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This has been in the family for many years and was recently rediscovered. It is believed my father kept it after attending the performance. At the time he was a 17 year old at St Edwards school in Oxford.The bottom of the page on the first image has…

Oxfordshire school children stage a school strike for climate change after being inspired by Greta Thunberg. This was pre-pandemic, in May, 2019.

After the Second World War, many British people were encouraged to go to the colonies to work. In 1952, having completed his psychiatric training at the Maudsley Hospital, my father saw an advertisement for a post at Ingutsheni Mental Hospital in…

These photos were taken by Lynsey Ford when visitng Oxford in April 2021. They include the Radcliffe Camera, a view of the river and the local wildlife!The Holywell Music Room, on Holywell Street. Holywell Music Room is part of Wadham College.A shot…

'About Cowley Road Carnival; Organised by Cowley Road Works, the Cowley Road Carnival is the region’s biggest and most celebrated public event held on the first Sunday in July and attended by around 50,000 people each year.  The Carnival is…

About the picture(s)'Distance' - this was a sign on the weir over the Thames. It shows to me how much everyday life, even the simple act of walking along a path with other people now has to be done under the guidelines.'Smile' - saw this in Iffley…

ExperienceI am making a point of going out for a walk every day - something I didn't necessarily do pre-lockdown. Most of my walks are around the local streets or parks, but at the weekend I walked into the centre of Oxford, coming in through the…

ExperienceI am making a point of going out for a walk every day - something I didn't necessarily do pre-lockdown. Most of my walks are around the local streets or parks, but at the weekend I walked into the centre of Oxford, coming in through the…

Two artists Jill Green and Nimmi Naidoo for the NHS workers during the COVID Pandemic on Bonn Square from the 8th of May until the 16th of May.

ExperienceA cycle ride is often the way I choose to take my daily exercise and the centre of Oxford has taken on an air of tranquillity and desertion. The lack of cars, students and tourists makes it nearly unrecognisable in comparison with my…