Oxford Mail | Memory Lane

Smiles please!

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

There were plenty of smiles at this important school occasion – and for good reason.

The changing face of Bampton

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Frank Godwin was the winner of the annual best-looking moustache competition at the Eagle pub in 1974. Pictured with his wife Evelyn, he told fellow competitors: “I don’t like my moustache and it’s coming off when I get home.”

Delivering a competitive edge

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

This is one of the earliest commercial delivery vehicles in Banbury.

Finest shot Johnny got

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Johnny Johnson’s greatest moment of fame in his long career as an Oxford Mail photographer came when he shot a wolf.

Pennies needed to balance the books

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Like many other schools, the village school at Old Marston, Oxford, relied heavily on what was known as the ‘School Pence’ to balance its books.

Silent show proved a beauty

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

The pupils didn’t say a word during this production of Sleeping Beauty.

Frock horror

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

WHATEVER happened to school uniform?

The changing face of Woodstock

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

PUPILS at Woodstock Primary School built a nature trail in their school grounds in 1973 and discovered a piece of history – their study of a hedgerow suggested it could be 900 years old.

Pupils have upper hand

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

TEACHER ‘Granny’ Slaughter was determined that children at Wolvercote School should speak properly.

Idols stun their fans

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

MARGARET Vincent won’t forget the day she met the two men in her life – her future husband and pop star Gene Pitney.