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Granny Barnes of Milton stooking at harvest time 1926 with grandson Dennis Pinder
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - Calais Fields - Beryl & Eddie Townsend in front - mid 1930s
Milton under Wychwood - The Green - Coronation 1937
Children at the top of Chapel Lane Shipton around 1900. The building at the right were cowmen's cottages. Doreen Barnes was born there. They were later knocked together and refurbished to form The Spout, residence of John and Margaret Hartley. Note the thatched house down the lane
Pupils in Standard VI at St Mary's School, Shipton under Wychwood. Date: 1929
Bob Bradley, cousin Peggy (Evacuated to Shipton during WWII) daughter of Dorothy Bradley and on the right Mike Bradley. Photo probably taken in the garden of The Bungalow, The Square in Milton during WWII. Information supplied by a member of the Memories of the Wychwoods Facebook group.
Ascott under Wychwood - all boys Ascott ? Please contact us if you can identify any of these individuals.
Family group - George Bradley with his son Ralph and daughter, possibly called Mary Date: not known. Information kindly supplied by a member of the Memories of the Wychwoods Facebook group, with thanks.
Mother and Babies Clinic at Sunset House with Dr Roe 1934
Ascott under Wychwood - group photo children with vicar - circa 1950s or 1960s
The football team at Shipton Primary School 1956. Back row left to right: Dennis Barnes, Keith Baldwin, Lewis(?), Desmond Townsend, Jeffrey Arundel, John Thacker Front row: David Hicks, Victor Barney (later played for Bristol Rovers), Mervyn Case, Paul Viner, Roy Saxby
Believed to be evacuees photographed in 1941 in the Milton Baptisit school yard. Names not always clear from the original scan.Back Row left to right - Jean Willis, Ruthy Parsloe, (Unknown) , Mary Bond, Audrey Farrell, Kathy Palmer, Betty Summers, (Unknown) , Miss Phillips. Also believed present - Jean Whebby, Beryl Woodgate plus possibly Jean and Joyce Spooner and Rose Purser
Terry and Ann Hartley Venue: not given Date: no date
Shipton School group about 1958. Desmond Townsend is directly below the teacher
Mawles School at Court Farm. On the left is Betty Mawle, next Don Franklin, then Mary Dee and Mary Mawle. The two children on extreme right not identified. 1930s
Anthony Linfield and Jonathan Barrett with kite at Court Farm Shipton
James Hayward and Anthony Linfield with sheep at Court Farm Shipton
Barnes family group Milton 1916 Rear row left to right: Wilfred, Gramp, Evelyn, Gran, George Croome, Ivy Front row left to right: Bert, May, Georgie, Winnie
Jack Wilkes of Milton 1922
Jack Wilkes 1927
Mr and Mrs Barnes of Woodbury near Newbury, maternal grandparents of Mrs Rose Burson. Mr Barnes was a gamekeeper and the family lived in the building behind the photograph
Gordon Duester with his brother Norman in his mother's arms. Shipton Fiddlers Hill
Chlldren on Fiddlers Hill, Shipton under Wychwood. Shows standpipe serving the local cottages. Could be Charles Duester (Gordon's father) with pail?
Mervyn Dore July 1928
David Miles, carter. Father of Gerry, Terry and Harry
Probably Parsloe family of Milton
Rathbone family. From left Mrs Caser with young Caser in front. Mrs Hawtin holding David with John Hawtin in front. Mrs Dick Coombes Senior behind. Mr Geoff Rathbone with Grace Phillips in front of him and Peter Rathbone in front of her. Mrs Margaret Rathbone holding Diana. Mr Jack Bowen behind. Mrs Bolton, Mr Bolton and Miss Gertie Rathbone on extreme right
Shipton School 1904 class with headmaster Mr Strong
Shipton School class of younger pupils in 1904 with Mr Strong the Headmaster
Probably Shipton School in early 1920s
Ethel Maude Reynolds 1877-1918 spinster Lived in Norwood. Awarded the MBE daughter of William Ellis Reynolds 1836-1901
Walter Reynolds 1862-1928 Son of William Ellis Reynolds
Ketura Barrie (formerly Reynolds) with Grand daughter Daughter of Edward and Eva Reynolds
Mrs Nelly Silman and Gwen 1908
Nelly Silman (formerly Slater) with Fred and Gwen 1921
Alfie Turner of High Street Milton. Former agricultural steam engine driver
Archibald Venvell Postmaster Milton with his son Philip at Foxholes 1921
Marilyn Watkins about 1953. Names on reverse given as Patrick Rawlins at back, Anne Forsythe, Esther Rawlins, Marilyn Watkins - all in John Rawlins' writing
Mrs Wells Milton with Marilyn Watkins and David Watkins about 1953
Bill Wilks in NFS uniform in WW2. Stationed at Charlbury.
Vic Avery as a child in his car
Percy and Richard Avery with their parents Anne Marie and David. Owners of Avery Stores in Shipton. Percy is on the left. He was the father of Vic Avery. Dick ran a butchers in the present day Lamb Inn until the late 1950s. David Avery married Anne Marie Townsend the daughter of Peter Townsend who owned the strores and vehicle rental company. The picture was taken in front of the corner house on Ascott Road ie currently (summer 2020) occupied by the Pearces
Basque refugee boys at St Michael's Shipton around 1936
Doris Warner and Edith Pratley of Ascott in 1963 with two girls from Ascott School showing the dresses they had worn in 1913 for a dancing display in front of Cecil Sharpe
Class 5c Milton Primary School. Loaned by Marilyn Watkins
Shipton School about 1924. Girl with white ribbon second from back is Marily Watkins' mother, Mrs Turner
Shipton Primary School 1962
Shipton Primary School carol singing at Shaven Crown Christmas Eve 1956.The girl with plaits is Linda John daughter of the Headmaster. The man facing the camera is Graham Haway (?) who married Anne Richards, a teacher at the school.
Shipton Primary six a side team in Witney and District competition 1959 presumably with other sides. Fourth from right, back row are Desmond Townsend, Paul Viner, Jeff Arundell. Front from rightare Angus Morrison, Victor Barnes, Michael Cox
Class room scene 1962 at Shipton Primary School. Irene Saxby is looking at camera
Children playing on the climbing frame at Shipton Primary School 1962. Children not identified
Classroom scene Shipton Primary School 1962. Brian Mitchell on left
Poplar Farm Milton under Wychwood
High Street Milton under Wychwood - view towards Gorton's Stores from Stone Porch, mid 1930s - Valerie on saddle with Peggy
Milton under Wychwood: back row : Betty Paget, Doris Timms, Betty Wells, Vera Waters, Queenie Wilks. Front row : Winnie Gee, Audrey Wilkes
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood. Children not identified.Probably early 1950s
Milton under Wychwood - The Green. Boys unidentified. Probably around 1950
Milton under Wychwood - The Green -Wychwood Scouts - looking towards Green Lane c.1948/9. Back: Raymond Timms, Colin Souch, Gordon Earley, Bob Bradley, Cliff Bridges, David Townsend. Front:Roger Rawlins,Gordon Smith,Roy Waine,Peter Rathbone,Terry Miles
Milton under Wychwood - The Green - Clown Football Team 1908 - Postcard
Roger Rawlings on the left and Raymond Timms on the right in the late 1940s in Milton
Milton under Wychwood - The Green -Wychwood Scouts - looking towards Green Lane c.1948/9. Back: Raymond Timms, Colin Souch, Gordon Earley, Bob Bradley, Cliff Bridges, David Townsend. Front:Roger Rawlins,Gordon Smith,Roy Waine,Peter Rathbone,Terry Miles
