Val Faulkner has fond memories of working at Wolvercote Paper Mill in Oxford.

She worked there in the 1950s, following in the footsteps of other members of her family.

She writes: "The work was a bit boring, but the company was great.

"Some of those in charge were Horace Collett, Doug and Eric Belcher, Bert Clements, Roy Smith, Cecil Warwick and Arthur Smith - all excellent men in authority. They were strict but fair."

Mrs Faulkner, of Raymond Road, Bicester, can still remember the names of many of the girls she worked alongside.

"They were Mary, Kathy, Gwen, Joyce, Verona, Phyllis, Dot, Divinia, Cecily and many more - such nice girls.

"Also that dear lady Gertie Hewlett, and Mrs Wilkins, who presided over our tea breaks.

"Some of the lads were Don, Curly, Harold, Ron, Ozzie, Jock, Ray and Tom.

"In later years, I knew those home-spun, decent lads made the best husbands."

One particular memory was walking home from the mill in July 1955 and seeing the old Wolvercote post office, kept by Doris Saxton, razed to the ground.

"The stout front door was lying among the rubble, the big iron key still in the lock.

"I retrieved the key, took it home, tied it with ribbon and presented it to my brother, whose 21st birthday fell on that day.

"The key has long been lost. I wish I had kept it - a piece of vanished Wolvercote history."

As we have recalled, Wolvercote had a long tradition in the trade. The first reference to papermaking was in 1674. The mill shut in 1998 and the site was redeveloped.

Any more memories of Wolvercote Paper Mill?