SAMANTHA Collingwood, from Cowley, at two-and-a-half months old, was just beginning to realise how exciting Christmas can be.

She appears in our main picture receiving a present from Santa at a gift sale at Oxford Town Hall in 1978.

The Oxford and Cherwell Round Table float, below, proved a great attraction when it was stationed at Cowley shopping centre in 1975. 

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Father Christmas had no shortage of takers for his lucky dip. 

Workers at Pressed Steel Fisher at Cowley enjoyed what was described as a ‘Christmas booze-up’ as they approached the festive season, pictured below.

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The only one in this group we know is Basil Cook, in the light- coloured jacket at the back.

Memory Lane this week


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