"Somehow it is good to fill in the gaps of what
it was like in the 'olden days' as my grandchildren ask from time to time,
and hear other people's experiences, for believe it or not none of us will
be here forever, so make a note of that."
Derek Hindle
Do you have any memories that you are you willing to share with us?
If so, please send them to us at Banburyshire, or just drop us a line to discuss your ideas.
Submissions may be edited at our discretion!
- A Bus Spotter's Dream: Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- A Career In First Aid?, Smokey
- A Clean Sweep!!!, Muriel Wells
- Aftermath ----- The Sequel, Muriel Wells
- A Hard Day's Work, Len Denham
- A Jewel in the City's Crown, Smokey
- A Journey Of Timelessness, Smokey
- A Magical World: Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- A New And Exciting Sensation!: Memories of the 50s, Smokey
- Anita ~ A Fast Worker, Smokey
- Apart from the ponytail......, Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- A Renaissance In Maypole Dancing, Muriel Wells
- Arnhem And A Hugh Bunch Of Grapes, John Crofts
- A Street Party, Barbara Adair
- A Walk Into Town - From Easington to Banbury Town Centre about 1960, Christine Upton
- Away to Number 36, And see If Alf Is In!, Smokey
- A Welcome Fire: Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- Back a few years!, Muriel Wells
- Banbury 60 years ago, written in 1959
- Before My Time!, Muriel Wells
- Before They Invented Rock'n'Roll - Memories Of The 40s, Smokey
- Bells!: Memories of the 60s, Ian Ralph Huckin
- Bikes, Ian Ralph Huckin
- Brief Encounter, Len Denham
- By Any Other Name: Memories of the 50s, Smokey
- By Any Other Name in 'Little England': Memories of the 50s, Helen Verrall
- Bygone ways!, Muriel Wells
- Childhood Holidays, Dawn Griffis (née Alsford)
- Coke, Smokey
- Coventry: November 14th 1940, Dorothy Gibbs
- Cures, Customs and Sayings, Dawn Griffis
- Double, Double, Toil And Bubble! - Memories Of The 40s, Smokey
- Do You Remember?, Rhoda Woodward
- Drifting thro' the years!, Muriel Wells
- Dymchurch & Boulogne, 1939, Muriel Wells
- Evacuation, Len Denham
- Exhibits in the Museum of a Working Career: Memories of the 50s, Smokey
- Family Fun For All Ages - Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- Games in the Street, Smokey
- Games We Played, Ian Huckin
- Hoarding School - Memories Of The 40s, Smokey
- Hooked Rugs, Barbara Adair
- Hospitals - The other side of the coin!, Muriel Wells
- I am not my mother's daughter for nothing!, Muriel Wells
- If only I could remember his name ..., Smokey
- In family life, a lot has changed in sixty years, Smokey
- It is not what you think, Conductor!, Len Denham
- It was a Hard Cash Society, Smokey
- League Division Three, Smokey
- Lieutenant One Day, Duke The Next, Smokey
- Love At First Sight, Mike Griffis
- Love's Labour's Lost, Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- Lucky dip!, Muriel Wells
- Magic Times! Memories of the 40s, Muriel Wells
- Mangle-ing & other kitchen activities, Muriel Wells
- Mary Box, Smokey
- Memories of a Scarf, Pam Taylor
- Memories of Guy Fawkes Nights, Derek Hindle
- Memories of Guy Fawkes Nights (2), Derek Hindle
- Memories of Horley House Childrens Home in the 1930s, Christine Upton
- Memories of Outings, Muriel Wells
- Memories of the past, Muriel Wells
- Memories of Whitsuntide, Muriel Wells
- Mental scars ..... Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- More about coke, Muriel Wells
- Muriel Never Skipped, Smokey
- Muriel's Christmas, Muriel Wells
- Muriel's Meanderings in and around Halloween!, Muriel Wells
- Muriel's Reply - Memories Of The 1940s, Muriel Wells
- On Gypsies and Hawkers, Muriel Wells
- Ooh, luvverly stuff---both the buses and the trams!, Muriel Wells
- Out of our window...., Len Denham
- Painful Memories, Smokey
- Proud Monsters of Steam: Memories of the 50s, Smokey
- Reflections ......... on Hair!, Muriel Wells and Rhoda Woodward (and Len!)
- Remembering The War In Warwickshire, Anne Paling
- Remembrance, Muriel Wells
- Reminiscing on Football, Muriel Wells
- Running Errands - Easier now than then!, Muriel Wells
- School Holidays, Christine Upton
- School Reports - Memories Of The 50s, Smokey
- School -The Best Years Of Your Life? Part 1, Muriel Wells
- Schooldays - the happiest days of your life? Part 2, Muriel Wells
- Schooldays, The Happiest Days Of Your Life? - Part 3, Muriel Wells
- School Uniform, Barbara Adair
- Score One For Apprentices: Memories of the 50s, Smokey
- Short, back & sides, Muriel Wells
- Simpler Then, Ian Ralph Huckin
- Skipping Rhymes
- Somewhere Safe To Sleep, Bill Burgoyne
- Stepping Back - Memories Of The 40s, Smokey
- Strange Alice - Memories Of The 40s, Smokey
- t'cwop!, Muriel Wells
- Textbooks! - Memories Of The 50s, Smokey
- The Anderson Shelter, Smokey
- The Annual "Sharra" Trip, Smokey
- The Company Had Four Shareholders - Memories Of The 50s, Smokey
- The Corner Shop, Muriel Wells
- The Course Clerk, Mr. Toby Jug: Memories of the 50s, Smokey
- The Empire was built on standards, Smokey
- The Great Treasure Hunt, Smokey
- The "Ings", Dawn Griffis (née Alsford)
- The Lure Was The Railway Station, Smokey
- The Meter Man, Smokey
- The Military Haircut, Vic Taylor
- The Muriel In Memories, Smokey
- The Open Road: Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- The Reunion Ballad, Ian Ralph Huckin
- The School Day - Memories Of The 50s, Smokey
- The Summer Of 1940, Len Denham
- This Muriel DID Skip, Muriel Wells
- Times Was 'ard, Ian Huckin
- Today, There Are No Telegrams, Smokey
- Those Early Schooldays, Len Denham
- Tramps And "Something", Dawn Griffis (née Alsford)
- Utility, The Mother Of Invention, Smokey
- Walking Was The Big Activity, Smokey
- Ward Cleaning At The Horton, Dawn Griffis (née Alsford)
- West Hampstead Cemetery! Any more for the Underground!, Len Denham
- Where Are They Now?, Rhoda Woodward
- Winnie And Mr. Bird, Smokey
- Writing Hazards, Ian R Huckin
- Writing Hazards Decades Ago!, Muriel Wells
- Writing Hazards - Dorothy's Reply, Dorothy Gibbs