Robin & Marion Oakford

From Lacey Green History

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Robin Oakford born 1937 was the son of Hobbs & Rosalind Oakford

Marion P Judd born 1942 in Aynho, near Bicester

Robin and Marion married in 1963

Robin and Marion lived at Leaview, Loosley Hill , Loosley Row.

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Robin and Marion had two children as follows :-

Chris Oakford born April1969 married Jane Flynn in May 1998. click Chris & Jane Oakford

Caroline Marion Oakford born July 1971 became a business analyst. She married Colin J Schofield in 20

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Obituary. Robin Oakford 1937 - 2002 ( published in Hallmark)

Robin was one of the most straightforward and down-to-earth people around. What you saw was what you got and if you didn't like it then that was tough. He was never short of something to say and always had a reply ready. In fact you were never sure of what he would come out with next. He left a beloved wife of nearly forty years, Marion, their children and partners, Chris and Jane, Caroline and Colin, and beloved grandchildren Amy, Sam, Laura and baby Tom.

Robin was born in Ashlea, Main Road, Lacey Green and went to school at Lacey Green School and Hatters Lane, High Wycombe. When he left School he worked with his parents, Hobbs & Rosalind Oakford, doing the newspapers. He had a spell in the army where he was based in Cyprus, and then worked for Dell Bros., Austin Hoy and then Molins for nearly 30 years.

Robin played football and cricket or the Village and was a good bowler. In fact he spent his last afternoon filling in for the cricket club and when the umpire asked him why he wasn't wearing any batting gloves Robin told him that he never had and wasn't about to now - or words to that effect.

Robin played darts for the Black Horse when he was 16 and often filled in for the The Whip at dominoes where he had to be reminded that he couldn't pitch out. He also enjoyed fishing and football, was an Arsenal supporter and had a regular season ticket for Wycombe Wanderers.

He also kept foreign birds and was very successful at showing them throughout Bucks and the South Midlands, winning many awards at Thame Show.

Robin's last project was racing pigeons which he had been given. After keeping them for a couple of weeks he released them one morning, and when he had done so he came in to Marion and said that when he opened the door they had gone off at 100 mph or words along those lines - and that was the last he saw of them.

A couple of days after Robin had gone Marion spotted one of the pigeons on the roof, as if to say, now he's gone we can come back again.

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Robin Oakford described Lacey Green School in 2000 in a questionnaire at a school reunion organised by The Local History Group.

Attended 1942 - 1953. Left aged 15. Mrs Gurney was the headmistress, other teachers Miss Janes and Miss Jarvis. The Reverend Steward was the vicar. About 25 in the class. They had free milk and he enjoyed school meals. The toilet was outside. Both his parents had attended the school. Now (2000) living at Leaview, Loosley Hill Road, Loosley Row.

Marion told The History Group the following :-

Marion first met her husband at a wedding. She first came to the village in 1963 after they married.

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As soon as she arrived, Robin's parents, Ernest (Hobbs) and Rosalyn Oakford (click Ernest & Rosalind Oakford ) got her involved in the paper round. She delivered to Pink Road, Parslows Hillock, Redland End and Great Hampden. This all had to be done before 8 o'clock in the morning, so that Robin could go to work at Molins. The papers came on the train from London to High Wycombe , and would be sorted into piles by Rosalyn. It was a very long way, but if a paper was missing, she would have to go back for it. She walked, and had to carry all the papers. A recurring problem would be trying to avoid savage dogs. Even when the Pink Road was closed by snow, she was expected to get through.

She stopped delivering papers in 1969 when the first of their children came along. She did not have any other work then, but just looked after the children.

Robin Oakford died 2001/2 ? Marion Oakford died 2023.

click Oakford for others in this family.