Here we have gone through the Oxford Mail archives to find some of the most interesting photos in the city from the 1970s.
Visits from the Queen and soon-to-be Prime Ministers, big sporting events and major emergency services responses are included in the gallery.
It also was a time when the Anti-Nazi League handed out leaflets in the city centre, and shoppers rushed to beat a big VAT rise being introduced by the Chancellor.
A petition of 1,670 signatures was presented to Oxford United's marketing manager after ticket price increase in 1975 caused anger.
The Oxford Mail captured the harrowing scene of a fire inside Woolworths in 1972 as spectators watched as emergency services worked to contain the blaze.
Take a look at the then pictures from the 1970s we have picked out from the archive.
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