Old pictures of West Oxfordshire District

1898

winding bobbins AT Blanket factory

c. 1922

workers attending a machine in Early Blanket Mill

1898

power loom house, Early Blanket Mill,

1907

Twain in academic regalia for acceptance of the D.Litt. degree awarded him by Oxford University

1876

Oscar Wilde at Oxford

1857

Lewis Carroll

1890

The flooded Lake Street

1856

Lewis Carroll self-portrait, aged 24 at that time

1958

Prince Charles on his way to Cheam School

1903

J Plater’s Cart, Van & Carriage Works

1904

Children in a country lane

c. 1901

Two villagers drinking at the Bidford Mop annual fair

1902

Mechanised farming

c. 1901

Chalford in the mid 1900s

c. 1925

Park Street

1935

Recruits Evade Horse Mannequins

1917

Nothgate Street

c. 1890

Street Scene

c. 1900

First photograph of Howard St.

1923

Kipling (second from left) as rector of the University of St Andrews

1953

T.S. Eliot (R) and Others on North Street

c. 1955

BROAD ST.

c. 1915

TROLLEY CAR

1958

windmill

1900

Ironmongers

c. 1907

Drinking fountain

c. 1925

Hospital of St Cross

c. 1962

NURSES

1900

Worcester Royal infirmary

c. 1920

Old Broadgate

1941

Churchill walks through the ruins of Coventry Cathedral

c. 1934

G. K. Chesterton at work

1916

The timber-framed Yelde Hall

1962

Evacuation of the crew of a stranded trawler

1942

Young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret with Their Dog Chang

1905

Passengers in first class dining car

1915

Demand for Women's Military Service

1906

One of the First Rolls-Royce 10 HP Models

1900

Early Women's Basketball Team

1953

Lifting Sweets Restrictions and Pastry Shop Opening

1940

The Girls Meet Their Father, Who Is Back From The War

1950

Agatha Christie at Her Desk

1964

Roadside Picnic