The women in Picture 1 put on a smile, but were probably not the most popular team in an It’s a Knockout-style competition.
They were known as The Tickets, a team of traffic wardens joining in the fun at Oxford’s June Fair in 1976.
The contest based on the popular TV game show attracted teams with other dubious titles, among The Haloes representing local clergy and the Lightning Conductors from Oxford Bus Company.
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Another team called the Fearsome Four featured four well-known city and county councillors at that time - Robert Weir, Hugh Farrant, Margaret Butler and Philip Hunt.
The Oxford Mail also entered a team which finished last - their protest that the beer pavilion was a distraction was rightly rejected.
The annual fair, held on the Oxpens cattle market site, where City of Oxford College is now based, raised thousands of pounds for national and local charities and was a favourite summer attraction for hundreds of families.
Picture 2 shows children – and one dad – enjoying the Punch and Judy show in glorious sunshine at the 1975 fair.
There was music and dancing from morris men, Kennington Youth Band and the Hurricane Force steel band, and nearly £5,000 was raised for Sir Michael Sobell House, the nursing home which was being built on the Churchill Hospital site at Headington.
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The Oxford Mail reported: “Refreshment stalls offered soft drinks, cakes and sandwiches and more exotically, Indian savoury fritters, kebabs and roast mutton.
"There was the traditional collection of antique, tombola and white elephant stalls, jumbled up with charity information and craft exhibitions.”
One of the busy stalls that year is seen in Picture 3, while in Picture 4, Lord Mayor Fred Ingram enjoyed a donkey ride at the 1973 event, with plenty of help to steady the animal.
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The fair, which attracted 9,000 people, had all the usual attractions, plus an emphasis on the arts, with a craft market featuring basket-weaving and pottery.
Three visitors to the 1972 fair are seen in Picture 5 relaxing in the pens usually reserved for animals at the weekly market.
Sarah Deelman, 10, in Picture 6, was among those testing her skill on the wires in 1974 when three Oxford University colleges became involved.
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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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