People at Ottershaw Park
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Thomas Osman, Head Gardener early
1900's
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Jack Hobbs - Coach to Bernard Eckstein
1913
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Frederick Lionel Rapson, "Chauffeur",
1920's
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Bert Butler (porter 1950-67)
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Wounded soldiers WW1
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Wounded soldiers and staff, WW1
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Estate gardeners 1914 - 1918
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Ottershaw College Orchestra 1935
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Pony
trainer Myrtle Latham1939
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Bill
Penfold groundsman WWII
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Vacuum
Oil Christmas party c.1945
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Vacuum
Oil Christmas Ball 1943
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Vacuum
Oil laboratories WWII
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Major Plummer of Garden Court in
the Home guard 1940's
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School cricket match 1952
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Ottershaw School photo 1950
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Ottershaw School rugby team 1959
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Ottershaw School CFC outside the
Mansion 1976
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Ottershaw School photo ?1981
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Thomas Osman, Head gardener, early
1900's
Photo from
Janet Shea
Thomas Osman
was Head Gardener at Ottershaw Park between 1887 and approx. 1905
Jack Hobbs
Cricket coach
to Bernard Eckstein at Ottershaw Park 1913
Estate gardeners 1914 - 1918
SHC 6943/2/16 (50/10)
There
was always a large number of gardeners employed in Ottershaw
Park
Convalescing
soldiers in The Winter Garden of The Mansion c.1917
Photograph from Barker & Barker 1998
During
the First World War Ottershaw Park was used as an auxilliary hospital
for war wounded soldiers
Convalescing soldiers
in the The Winter Garden of Mansion c.1917
Postcard from Bob Lane
Convalescing soldiers outside The Mansion during WW1
From a postcard
Note: Thomas Smalldridge, Gunner,
Royal Garrison Artillery marked by "X".
Soldiers
wearing "blighty blues" the standard convalescent uniform.
VAD nurses outside The Mansion
during WW1
From a collection in McMaster Univesity Library, Ontario. Canada
Note: VAD nurses wearing Red Cross emblems
Ottershaw College Orchestra
outside The Mansion in 1935
Photograph from Sally Kirby
Note: Ottershaw
College had an orchestra conducted by Geoffrey Hartley (centre front
with spectacles).
Geoffrey Hartley holding
a serpent in 1985
Photograph from Royal College of Music
Geoffrey Hartley was music master at Ottershaw College
1932 - 1939 and lived at Woodwind until 1992
Myrtle Latham at Joe Mann's stables (Home
Farm?) 1939.
Photo from Duncan England
Mary
Latham is believed to have exercised ponies stabled at Home Farm
in the meadows at Ottershaw Park.
She
later married Victor England, onetime landlord of The Otter.
Vacuum Oil Christmas party in the Mansion
c.1945
Photograph from National Motor Museum archive
During
WWII the Vacuum Oil Company (later Mobil) had their headquarters in
the Mansion at Ottershaw Park.
Dining was in the Mansion dining
room (now the Library Suite).
Vacuum Oil Christmas Ball in the Mansion
Ballroom 1943
Photograph by Sidney Francis
The Vacuum Oil Comapnay held an annual staff Christmas Ball
in the Mansion.
Vacuum Oil laboratories (possibly in the
Bothy) WWII
Photograph from National Motor Museum archive
During WWII Vacuum Oil housed their laboratories at Ottershaw
Park, probably in The Bothy
Bill Penfold's father working on the Estate
during WWII
Photograph from National Motor Museum archive
This vehicle and driver identified by Bill Penfold was used
during WWII on agricultural land at Ottershaw Park.
Note the Mansion
in the background.
Bert Butler, porter at Ottershaw School
(1950-67) on his retirement
SHC: 6943/2/8 (89/9)
Bert was for many years the Ottershaw School porter
Ottershaw Home Guard during WWII
SHC: 6943/2/8 (68/1)
Lieut. Plummer who build the original Garden Court is in
the front row fifth from left as viewed
Ottershaw School cricket match 1951
From OSOBS archive
Ottershaw School rugby team outside
the Mansion 1959
SHC: 6943/2/8 (89/18)
Ottershaw School photo 1950
From Roy Oettinger (pupil and teacher at Ottershaw School)
Ottershaw School CFC outside the Mansion 1976
From OSOBS website
Ottershaw School photo ?1981
From Roy Oettinger (pupil and teacher at Ottershaw School)
