LOCAL HISTORY
Memories of Oakley Local historian, Dennis Cross from Diss, shares with us his fascinating collection of old postcards, focusing on a different village in every issue. This time, we take a walk down memory lane in Oakley.
Oakley Street on the Hoxne to Stuston Road, taken in 1910, with a very early motor car in the distance.
The Lincolnshire Yeomanry at Oakley Park, Soldiers on a motorbike in Oakley Park, in 1915. The photograph was taken by Earnest Abraham, who travelled with troops on manoeuvres.
Oakley Park soldiers from the Staffordshire Yeomanry, in 1915, posing for the camera with their goat mascot.
taken in 1914 by Earnest Abraham, who travelled with the troops.
This 1915 postcard shows billets for solders at Oakley Park, who trained there before going to France.
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