Community centres in Oxford have given enjoyment to hundreds of families over the years.
Oxford Mail photographers have recorded many of the events they have staged.
There were plenty of happy faces when Rose Hill celebrated the opening of new extensions to its centre costing £30,000 in 1976.
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City councillor Dora Carr is seen in Picture 1 with young judo enthusiasts after she opened the ground floor youth room, canteen, toilets and warden’s office.
The new part of the upper floor – an extension to the lounge bar and games room – was opened by a representative of the Bass Charrington brewery, which had financed the work.
Visitors to the opening night watched demonstrations of the centre’s activities, including a display by the junior judo team.
Boxer Percy Lewis gives a kiss of congratulation in Picture 2 to 16-year-old Ann Bradford after she was voted Oxford Community Girl 1964.
Ann, a hairdresser, of Freshfield, Garsington, received the highest number of points in the contest before a packed audience at Blackbird Leys community centre.
Second place was a tie between Susan Sanders, 16, of the Northway centre, and Diana Cox, 17, of the Florence Park centre.
Percy, the former British Empire featherweight champion, who lived in Oxford, was one of four judges - the others included Oxford speedway rider Arne Pander.
Members of Cowley community centre, in Picture 3, staged an open day to advertise their activities during Cowley Carnival in 1975.
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Hilda Schult and Inge Kavert are seen at the German stall where German beer and hamburgers were on sale – we don’t know the name of the man on the right.
Music during the day was provided by the Blue Velvet band and the City of Oxford Junior Band.
Kim Bowyer, four, in Picture 4, found plenty to do when she visited East Oxford community centre in 1976.
She was one of the first to take advantage of the centre’s new premises, once the home of Cowley St John Boys’ School.
The centre had plenty of equipment – all chairman Laurie Burrell needed was lots of people to make use of it.
The big question in Picture 5 was who was teaching whom. Sally Wright and her children, Paul and Amy, were wrestling with the art of cord knotting – the ancient skill of macrame.
A demonstration was given at the Ferry Centre in Summertown in 1979 by Susanna Fuller, a craft teacher at West Oxfordshire Technical College, as part of a regular arts and crafts workshop.
Luke Gill, five, in Picture 6, was all ears as he and five other children acted as waiters and waitresses, taking orders and serving at a bistro at Cutteslowe community centre in 1990.
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Childminders Lorraine Carter, Judy Brown and Jacqueline Phipps, all of Wolsey Road, Cutteslowe, had prepared lunch for visitors.
Mrs Carter said: “We think it is a good idea for the children to get involved in helping other people.”
All the money raised went to Telethon, a charity initiative by Central Television.
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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.
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