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On this day: Oxfordshire Archive

Oxfordshire Archive

• Youth club is hit with Tory

  Banbury Tory candidate Tony Baldry visited the Willy Freund Youth Club on Bretch Hill and came away impressed. read more

• The Island in the Mind by Rodney Hall (Granta, £8.99)

  Another swashbuckling tale of empires and exploration, told with subtle psychological twists. read more

• 20-Minute Retreats by Rachel Harris (Pan, £6.99)

  A guide for those who can't afford to actually go away, but need some space from the bustle of everyday life. read more

• Wednesday's Child by Peter Robinson (Pan, £5.99)

  The abduction of a young girl brings back dreadful memories of the Moors murders for Inspector Banks and Superintendent Gristhorpe. read more

• Maxwell's Curse by M. J. Trow (Hodder and Stoughton, £6.99)

  The latest crime thriller involving Peter "Mad Max" Maxwell begins with his discovery on his own doorstep of the body of an old woman who, on an unseasonably mild night, has frozen to death. read more

• Bowls: Results

  Latest club results check read more

• Director finds fame

  A communications director from Oxfordshire is the oldest contestant in the hit television series Big Brother. read more

• Bowls: Champs are off to flying start

  Carterton launched the defence of their title with a 5-1 win at West Witney in Division 1 of the Kennington Bowls Specialists Oxford & District League. read more

• Golf: City owe victory to strong finish

  Oxford City confirmed their second position in Division 1 of the Shaw and Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League with a 2-1 victory away to Hadden Hill. read more

• Speedway: Dazzling Drymls on the crest of a wave

  The dynamic Dryml brothers, Ales and Lukas, have really come of age over the last two weeks for the JT/Fox Oxford Cheetahs. read more

• Golf: In-form Booth sets Lakes course record

  Three course records were broken during a remarkable day of scoring in the Witney Lakes' Pro-Am. read more

• Speedway: Cheetahs to heed Eagles' plight

  While Oxford are doing very nicely at the top of the Sky Sports Elite League, it can all change in the space of a few days. read more

• Football: Mail Under 12s at the double

  The Oxford Mail League's Under 12 representative side made it a double as they demolished their rivals Swindon at the Inter-League finals night at Chippenham Town. read more

• Tennis: Henman's backing Greg

  Greg Rusedski was today hoping to keep the British momentum rolling amid the Gallic bedlam which is sure to accompany his clash with Fabrice Santoro. read more

• Football: Roebuck are promoted

  Roebuck secured promotion from the Morrells Oxford Sunday League Division 4 with a 2-1 victory over a stubborn Carrier Arms. read more

• Unknown Pleasures by Jason Cowley (Faber, £6.99)

  Joshua Winter arrives back in England from Canada to search for his father -- or his father's killer. read more

• Big Chief Elizabeth by Giles Milton (Sceptre, £6.99)

  A thumping great yarn, the story of England's early attempts to colonise North America through Virginia. read more

• E-mail classes

  A series of 'Surfing the Net and E-mail classes', for over 50s, will take place at the Northway Centre, Headington. read more

• Railway talk

  Michael Casey will be giving a talk on the Railway Roundabout for the railway club on Tuesday, June 5, at the Methodist church halll, chipping Norton. read more

• Staircase fire

  An external staircase attached to shops in Old Marston Road, Marston, caught fire at about 10.20pm on Wednesday. read more

On this day: Oxfordshire Archive