha Dunsdon, and children Don Mattingley, Roy Mattingley, Mercia Dunsdon, Peggie Heridge, Joyce Weston, and others unidentified.
(10) Rose Cottage Terrace (rear), Lower Radley, c.1933, showing Bertha Dunsdon and Mercia Dunsdon (aged c.4 years), Elsie Tubb and Hazel Tubb.
(11) Horse and cart transport about to leave Baker’s Close, Lower Radley to go to fete at Wick Hall, c.1934, showing Oliver Smith, Mercia Dunsdon, Bertha Dunsdon, Stanley Dunsdon, Bessie Mattingley, Norah Smith (later Mayall), Vic Mattingley, and Donald Mattingley.
(12) Group of children outside Baker’s Close, Lower Radley, c.1935, showing Mercia Dunsdon, Hazel Tubb, June Weston, Joyce Weston, Ted Weston, and Leslie Grimes, with Lower Farm and haystack in background.
(13) Thomas Mattingley outside 115 (formerly 35) Lower Radley, c.1940.
(14) Stanley (Stan) George Dunsdon, carrying water from the well serving former Rose Cottage Terrace, Lower Radley, c.1950.
(15) Angela Evelyn Dunsdon, aged c.6 years, outside the ‘Hovels’ next to 115 Lower Radley, with dog, c.1951.
(16) Wedding group at wedding of Mercia Cynthia Jane Dunsdon to Percy Jenkins of 18 Lombard Street, Abingdon, at Radley Church on 7 March 1953, showing Bill Jenkins, Annie May and Percy Jenkins, Bride and Bridegroom, Audrey Mattingley, Stanley and Bertha Dunsdon, and Angela Dunsdon.
(17) List of the photographs by the donor, with notes and genealogical information about each. |
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P.141.1 to P.141.17 |
| 29 photos of Jenkins/Mattingley/Dunsdon families c.1920-1980, with annotation on the back of the hard copies. Presented by Ray Jenkins. |
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P.254 |
| Five photos of the Smewin and Grimes families (related by marriage) |
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P.256 |
| Eirene Dockar-Drysdale, undated but possibly between 1900 and 1910 |
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P.260 |
| Photographs of Lower Radley street party, 29 April 2011, to mark the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton |
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P.220 |
| 8 photographs of Amos Bannister and his family together with an email of 20 March 2019 from Denise Sheppard, his grand-daughter who presented the photos. See D.271 for Amos Bannister's memoirs. |
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P.226 |
| Photo of Jim and Edward Turner outside 25 Foxborough Road together with one of Walter Turner (died 1936), dates uncertain, from Hadland family papers presented by Kate Oliveri in 2020 |
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P.233 |
| Four photos of Hadland family and friends, with names marked on back, and press cutting of Lily Hadland at opening of the Hadland Road Community Centre in Abingdon, dates uncertain, from Hadland family papers presented by Kate Oliveri in 2020 |
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P.234 |
| Three photos, posted on Facebook by Peter King 30 December 2020, showing friends of his playing on the then gravel pit lake behind Foxborough Road, probably 1950s |
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P.236 |
| Charles and Eve Lockett, being presented to President Coty of France, 1957. |
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P.262 |
| Photo of Charles Lockett c.1950 while at Embassy in Warsaw, presented by Charles Eriksen (USA) together with related email exchange |
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P.266 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): George Badcock, 1984 (compiled by Stanley Baker from an audio cassette in Radley Primary School records). A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. CLUB USE ONLY |
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A.60 |
| May Wadsworth interviewed by Joan Davis (later Poirette), c.1985 about 'Old Radley'. Cassette tape presented by Tony Rogerson, July 2015. See Audiovisual A.54 for digital version on CD created from cassette. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. CLUB USE ONLY |
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A.1 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): May Wadsworth, c.1985. See A.1 for version on original cassette tape. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. CLUB USE ONLY |
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A.54 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Richard [Dick] Frearson, 21 March 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
Audiovisual |
A.34 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Jo and Colin McDougall, 16 April 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.35 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Louise Curtis, 6 May 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.36 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Steve and Daisy Tubb, 27 May 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.37 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Tony Money, Radley College, 19 May 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.38 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Gilbert Bayliss, 22 June 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.39 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Sally Cooper, 30 June 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.40 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Jean Deller, 15 July 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.42 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Dick Deane, Park Farm, 12 August 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. RESTRICTED USE - CLUB USE ONLY |
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A.41 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Graham Talboys, 30 September 2003.A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.43 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Mary Shayler, 12 October 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.44 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Beryl Buckle, 21 October 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.45 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): David Buckle MBE, 22 October 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.46 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Brian Talboys, 29 October 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.48 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Rita Ford, 30 October 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
Audiovisual |
A.47 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Heather Calvert-Fisher, 25 November 2003. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.50 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Derek and Maureen Cook, 27 January 2004. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.51 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Mrs Ethel Lay (aunt of Beryl Buckle), 3 February 2004. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. CLUB USE ONLY |
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A.52 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Jenny Davie, 4 February 2004. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.53 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Nancy Homewood, 10 March 2004. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.55 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Michael (Mick) Portsmouth, 2 April 2004. |
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A.56 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Betty Lee, 15 February 2005. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.58 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): David Shaw, 18 February 2005. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
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A.57 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Denis Carter, 18 July 2007. CLUB USE ONLY |
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A.59 |
| 'Radley Remembered' interview series (people with memories of Radley up to and including 1953 Coronation): Don & Keith Mattingley, 6 March 2020. A summary of the interview is available at Documents D.391. |
Audiovisual |
A.158 |
| "A Tale to Tell" interview series: My Acquaintance with G.B.S. – A True Story of a Year and a Day of my Life, by Stanley Baker. Double CD set; recording by Stanley on 10 June 2004 reading the booklet of the same title he published in 1997. See D.332 (above) for the typescript of the booklet. |
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A.93 |
"A Tale to Tell" interview series: The Baker Brothers of Radley, consisting of:
C.3.2.1 Ashmore School Pantomime, 1933 by Maurice Baker, December 1994.
