Reminiscences of Headington
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- Edith Currill (Mrs Musselle) (1915–2000)
Edith grew up on the London Road, opposite the workhouse, in the 1920s - Kathleen Stone (Mrs Eastes)
Kathleen remembers two forgotten schools in Old High Street in the 1920s - Margaret Coppock (Mrs Coppock Mayers)
Margaret (who now lives in Pennsylvania) grew up in New High Street in the 1920s/1930s - John Bolt
John (who still lives in Headington) moved to 27 Windmill Road as a small child in 1927 and attended St Andrew’s School - Judith Hammick (Mrs Friend)
Judith was a don’s daughter who grew up in Old Road in the 1920s/1930s - Jeune Morris (Mrs Mitchell)
Jeune grew up in Bulan Road in the 1930s /1940s - Jill McCay
Jill is a doctor’s daughter who grew up on the London Road in the 1930s/1940s - David Gooch
David (who now lives in Southern California) grew up in Old High Street in the 1930s/1940s - Roy Murrant
Roy was evacuated to Headington from London in 1939 - David Goodearl
David is an Australian who worked in Headington for two years in the 1950s - James Hansford
James, grandson of Headington blacksmith Fred Cleverly, recalls his family from the nineteenth century to the 1950s - Stephanie Jenkins
Stephanie recalls the Headington shops c.1980 - The Liddell family
Pictures showing the Liddells in the Hermitage in Old High Street from the 1920s to 1960s - George Stuart
George recalls Manor Farmhouse in the 1960s, before Ethelred Court was built in its garden
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