Photo of Wordsworth Buildings 1897 - photo by Henry Taunt
Note Tennis court on lawns. The tennis courts have been moved off the grass and closer to the River Cherwell.
Lady Margaret Hall in 1895
Interior View of College Room 1895
Old fireplaces have been replaced by electric heaters, but poster rails are still there.
Cyclists leaving work (probably Morris Motor works)
A great shot of flat capped workers leaving work on their push bikes
cycling around turn of century
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New College Chapel 1885
Little has changed in the past 100 years.
New College Dining Room 1901
New College Quad 1885
New College Walls from inside Garden 1907
New College Lane 1880
New College Lane before the Bridge of Sighs was built. (Photo from: (c) Images & Voices, Oxfordshire County Council)
New College Lane, from Bodleian Library 1950s
(Photo from: (c) Images & Voices, Oxfordshire County Council)
Bridge of Sighs 1970s
Bridge of Sighs from Holywell Street. Note, double yellow lines means cars cannot park there now.
Bridge of Sighs 2008
Oxford Cycling
From an exhibition – pedal power at Oxford Museum.
Oxford
Oxford has a high % of people who cycle to work. A combination of the relative short distance to work and a long history of cycling.
Oxford Botanic gardens looking towards the High Street and Magdalen College Tower
Beautiful flowers
The herbaceous border with summer flowering perennials
May to August
9.00am until 6.00pm
Last admission 5.15pm
Admission charges apply 7 days a week.
November and December
Open daily 9.00am until 4.30pm
Entry: Admission charges apply during
the weekends. Weekdays by donation.
March, April, September and October
9.00am until 5.00pm
Last admission 4.15pm
Admission charges apply 7 days a week.
Nice garden by Iffley Lock
kids canoing down the lock.
Iffley lock is located on the River Thames to the south of oxford
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