Kidlington Reminiscence Group
The aim of the group is to provide a space for people to explore a range of subjects, share stories, memories and personal items, make new friends or spend time with old ones.
The older members of this large village community thoroughly enjoy the interactive and engaging reminiscence sessions on subjects and themes they have been encouraged to suggest.
Members value the opportunity to record their memories on some of the subjects discussed, with the aim of developing an oral history sound archive.
There is an annual outing to a destination with a local history interest for members to enjoy. This group welcomes anyone over the age of 55 years.
For more information please contact Karey Morley on 01295 236165.
The group meets at Kidlington Baptist Church, High Street, Kidlington OX5 2DS, on the last Tues of each month between 2.00 – 3.45pm. The cost is £3.00 per person
2025
27 January – – Where I lived as a child: favourite places to play, next door neighbours, corner shops & pubs etc
24 February –Learning about nature & wildlife – childhood and adulthood: how you explored the great outdoors as a child, what has nature & wildlife meant to you in adult life?
31 March –Kidlington – ‘rise from village to town’: expansion of neighbourhoods, Garden City and many others, need for more services and facilities, how did it happen?
29 April –Theatre visit to the New Theatre, Oxford – Midsomer Murders matinee performance, tickets booked in advance
26 May –Concerts & Shows we have enjoyed: theatre visits, musicals, performing or taking part, am dram, singing in choirs, playing in orchestras etc.
30 June –Changes in Communication: communicating with others in our youth, telegrams, letters, GPO, fax machines, more recent development of online services such as banking, social media etc.
28 July – School Trips – ‘opportunities to broaden horizons’: museums, exhibitions, art galleries etc., what were the opportunities for your generation and your children’s generation?
25 August –‘My First Boss’: applying for first full-time job, interview experience, first impressions of senior management personnel etc.
29 September – Grandparents: gran, gramps, grandma, grandad etc. or did they have a special name? What stories or tales did they tell? Your favourite & least favourite, the skills or techniques they passed on etc.
27 October –Life in the 1970s: struggling times, 3 day week, strikes by miners, firemen, dockers, decimalisation, rapid inflation of food prices etc. saving gadgets, etc.
24 November – Celebrating the 2000 Millennium: parties and family gatherings, ‘end of the world’ and computer system failure predictions etc.
