EIGHT long-serving members of the shop workers’ union, USDAW, received their 30-year awards in 1986.

All worked for the Oxford and Swindon Co-operative Society and were presented with certificates by the union’s general secretary, Garfield Davies, at the Elms Hotel, Iffley.

Pictured left to right are Brian Brown, of Carterton, Fred Bathe, of Kidlington, Joy Cooper, a former shop manageress, June James, of Didcot, James McDaid, chairman of USDAW, Jack Pilcher, of Thame, George Jackson, of Berinsfield, Ken Jones, of Thame, and Val Richens, of Carterton.

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