pavlo1969 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 does any1 remember lady bagshaw who lived in the big house in oaks park and any of her staff in the early 70's?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallBuilder Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I know the house exceedingly well and once visited it when it was open to the public. In later years I've had the chance to work on and crawl all over the house from the cellars to the attic spaces. There are pics of it on the Norton history site and my favorite memory is of seeing a few elephants that had come from the circus that used to stay in the park coming down the drive and into the courtyard to drink from a big old metal trough outside the kitchen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlo1969 Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 my great gran was lady Bagshaws maid and my G.grandad was the stable lad......they lived in 1 of the cottages in oak's park.....i remember when the circus came, i used to help clean the big tent in a mourning.....it was a shame when they built that dual carriageway through the middle of the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I think it was on her land on which Norton Oakes C.C, played its matches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 The Bagshaw Arms (or whatever they now call it) housed a court room in the top floor of what is the barn like building still standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extaxman Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I used to live very near Oakes park several years ago and used to see old Lady Bagshaw on the odd occasion. Every now and again, usually after the Star had called her a recluse, she would appear in her Rolls Royce and all the local residents used to touch their caps to her. I used to be a member of Norton Oakes Cricket Club (not a playing member - more a drinking member) Lady Bagshaw used to let the members fish in a pond on her land. After she died her cousin, Thornber Bagshawe, took over the house and held a sale of some of the contents - still got a beautiful white damask tablecloth we got for next to nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhodesian Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 she sold the land for gleadless valley housing on condition there was no fish and chip shops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmston Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Part of R.A.F. Norton camp was on her land and the station c.o. invited her to all the open days i.e Battle of Britain and was very dissapointed that she would not attend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex3659 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 I have lost count of the times they chased us of for fishing round the back of the house. There was two other ponds nearer the house full of rud,roach,perch and pike,we were shot at a few times with the cartridges full of rise but they still stung your arse. They had a sign up beware of the adders to keep people away but no one ever saw one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookingfat Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 hi we moved on the valley in April 1960 when it was a growing estate, i remember oas park very well as well as caddying for golfers lees hall golf clud we also did a spot of fishing in one of the ponds on the estate. we never used rods but a spool of line with a couple of floats and hooks we did manage to catch a few small fish, it was alleged to be a big pyke in their but i doubt it, plus we often got chased off by someone dont know who he was but we out ran him every time. it was the same in rolleston woods we would go in there and light a small fire and put potatos that we nicked from our mums that was untill the park keeper would catch us and take us home for a thich ear from ma the parkie was a horrid man looked like blakey in on the buses always had a black gabadine coat on and peak cap right jobs worth, we were doing no harm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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