Born in the grounds of Oakley Hall in 1920, Fred led an interesting and varied life. Fred Holding Eulogy Many of the people here today,...

Edward Gill is well known to many villagers, as one of the evacuees who came to Norton in Hales at the outbreak of World War 2. He has...

For a flavour of farm life in the last century, reading Dot’s memoirs is a must! Mrs Dorothy “Dot” Robinson Contributed by Cynthia Lucas...

Sadly now passed away, these recollections of someone who came to the village in 1942, vividly recall life as a school cook. Homemade...

1939 Evacuee to our village, Allan Ebbrell, who lives in West Yorkshire, has now sent us his most evocative and moving memoirs of his...