This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications This phone box was located in Osgood, Pa. The conductor could call the dispatcher to pass along or receive necessary information about train movements. Phone boxes like this wooden one, or the concrete box across the parking lot, would be situated at points along the track where trains were likely to stop, such as at signal lights. The conductor could call the dispatcher to pass along or receive necessary information about train movements., This phone box was located in Osgood, Pa. A few seasons later a small extension was added to create a kitchen from which teas were AD VALORIM CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS PAGE 32THE PHONEBOXteas, showers and a post-match beer.putIn 2002, the club decided to demolish the old pavilion and, armed with just over £7,000 and planning permission r a new pavilion, club members crossed fingers, toes and any other loose bodily appendage they could find and hoped for the best.1990s it became increasingly obvious that an ex-chickenhutcould notprovide theTwo years were spent lodging in a site hut kindly provided by Francis Jackson Homes and squatting with our friends at the Football Club who kindly provided accommodation forSouls oThe cricket club is indebted to a huge number of local people and rms who have given time, money and technical expertise to make the pavilion happen.Phone boxes like this wooden one, or the concrete box across the parking lot, would be situated at points along the track where trains were likely to stop, such as at signal lights. Teas evidence of the end were taken on the Market Square at of one era cameMrs Looms' Tea Rooms.with the floods ofOctober 2000 which wreaked further damage to the condition of our old pavilion.money to take the decision to go ahead and build the new pavilion you can now see at the Recreation Ground.By 1 948, club members had their collective skills together and built a new pavilion at the railway end of the ground in a very similar style to the pre-war one. ![]() ![]() ![]() by both clubMrs Looms' Tea Rooms members and Cricket recommenced in the 1 947 visiting ason with no pavilion but the use of Floodsa small hut belonging to the Rugby Conclusive Club for kit storage and shelter. The ground was resown with grass after the war and standards expected levelled. This pavilionserved us well until 1 939, when it wasdemolished and the ground ploughedup to produce food, potatoes etc forthe war effort. "Olney celsior Cricket Club" Finally, in 1898 Olney Town Cricket Club (or as it was then known "Olney Excelsior Cricket Club") moved to the Recreation Groundproved adequate for many years with several mmor improvements being added at intervals.where we remain to this day.Prior to World War II, the club hadBy the earlya small pavilion situated at the churchend of the ground. The building was purchased and a military styleoperation todismantle and reerect it at theground wasmasterminded byAlfie Harrison.in the town.These included "Hatch Green" - a field now taken up by the Carey Way estate, "Cherry Orchard" - now the site of the Conygere estate - and then on a field in Yardley Road, believed to be where the Moores Hill estate nowThis buildingChicken Broiler House lS. The main attractionwasitssize,some50feetby 40 feet. In the early days cricket was played at several locationsThis pavilion was still far too small so, by 1960, someone spotted an advert for an unused chicken broiler house for sale locally. ![]() M.B.C.Olney Town CrickeDavidCricket CBy the middle of2004 and through the club's own nd-raising e orts, assisted by two substantial grants from Olney Town Council and the Milton Keynes Community Foundation, we had raised su icient BUILDING & TIMBER MERCHANTS GARDEN andTH Eprovided, courtesy of Alfie Harrison, the local baker.first DIY SUPPLIES reference - to cricket being played in Olney appeared in the Almanack of 1883.
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