“There is lots happening if I put my head out of the door” I was born in London in 1960, and moved to Oxfordshire with my parents and one brother and two sisters, to Little Stoke, which is near Wallingford, on the river. After school I went and studied English Literature at Cambridge and… Continue reading Hugh Thomson
Ann Jollye
“There’s nowhere I’d rather live than here” I was born in Beaconsfield in 1936 and my early years were with my family in Penn, Buckinghamshire. I went to boarding school from the age of eleven and a half until seventeen and a half. When I left, I thought it would be nice to live at… Continue reading Ann Jollye
Angela Clark
“I’ve only ever worked on Watlington High Street in my whole life” I was born in Hythe, in Kent in the late 50s, and we moved to Ashford when I was four. I went to Primary School there. When I was ten my dad got a job in Reading, so that’s how come I am… Continue reading Angela Clark
Jaine McCormack
“Watlington is a very special, small community” I was born in Newcastle in 1957. I was brought up in rural Northumberland and lived there until I was 18. My family are mostly still up there. I’m a Geordie, and you can’t take the Northern out of somebody. There’s a lack of “side” – people… Continue reading Jaine McCormack
Martin Edis
“Watlington is really vibrant” I was born in 1948 in Northwood and brought up in Pinner. From the age of 11 I always wanted to work. I started in a newspaper shop. I left school at 16 and worked in Harrods from 1965 – 1989. By the time I left I was running menswear which… Continue reading Martin Edis
Alex Wooster
“Everywhere round here is very close to wildlife” I was born in Oxford in 2005 and I’ve grown up in Watlington. My family moved here because my dad is a pilot and had to be able to get to Heathrow. My mum works at the Environment Agency in Wallingford, and I have a brother, Ben,… Continue reading Alex Wooster
Liz Mente-Bishop
“In Watlington, you feel human” The Earl of Macclesfield bought Shirburn Castle in 1716, so that’s how long my family, the Parkers, have been in the area. I was born in 1971 in the Radcliffe and grew up on Model Farm, which my dad and mum still run with my sister Jess. I live on… Continue reading Liz Mente-Bishop
