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 | June 2008
Those of you who visited the Group’s previous exhibitions on life in Ock Street may have noted that we omitted to include one of the most important local “multiple grocers”, viz. Rant & Tombs.
Since our last exhibition, Jackie Smith has spoken with Pamela Rant, who kindly allowed access to some personal family records. Thank you Jackie and Pam for allowing us to publish on our website this article entitled “Rant & Tombs – Abingdon Grocers”.
The Rant family were operating from a number of addresses in Ock Street over 90 years, so we cannot understand why it is so difficult to find photographs of any of them!
Do you have a photo’ of one of the Rant family shops in Ock Street? If so, we would love to hear from you and perhaps we could display it at the next Ock Street Exhibition.
Talking of the next Ock Street Exhibition, this will take place in St Helen’s Church between Saturday, 2nd August 2008 and Monday, 15th September 2008. Be sure to put the dates in your diary and please get in touch if you have new information. |
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In the beginning ...
The Ock Street Heritage Group first evolved in 2004. During that year, the Abingdon Buildings Record - a group primarily interested in the architectural history of the town - held a meeting about Ock Street and decided to open it to the public. The response was unexpected and so many people were turned away that a second meeting had to be held. The interest and enthusiasm generated led to the formation of the group, which now unites local historians with a variety of specialist skills in an effort to recover and record the history of this unique community.
In 2006, as part of the celebrations to mark the 450th anniversary of Abingdon's Charter, the group mounted an exhibition of its findings to date. This was held in the Trinity Church Hall in Conduit Road, off Ock Street, and ran for 3 days starting Friday 29th September.
The exhibition was a resounding success. From the feedback we received, it was clear that we needed to find a way to share our findings and this website has been set up with this in mind.
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