Oral History Collections
Recordings of BBC Radio Oxford programmes and other field recordings.
BBC Radio Oxford
BBC Radio Oxford was founded in 1970 and the recordings in this collection demonstrate the radio station's wide-ranging output.
You can download below lists of programmes from the most significant radio series.
Download the Memories of St Giles' Fair, Oxford (.mp3 format, 445 Kb, 0m 45s) made by Mrs Mabel Cooper of Summertown, recorded as part of Radio Oxford's Someone in Particular series, 1970.
| Radio Oxford series | File Type | File Size |
|---|---|---|
CountrywiseThe countryside, natural history and the environment |
Word Document (.doc) | 146 kb |
HelloInterviews with local people from many Oxfordshire communities in the 1970s and 1980s |
Word Document (.doc) | 192 kb |
People and PlacesInterviews with local people from many Oxfordshire communities in the 1970s and 1980s |
Word Document (.doc) | 305 kb |
Linger awhileMemories of Oxford and Oxfordshire before 1939 |
Word Document (.doc) | 333 kb |
Someone in ParticularInterviews with local and national celebrities in the 1970s and 1980s |
Word Document (.doc) | 142 kb |
My ChoiceInterviews with local and national celebrities in the 1970s and 1980s |
Word Document (.doc) | 217 kb |
Car MakersHistory of the Oxford motor industry |
Word Document (.doc) | 28 kb |
Brass boundLocal brass bands |
Word Document (.doc) | 57 kb |
Oral history field recordings
These recordings, made since the 1960s, cover a huge range of topics - working lives, childhood, shopping, recreation, the Second World War, home life, transport, and many others.
| Field recordings series | File Type | File Size |
|---|---|---|
AbingdonInterviews with residents, 2000-04 |
Word Document (.doc) | 147 kb |
Caribbean focusAfrican-Caribbean people remember their early years in Oxford |
Word Document (.doc) | 21 kb |
Farming lives past and presentInterviews with Oxfordshire farmers, 2002-03 |
Word Document (.doc) | 64 kb |
GrimsburyInterviews with residents, 1994-95 |
Word Document (.doc) | 66 kb |
KidlingtonInterviews with residents, 1995-2002 |
Word Document (.doc) | 104 kb |
M40 motorwayBuilding the motorway through North Oxfordshire, 1989-91 |
Word Document (.doc) | 23 kb |
Oxford childhoodInterviews (1972-73) with Oxford people who had grown up in the early 20th century |
Word Document (.doc) | 66 kb |
West OxfordInterviews with residents and people who had worked in the area, 1998 |
Word Document (.doc) | 64 kb |