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4 stories from Woodstock & Bladon News

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Bladon Snippets from the Past

Village roads in Bladon - one road was known by several names and there was a great deal of aggravation as to which should be officially confirmed.

19 August 2026

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Oxford Bus and Morris Motors Museums

On Sunday 2 August we shall be holding a special event at the museum, when we shall have lots of visiting coaches and buses from the 1950s and 1960s. We shall try to recreate the atmosphere in Gloucester Green Coach Station in its heyday.

19 August 2026

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SOFO review: Lee Miller - A Woman at War

Whether you’ve an interest in the history of the Second World War, in war photography and journalism, in women and art, or the history of women in wartime, SOFO, the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock, has a really wonderful exhibition for you, exploring the wartime work of Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller, Lady Penrose (1907-77). Don’t miss it!

19 August 2026

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SOFO review: The Rise and Fall of the British Army

Review of talk by Brigadier Ben Barry, International Institute for Strategic Studies. 'The Rise and Fall of the British Army’ on 13 June 2026

19 August 2026