Speaker: John Lowe John tells the story of how major fires and efforts to tackle them over more than ten centuries affected Oxford, including the tragic fire that led to […]

Speaker: Hubert Zawadzki Hubert’s parents came to Britain with the Polish Armed Forces during WW2. Hubert describes his father’s time in a forced labour camp, his service with the Polish […]

Speaker: Mike Hurst Mike describes the range of railway activities in southern England and France during WW1, including the transport and care of the wounded back to Blighty with examples […]

Speaker: Stephen Wass Stephen explains how recent discoveries in historic gardens using archaeological techniques have allowed a better understanding of their construction and development. Stephen Wass is a freelance consultant […]

Speaker: Victoria Bentata Victoria links people and places in Oxford to the happenings and thinly disguised characters such as the Dodo in Lewis Carroll’s famous book, Alice in Wonderland. Victoria lives […]