Here we look at photos from the Oxford Mail archive from 1994.
That was the year folk musicians Magpie Lane performed at the Towersey Festival, and a giant sculpture was erected outside the Old Fire Station arts centre.
And a new model train arrived at Cutteslowe Park.
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At the arts centre in George Street, residents aged between six and 60 spent a month fashioning drainpipes, pieces of tapes, wire, metal and wood into a giant figurines.
About 20 people were involved in the sculpture course.
Some of the imaginative projects were displayed at the centre and included dragons, musical instruments, heads and human bodies.
The workshop was part of a series of summer events, together with Indian musical instruments and body popping dancing.
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The sound of miniature trains tooting as they make their way round the tracks has become a familiar one to Cutteslowe Park visitors.
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And in 2018 the City of Oxford Society of Model Engineers, which runs the railway, celebrated a double milestone, welcoming its 500,000th passenger as well as marking 30 years since moving to the park.
The honour went to three-year-old Leo Wilkinson who rode at the front of one of the scaled down steam trains, a huge grin on his face.
He sat with his grandmother, Sue Wilkinson, who lives in Headington.
She said at the time the youngster was ‘train mad’ and obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine, adding: “It was his first time here as my son and his family don’t live nearby but he’s been looking forward to it as an Easter treat.
“It’s his grandfather who is really interested in miniature and model trains though. The two of them have been partners in crime getting us here today.”
Not content with one trip round the track the youngster immediately hopped back on for another go.
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Long-time club member John Winn said in 2018: “People love it. We have about 50 steam and 10 electric engines with several on the track at one time.
“Everything is completely to scale and many carry an impressive number of passengers.”
The society can trace its roots back to 1946.
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This story was written by Andy Ffrench, he joined the team more than 20 years ago and now covers community news across Oxfordshire.
Get in touch with him by emailing: Andy.ffrench@newsquest.co.uk
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