Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King's Men c.1960
Photo ref: C288073
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The integrity of the Rollright stones, which stand near the A34 in Oxfordshire, cannot be verified. There are today 77 stones that make up the circle, yet in the 17th century a drawing by John Aubrey shows only 25 standing stones. Time and man have ravaged the limestone uprights. They are not all original; some are the broken tops of stones, others have been wrongly re-sited. The stones evoke mystery and abound with folklore that even the famous Sir Arthur Evans (who excavated Knossos, Crete) recounts in some detail; unfortunately, space does not permit it to be included here.

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A Selection of Memories from Chipping Norton

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Chipping Norton

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Many of my relatives worked here in this mill. I am also trying to trace a photo of Albion Street, with the Brewer's Arms pub, which was at the rear of the White Hart.
Hi there, this is a long shot does anybody remember the Rose family of Chipping Norton.They used to live at Rectory Farm Salford many many years ago.it would be nice to contact anybody with memories of those years ago.
Frederick Sole was my maternal grandfather - to find a photo of this era online is amazing. When he retired in his 70s the shop was taken over by one of his old 'Saturday boys' and is still in those safe hands now, so it feels as if my grandfather is still alive in spirit in 1 Market St.
I was quite young in 1962 but it was then that my parents purchased the leasehold on the Regent Café in New Street. We moved in at the start of the big freeze of that winter. The café was a meeting point for the then local teenagers and motorcyclists, it was a very lively place with some great characters. We found a host of things such as rooms walled up and a cellar that was not on ...see more