Memories
Recording the unwritten history of Bicester and the surrounding villages has become an important task for the Society. The retention of memories relating to people, places and events enriches the knowledge and understanding available for future generations to consider about times past and provides a valuable insight into how people lived and went about their daily business. If you have recollections of Bicester and the surrounding area please use the contact box at the bottom of this page to share your memories with us.
‘Do You Remember When?’ Oral History sessions are organised on a regular basis by Bicester Local History Society and Bicester Resources Centre as part of a Banbury Museum Reminiscence Partnership. Bicester Local History Society organise a session on the first Monday of each month at 7.30 p.m. (unless otherwise indicated) in ‘The Pop-In’ Centre’, Crown Walk, Bicester. Oral history Sessions follow set themes where participants are invited to contribute their recollections about the topic under discussion. The sessions are recorded and the content will be published at as part of the project.
Examples of themes that we intend to include at future meetings are:
Shops and Markets, Sheep Street, Entertainment, The Garth, Bicester House & Hometree House, Transport, The Market Hill, Law & Order, North Bicester, London Road, Chapel Street & Priory Road, Local characters and personalities, Jobs & Occupations, Sports & Leisure, Highfield, Housing & housework, Various aspects of local village life, Local Services (Police, Medical etc.), Bicester in World War II, Churches, Pubs, Inns & Hotels, Farms & Food, Toys & Games.
Tessa Whitcombe (Bicester Resources Centre) and Pete Chivers (Bicester Local History Society) planned a programme of events to form the basis of forthcoming meetings for the coming months:
Date Bicester Local History Society
Meetings taking place in 2009 include:
2/3 The Causeway, Murders etc.
6/4 Fairs, Fetes & Festivals
4/5 The Market Square
1/6 Transport
6/7 Crockwell
3/8 School Days
7/9 King's End
5/10 Church Street & Old Place Yard
2/11 Local Characters
7/12 Highfield, Bucknell Road, Field Street, Banbury Road & Buckingham Road
Meetings taking place in 2010 include:
4/1 North Street, Crumps Butts & Victoria Road (Session One)
1/2 London Road, Priory Road & Chapel Street (Session One)
1/3 North Street, Crumps Butts & Victoria Road (Session Two)
13/4 (Tuesday) London Road, Priory Road & Chapel Street (Sesion Two)
4/5 (Tuesday) Market Hill
7/6 Sheep Street (Session One)
5/7 Sheep Street (Session Two)
6/9 Public Services (Fire, Police, Ambulance, Medical Services)
4/10 Oxfordshire accents and local sayings
If you have memories about the area that you wish to share with us please use the contact box below. Many thanks.