I graduated 10 months before this video having spent the four happiest years of my life there. I met and fell in love with my wife there as a student and we are still together. We went back to live there for a while with our young children but it became expensive, dirty, crowded and frankly hostile so we left.
Great that you posted this, thank you. I was a student at Oxford Poly (now Oxford Brookes University) at this time. At the time of the video I was in the midst of degree finals (hence my non-appearance in the video). Lived in Oxford for 6 years and loved every minute of it. This brings back lots of happy memories. Was back there with a former college buddy a few years ago and, while there have been a lot of changes, the essential magic for me was still intact. Hope to get back there again soon.
Wow. I left the north east with 3 mates to look for work in 88. After reading in a newspaper article stating Bicester had the least unemployment, we got a map out to see where it was, went there, spent the night in a pubs garden (The Fox), then asked for work in the job centre next day. Was informed we were best going to. Bigger city, got the map out and Oxford seemed close. Lived on the streets for 6 weeks, in the Shelter, the Night Cellar, until moving to Windmill House in zHeadington. Great hostel. Found work, lived in Butchers Arms pub, got a job at Unipart, and spent the 90’s in Oxford. I was probably in the city centre as this video was shot. Cheers.
Thanks so much for sharing this. I was a student in Oxford at this time so it's great to remember how the place looked. There is remarkably little footage of this period. The whole area around Queens St and Oxpens has been totally redeveloped now and is unrecognisable, so it's really good to have this historical record. Thank you!
Thank you for video! I used to study in Oxford in mid 90s and it's so nostalgic to watch this video! As I've seen, not so many changes were made since 88 to 97-99.
I used to go to Oxford a lot to visit family. I like looking at homemade videos that capture a place in time. I would have been 13 when you made this video. It's nice seeing all the old cars and how they sounded. Thanks for making / posting. A camcorder would not have been cheap back in the day. A sony vhs one cost £2,500 in 1984. Making this home footage quite rare. You must have had a good job!!?
Oh, wow!! This is so great! Thank you so much for posting this. I was there at this exact time as part of a semester overseas program through a small college in Moorpark, California -- from February to the end of May, 1988. I lived up in Headington (a little street called Bayswater Road, just the far side of the Headington roundabout) for the first part of the semester, and then a place at the top of Headington Park for the final weeks. It's hilarious seeing little iconic scenes like the shark and the striped-socking leg on the buildings -- even the Oxford Citylink bus and Oxford Minibus (which I road to class) that you can see a couple of times, as I do remember them. Our classes were held on High Street in the Examination Schools, almost right across from Magdalen College, so I'm glad you passed that by as well on your video tour. I also remember that 7-11!! Thanks again!
Great stuff. Lived in England (Upper Heyford) from 89 - 94 (I was just a teenager then)! Used to take the bus into Oxford many times. Thanks for posting!
So this is what it looked like without being covered in trash.
I graduated 10 months before this video having spent the four happiest years of my life there. I met and fell in love with my wife there as a student and we are still together. We went back to live there for a while with our young children but it became expensive, dirty, crowded and frankly hostile so we left.
Wow it’s amazing how Oxford is still virtually unchanged apart from the Westgate
Great that you posted this, thank you. I was a student at Oxford Poly (now Oxford Brookes University) at this time. At the time of the video I was in the midst of degree finals (hence my non-appearance in the video). Lived in Oxford for 6 years and loved every minute of it. This brings back lots of happy memories. Was back there with a former college buddy a few years ago and, while there have been a lot of changes, the essential magic for me was still intact. Hope to get back there again soon.
Thanks for your kind comments. My wife was raised on Lime Walk, and as a matter of fact, we were married in the Methodist church on Lime Walk!
Wow. I left the north east with 3 mates to look for work in 88. After reading in a newspaper article stating Bicester had the least unemployment, we got a map out to see where it was, went there, spent the night in a pubs garden (The Fox), then asked for work in the job centre next day. Was informed we were best going to. Bigger city, got the map out and Oxford seemed close. Lived on the streets for 6 weeks, in the Shelter, the Night Cellar, until moving to Windmill House in zHeadington. Great hostel. Found work, lived in Butchers Arms pub, got a job at Unipart, and spent the 90’s in Oxford. I was probably in the city centre as this video was shot. Cheers.
I moved to Headington 4 months after this was filmed. Used to play pool in the Bell, it was always empty - no wonder it has long gone!
ha ha i live in oxford see you bypast blackbird leys 😂😂
I used to live northway. Walk to headington & bus to town. Great memory! Miss old days better than Nowdays I believe!
this if priceless thankyou for posting it m8
Thanks so much for sharing this. I was a student in Oxford at this time so it's great to remember how the place looked. There is remarkably little footage of this period. The whole area around Queens St and Oxpens has been totally redeveloped now and is unrecognisable, so it's really good to have this historical record. Thank you!
This is amazing, looked so quiet and peaceful back then!
Thank you for video! I used to study in Oxford in mid 90s and it's so nostalgic to watch this video! As I've seen, not so many changes were made since 88 to 97-99.
I was at secondary school in Abingdon in
u did this on the day i was born
I used to go to Oxford a lot to visit family. I like looking at homemade videos that capture a place in time. I would have been 13 when you made this video. It's nice seeing all the old cars and how they sounded. Thanks for making / posting. A camcorder would not have been cheap back in the day. A sony vhs one cost £2,500 in 1984. Making this home footage quite rare. You must have had a good job!!?
Oh, wow!! This is so great! Thank you so much for posting this. I was there at this exact time as part of a semester overseas program through a small college in Moorpark, California -- from February to the end of May, 1988. I lived up in Headington (a little street called Bayswater Road, just the far side of the Headington roundabout) for the first part of the semester, and then a place at the top of Headington Park for the final weeks. It's hilarious seeing little iconic scenes like the shark and the striped-socking leg on the buildings -- even the Oxford Citylink bus and Oxford Minibus (which I road to class) that you can see a couple of times, as I do remember them. Our classes were held on High Street in the Examination Schools, almost right across from Magdalen College, so I'm glad you passed that by as well on your video tour. I also remember that 7-11!! Thanks again!
Great video and thanks for posting.Oxonian and proud. Loved the Headington part as my Nan and Gramp lived nearby in Northway.
Really enjoyed this. I had just started work at in Cornmarket then in a bank, which you drove past.
Great stuff. Lived in England (Upper Heyford) from 89 - 94 (I was just a teenager then)! Used to take the bus into Oxford many times. Thanks for posting!