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26 Moreton Village Only
the very first car in Moreton goes to Mr. Shaw who was a former owner of Moreton
Thatch, and who no doubt, must have caused some excitement when he first drove it through
the village.
A copy of the Thame Gazette of the 11th July 1933 features Moreton Cricket Club
which, over the years, played in venues such as Backsides (the field behind Brook Cottage),
the field behind the Royal Oak and from 1951 in the field beside Moreton Cottage on
the lane to Tetsworth. It seems that when the matches were played on the field behind
the Royal Oak and Braddy was umpiring, it was quite remarkable how he was able to
achieve the drawing of stumps to coincide with opening time.
The Bradbury girls, Peg and Jick, remember especially their association with the
Chapel in Moreton and Jick can still recite a poem known appropriately as “Forget
me not”, which she learned at the age of seven for the annual Sunday school anniversary.
This was quite an occasion in the village,
for which the girls would wear their pretty
straw bonnets. Sunday school was held on
Sunday mornings and was always well
attended. It would be quite normal to have
two-dozen pupils at that time. The harvest
festival was also an important occasion at
the Chapel with the produce later being
donated to the Thame cottage hospital.
The Mott sisters from Elmfield House –
May, Rose and Lillian – were much
involved with the work of the Chapel
together with Miss Thorpe from Willow
Cottage. Also, for a while, the Chapel had
its own lay preacher in Mr. Higgins who
lived at No. 5 The Furlongs and previously
Children pose after Sunday school, Mr Higgins at Folly Cottage during the time that it
in the background. was also a shop.