C.3.2.2 My Experiences as an Archivist by Stanley Baker, September 2000. |
Audiovisual |
A.94 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Wartime Experiences and Time at Bigwood Camp by Patricia Groser, 14 November 2003. CLUB USE ONLY |
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A.49 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: The Building of the New Village Hall in Radley by Alan Clark, interviewed by Eric Blanks, 18 October 2005. |
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A.102 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Radley Primary School by Radka Benton, Headteacher September 1997 to March 2007, interviewed by John Homewood, 19 October 2005. CLUB USE ONLY |
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A.103 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: From Radio to Radley by Eric and Mary Blanks, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 31 October 2005. CLUB USE ONLY |
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A.104 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Eddie and Carol Cavanagh at the Bowyer Arms, Radley by Eddie and Carol Cavanagh, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 23 November 2005. |
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A.105 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A Lancashire Childhood by Dot Hewlett, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 13 February 2006. |
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A.106 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Douglas Rawlinson at Home by Doug Rawlinson, interviewed by Eric Blanks, 23 February 2006. |
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A.108 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A Policeman’s (and his Wife’s) by Brian and Valerie Mott, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 24 February 2006. |
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A.109 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: From London to Radley by Eric and Joy Riley, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 13 March 2006. |
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A.110 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A Very Full and Worthwhile Life by Tom and Ida Garrud, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 27 June 2006. |
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A.111 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Salad Days in Oxford by Denis and Jenny Standen, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 18 July and 18 October 2006. 71 minutes 19 seconds. |
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A.112 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A life in and on a Tandem by Christine Usherwood, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 7 April 2006. |
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A.113 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Paddy Dockar-Drysdale, interviewed by John Homewood, 1 June 2006. CLUB USE ONLY |
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A.114 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Frances Shepherd of Thrupp Cottages, interviewed by John Homewood, 17 January 2006. CLUB USE ONLY |
Audiovisual |
A.115 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A Lifetime in Cricket by Bert Robinson (aged 90), former cricket coach at Radley College, and his wife Doris (aged 87), interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 8 October 2007. |
Audiovisual |
A.117 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Lorre Stebbings, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 14 May 2012. |
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A.120 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: David Beckett, interviewed by Richard Dudding, 20 June 2012. |
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A.121 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Barbara Wootton, interviewed by Richard Dudding, 26 June 2012. |
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A.122 |
| "A Tale to Tell" interview series: My Life as it Happened and much, much more. Recording of the talk given by Bill to Radley Retirement Group in November 2002, mainly relating his experiences as a prisoner of war of the Germans after the Battle of Dunkirk 1940. Original CD of recording is unreadable. See transcript at Documents D.232 (above). |
Audiovisual |
A.95 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Air Commodore Bob Martin, interviewed by Christine Wootton, 17 July 2012. |
Audiovisual |
A.123 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Combat Experience: Normandy to Germany, by John Nicholson, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 4 October 2012. |
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A.124 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: My Interest in Railways, My Work in a Bank and my Retirement, by Peter Heath. Interviewed by Christine Wootton, 9 October 2012. |
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A.125 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Music, Jobs and an earlier Village Shop, by Tony Fisher, interviewed by Richard Dudding, 30 October 2012. |
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A.126 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: From Lancashire to Lower Farm, by Ann Blake, interviewed by Richard Dudding, 10 January 2013. |
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A.127 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Teaching and Family History, by Jenny Lee, interviewed by Richard Dudding, 4 February 2013. |
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A.128 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Radley and Rail, by David Lloyd, interviewed by Richard Dudding, 1 March 2013. |
Audiovisual |
A.129 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A Full Life Indeed, by Sandy and Audrey Fowlie, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 16 April 2013. |
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A.130 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A Cowley Upbringing, by Sally Hemsworth, interviewed by Ann Blake, 8 April 2013. |
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A.131 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A Radley Stationmaster’s Son, by Don Jones, interviewed by Ann Blake, 18 January 2013. |
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A.132 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Frank Jones of 49 Church Road, Radley, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 4 March 2005. RESTRICTED USE |
