THERE was plenty of fun and laughter in the crowd – and plenty of stamina among the competitors.
This tug-of-war took place at a garden fete at Middleton Stoney, near Bicester, in 1969.
Oxford Mail photographer Bill Radford captured the moment of collapse for the Middleton Stoney team.
The winners, out of the picture, were a team from BEA – was that the old British European Airways?
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