Upton Village

Sidney Hardwick 1924-2011 A Tribute from Daughter Sarah: Our mother died during the night of Sunday 8 May and her funeral was held on Friday 27 May, so that her brother and his family from Canada could be there. Mum was born on 12 December 1924 in Lindsay, Ontario. Whilst still a baby, her parents… Continue reading »

We are sad to record the death of Barbara Blond, known to many in the village as "Mrs Blond" who taught for many years at Upton School until the school closed in 1961.  Barbara was born in West Hagbourne in 1920 and died at The Meadows Nursing Home in Didcot, aged 91.  Her whole life… Continue reading »

THEO GORDON 1913 – 2010 It is with great sadness that we reflect on and pay tribute to Upton’s oldest resident – as her son, John, proudly acclaimed at the official opening of the extended Village Hall earlier this year. She came of an almost entirely clerical family, and was for a long time a… Continue reading »

On Sunday 24th May, Upton suffered another huge loss when Julia Williams passed away at the age of 66 years. Most people in the village knew Julia for one reason or another, perhaps as the ‘Queen’ of flapjack and tiffin baking, as a deliverer of ‘Meals on Wheels’ and the Upton News, or for collecting… Continue reading »

George Milford-Cottam. 4th May 1918 – 19th May 2009. Mr Milford-Cottam, who lived at Barn Acre in Stream Road, was brought up in West London and worked in insurance. He belonged to a yeomanry regiment which was mobilised when war started and sent to the Middle East as part of the horse mounted 1st Cavalry… Continue reading »

Myra Louisa Dowding has died at the age of 107. Myra was born and brought up in Upton and used to play the organ at St. Mary’s. Her father (or was it grandfather?) was Thomas Butler who has a tombstone in the graveyard by the church. Up until recently when she was taken into the… Continue reading »

Tony West died on June 23rd after a short illness.

Stan Lynch from the Upton Cider Farm died in hospital on January 8th 2008.

Erica Schumacher (1912-2007) – A long life well lived Erica, how we admired her mental and physical agility while acknowleging her age never thinking of her as old. To quote a member of her family, Erica was a remarkable and in most ways admirable person. She was above all an adventurer but paradoxically she combined… Continue reading »

Sadly, April 5th saw the death of Mary Bucknell who had lived in Upton since 1944.