Audiovisual |
A.96 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Nazi Germany, Israel and England, by Amatsia Kashti, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 11 April 2013. |
Audiovisual |
A.133 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: 35 Years as Head Chef in Lincoln College, by Jim Murden, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 16 January 2013. |
Audiovisual |
A.134 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A Yorkshire Lad, by Gordon Sellars, interviewed by Christine Wootton, 20 June 2013. |
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A.135 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A Scouser Comes South, by Bill Shaw, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 19 July 2013. |
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A.136 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Different Paths to Radley, by Eric Davies and Kayla Tomlinson, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 17 January 2013. |
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A.137 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Oxford Childhood in the 1930s and 1940s, by Margaret Higgs and Iris Lancaster, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 4 December 2013. |
Audiovisual |
A.138 |
| A Tale to Tell' interview series: A History Enthusiast's history, by Christine Wootton (Radley History Club's then chairman), interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 19 December 2013. |
Audiovisual |
A.139 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Not just a Sunday Job!, by Revd Pam McKellen, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 27 November 2012. |
Audiovisual |
A.140 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Harwell, MBE and Silver, by John Huddleston, interviewed by Richard Dudding, 24 February 2014. |
Audiovisual |
A.141 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A Life in Science, by Joyce Huddleston, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 28 February 2014. |
Audiovisual |
A.142 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: From Bletchley Park to Radley by Morfa Pope and her daughter Judy Harris, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 11 April 2005. |
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A.97 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Saviours of Radley Lakes, by Lynda and Basil Crowley, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 17 September 2014. |
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A.143 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A life of service to the RAF and the Church, by Tony Rogerson, interviewed by Christine Wootton, 24 September 2014. |
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A.144 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Love, life and football, by Sue & Dick Crabb, interviewed by Eric Blanks, 26 March 2014. |
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A.145 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: CERN, WHO and the Higgs Boson, by Tony and Sue Gillman, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 7 August 2014. |
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A.146 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Life in the Marines by David Buckle, interviewed by Eric Blanks, 4 July 2005. CLUB USE ONLY |
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A.98 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Joint Voices on a Varied Life by Martin and Sylvia Wilson, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 8 July 2005. |
Audiovisual |
A.99 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: My Working Life at Harwell by Bryan Patrick, interviewed by Ann Blake, 13 July 2005. |
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A.100 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: A Clerk’s Tale by Sally Raven, Clerk of the Radley Parish Council, interviewed by Ann Blake, 16 August 2005. |
Audiovisual |
A.101 |
| 'A Tale to Tell' interview series: Reg White, interviewed by Tony Gillman, 31 January 2017. |
Audiovisual |
A.147 |
‘People and Places’ – BBC Radio Oxford Programme at Radley, January 1988, with John Simpson interviewing: (1) Francis Levetus, Chairman of the Parish Council
(2) Sue Shaw (aged 84), Editor of Radley News; Revd. Dan Pope, Vicar of Radley
(3) Ernest (‘Sugar’) Stimpson, Lower Radley
(4) Cyril Peverill, Chairman of Village Hall Management Committee
(5) Dennis Silk, Warden of Radley College
45 minutes plus 10 minutes approx. RESTRICTED USE
For a summary of the contents of the original cassette tape by Christine Wootton, see Documents D.127 (above).
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A.3 |
Village Voice - BBC Radio Oxford Programme at Radley, 27 September 1994, with Anne Howard interviewing:
(1) Patrick Drysdale
(2) Francis Levetus, Chairman of the Parish Council
(3) Brian Mott, Editor of Radley News
(4) Eric Blanks, Clerk of the Green Cloth
(5) Christine Usherwood, Churchwarden
(6) Hamish Aird, Sub-warden of Radley College
(7) John Homewood, Peachcroft Farm
(8) Olwen Drysdale, Meals on Wheels, Flower Show
(9) Margaret Morgan, Organiser of the Lunch Club
(10) Doug Rawlinson, Social Secretary of Radley Retirement Group
(11) Jenny Davie, Booking Secretary for Radley Village Hall
46 minutes 27 seconds.
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| Clerk of the Green Cloth – institution of Ron Woodley as first Clerk to the revived office, 1988, at Radley College.
Short interviews with Ron and with Dennis Silk, John Pound and others (10 minutes approx.) Original recording on cassette tape. |
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A.4 |
| Siegfried Sassoon - A Friend. A BBC Radio 4 Presentation by Dennis Silk, 4 July 2004. (Compiled from the BBC’s audio tape). RESTRICTED USE |
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A.77 |
| BBC Radio Oxford interviews with Radley people, 27th September 1994, as follows: Patrick Drysdale, Mr Levetus, Brian Mott, Eric Blanks, Christine Usherwood, Hamish Aird (Radley College), John Homewood, Olwen Drysdale, Margaret Morgan, Doug Rawlinson and Jennie Davie.
This tape was presented by Tony Rogerson, July 2015. RESTRICTED USE |
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A.8 |
| Audio recording of the presentation to David Buckle, MBE, by Radley Parish Council at Radley College, 15 December 2003, on his retirement from the council. |
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A.67 |