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# Episode Title Description People Date
1 Encaenia - Now and Then Archive footage of Oxford University's Encaenia ceremony Peter Robinson 12 Apr 2024
2 Creative Commons Wartime Oxford - June 1943 and 1944 Archive film of Oxford from June 1943 and June 1944 Peter Robinson 12 Apr 2024
3 Creative Commons High Street - Now and Then Archive film footage of High Street, Oxford from 1937 and 1944. Peter Robinson 12 Apr 2024
4 Creative Commons Rules and Regulations Archival film uncovers the quirky dos and don'ts that governed student life in the golden age of the 1920s and 30s. Peter Robinson 12 Apr 2024
5 Creative Commons Cycling Through Time Archive footage of cycling through the busy streets of Oxford and Cowley in the 1920s, 40s, and 50s. Peter Robinson 12 Apr 2024
6 Creative Commons St Giles' Fair The changing faces of St Giles' Fair. In this episode we look at St Giles' Fair which is held for two days in September in the heart of the city. Peter Robinson, Charlie Beesley 12 Apr 2024
7 Creative Commons Cycling to Archaeology! From Thames-side ruins and forgotten stone circles to Ridgeway hillforts and Roman villas, Oxfordshire is abundant in archaeological riches. Nathaniel Erb-Satullo 14 Oct 2020
8 Oxford at War in 1944 In this 2nd episode, we collate rare colour Oxfordshire footage shot in 1944 by US airforce officers. Film clips concentrate on the social life in Oxford city centre, Wallingford, Dorchester, Abingdon and surrounding villages. Peter Robinson 07 May 2020
9 Oxford At War: Footage from Mount Farm Airbase World War Two arrives in Oxford in this episode, using never before seen Oxford footage from a US Flight Surgeon for the 14th Photo Reconnaissance Unit at Mount Farm Airbase, Dorchester. Includes colour and monochrome film from 1944. Peter Robinson, Hannah Lucas 03 Oct 2014
10 Oxford: Then and Now We compare and contrast locations in and around the city from the 1940s, and the present day. How have the places and people changed? How present is the Second World War in 1940s Oxford? After 70 years how different is Oxford? Peter Robinson, Hannah Lucas 01 Oct 2014
11 Attic to Archive - Welcome to the Dreaming Spools Project In this episode we take you on a trip through time as we introduce a selection of the archive film footage that the Dreaming Spools project has discovered. Peter Robinson, Hannah Lucas 01 Oct 2014
12 Creative Commons Furnishings and Domestic Culture in early Modern England A seminar presentation on doctoral research, employing probate inventories for the Oxfordshire market town of Thame in the 17th century. Antony Buxton 15 Jun 2012