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- Oxfordshire Oral History Archive
Title Eynsham
Description 1) John Simpson visits Eynsham where he talks to some of the villagers. Eynsham is a large village with a long history, site of a very important abbey until the Dissolution. 2) Arthur Biggers, baker, his trade and the bakery which his grandfather started. 3) David Wastie talks about his family's long connection with the village, his garage business, the Parish Council, apples named after the family. 4) Rev. Robert Key talks about the present restoration and history of the parish church and the people who meet there. 5) Annette Faulkner, aged 84, daughter of blacksmith, talks about her father's trade, especially the making of iron 'tyres' for carts. 6) Mollie Harris, well known as an actress in 'The Archers', author of 'From Acre End' and other books. 7) Dr. Jonathan Ferrier, Malt House craft workshop, an old building restored for use by small businesses. Edward Stuart, clock repairer and restorer with a studio at the Malt House.
Production date 18.10.1986 (broadcast)
Event date 1986
Series People and Places
Producer BBC Radio Oxford
Creator interviewer : Simpson, John
People interviewee : Biggers, Arthur
interviewee : Wastie, David ; Ferrier, Jonathan
interviewee : Key, Robert (Rev.)
interviewee : Faulkner, Annette
interviewee : Harris, Mollie
interviewee : Stuart, Edward
Other names shops : Biggers Bakery, Eynsham
business : Biggers the Bakers, Eynsham
Place Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England
Subject trades & bakers & blacksmiths & authors & crafts & buildings
Format sound recording
Contains 1 tape, cassette copy, cd master, cd copy
Reference OXOHA:LT 652
This recording is available to hear at Oxfordshire Studies, Central Library, Westgate, Oxford, OX1 1DJ.
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