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Only one of the eight children married ­ William Osborne. He had three children: Stanley born in Leicester, and Louisa Agnes and Richard John born in Manchester. Stanley remained a bachelor, and Louisa married Victor Guiver and lived in London with their two daughters. Richard John married Winifred Mary Reed in Manchester; they had two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, and Mary is the present occupier of the Olde House.

Richard Pettett Day bought the Olde House from the Charities Commission in 1885. It had stood empty from 1876 when it had ceased being a school. Many negotiations took place before it could be put up for auction with a reserve of £120, but it failed to reach its reserve and was bought for £80.

Richard Pettett and his wife moved in during 1895 after the house had been let for a while, but Mary-Anne died in 1898. Richard's sister, Mary Anne Bowyer, came to live with them when she was widowed. As their daughters retired they too came to live here; Tamar dying in 1911, Elizabeth in 1926, Annie (Joanna) in 1942 and Agnes in 1959. The house was left to Richard John Day, who having retired came to live here with his wife in 1960. He died in 1967 and Winifred Mary died in 1982, leaving the house to their elder daughter Mary.