Ossy Clark
 

Can anybody tell me which school Ossy Clark went to & where he lived ? are there still family in Oswaldtwistle ?

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would help yerself if ya gave more info mate, like when this person went to school n which school if ya know that, what age would they be?;)

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LOL Cashy .. obviously fashion not your strong point .. this was Ossie Clark:

Ossie Clark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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ta fer that kate, never heard of the geezer, Rindy may well know him.:dummy2:

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Will definitely know of him .. but quite an age gap there.

Seemed to have been a few siblings, so maybe some connections with Ossy still ?

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Sorry....with him being so famous I thought he'd be known....

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maybe not, after all he knows you.:hidewall:

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He's discussed in this thread.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...lark-4067.html

He went to Moor End County Primary, though I don't know which secondary school he went to.

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Thanks for that Garinda, just wish I knew which secondary school he went to.

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Beamont Technical School

Long Lane

Warrington

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Very interesting article here and the most famous painting of Clark by Hockney

Ossie Clark, the King Of The Kings Road in Holland Park

"In 1995 Ossie Clark, the iconic sixties and seventies fashion designer known for his flowing dresses and a rather excessive party lifestyle, invited the 27 year old Italian Diego Cogalato to move into his one-bedroomed Holland Park council flat in Penzance Street. Just eighteen months later, Cogalato called 999 and said to the operator ‘I think I’ve killed someone…’."

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Victoria Petty says:
April 16, 2010 at 1:33 pm

Thank you for giving such an intimate detail of the life of Ossie Clark, he was my great uncle and unfortunately my Grandmother, Beryl, dear sister of Ossie passed away some years before Ossie and I have been unable to find out certain facts.

I appreciate the work you have done here and it gives a true insite into the life he lead and the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his death.

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I want to congratulate Garinda on the way he introduced the word 'thread' into a story about a fashion designer. He is a cut above the rest.

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Thankyou Wadey, interesting......

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The wikipedia page said -
"Soon after leaving Beamont Secondary Technical School"

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Yes Bob we are following a pattern and knitting it together or so it seams

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Don't you mean....'Sew it seams '.....!!! Hope you all have a lovely Christmas...!

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So what's being said is "Because the thread is about fashion, making it a cut above the rest thereby following a pattern & knitting it together, or sew it seams meaning blanket coverage as opposed to a patchwork of chintzy dressings ?" Is this a stitch up ? :rolleyes: :D

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good evening dave in germany although im not from ossy, i worked the area in the 80s for a huge double glazing company selling tilt/turn windows, neil radford ex- lancashire/ worcester and England/south africa lived there for around 3 years when he was the pro- at ramsbottom cricket club in 1983, i loved it around there in the 80s, and it was one off the reasons i set up my companies from there too

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i have also graced the cricket fields off accy, church,enfield and rishton

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Keeping the thread alive! I really admire the guy's work! What an amazing lifestyle he must have had in his hey day!

This book sounds good:

V&A Victoria Albert Museum > Main Section > Shop by theme > Ossie Clark 1965-74

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I might decide to wear him to the meet tomorrow.

:D

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Interview with his wife, designer Celia Birtwell.

BBC - British Style Genius - High Street Style - Ossie Clark

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Ace! That would be fab Garinda! Do it!

I have to smile to myself, because I have a make-up bag, which I only bought LAST Xmas, (from BOOTS the chemist) designed by his wife, still known as Celia Birtwell! He had met her whilst they were both students in Manchester.

Their names live on!

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Although he had a sad end, to what had been for a good few years a glittering career, his name will be forever recorded in the history of costume books.

Britain was the style capital of the world in the sixties. Ossie Clark kept that focus on the country well into the seventies.

Pictured, Bianca Jagger's wedding suit.

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Interesting article about attempts to revive the Ossie Clark label, and the fight to stop it happening, by his former wife Celia Birtwell, and the couples two sons Albert, and George.

Linda Granton on the struggle to bring Ossie Clark, the king of King's road, back to life | Fashion | The Guardian