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This project is a video made using PowerPoint. It was done during the time when lockdown restrictions were strictest. It reflects, I hope very simply, the experience of lockdown (or at least the experience for me). The ‘w’ at the beginning of every…

Back in the 1970’s boutiques like Watsons and Bonnie (on Broad Street and in the Covered Market) were THE places for teenagers & undergrads to buy affordable trendy gear and jeans. This plastic carrier bag dates from this time advertising unisex…

Four war veterans, left to right, John Hannis, Don Read, Sydney Scarsbrook and Fred Farley, toured Leiden on the back of a lorry in 2005, to huge acclaim from Leiden people grateful to Britain for helping to liberate them at the end of the Second…

Street scene, painted wall and cars.

Visits to the famous Keukenhof Gardens in Holland are very popular when Oxford parties visit Leiden - members are pictured there in 2011 .

The Physical Activity Team at Oxfordshire Mind are holding a weekly "virtual walk." The first voice-led trek takes the listener across the African Savanna at sunrise. This medititave vitural excercise allows the listener to take a moment to relax and…

Brought to Oxford in 1994, this item is part of a Sandolo given to Oxford’s City Barge Boat Club.

Richard attended our Sporting Oxford Collecting Day and brought in a Venetian Forcola. This is the typical Venetian rowlock used in gondola style…

About the picture(s)A gentleman found some World War Two gas masks and hats in his attic when he moved into his house decades ago. To cheer everyone up he made this display in his garden using bits and pieces around the house. This was still at the…

About the picture(s)Another Bank Holiday in lockdown changed for the 75th Anniversary of VE Day. This certainly needed effort and recognition. Our village celebration was cancelled. Our personal plans, to have visitors and attend Wallingford Car…

About the picture(s)Page 2 of the vaccine letter (pg 1 has personal information), plus translations into various languages, and accompanying booklet.Message to the futureOnly time will tell if this works but as of March 2021 the vaccine programme in…