EAW003919 ENGLAND (1947). Woodstock Road and environs with flooding at Port Meadow, Summertown, from the north, 1947

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Title [EAW003919] Woodstock Road and environs with flooding at Port Meadow, Summertown, from the north, 1947
Reference EAW003919
Date 20-March-1947
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Place name SUMMERTOWN
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District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 450497, 209213
Longitude / Latitude -1.2679605186234, 51.778851431345
National Grid Reference SP505092

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This building, still extant and now converted into offices, was the Oliver & Gurdon cake factory, which had been busily upping production throughout WWII and shipping cakes and biscuits to allied troops, for the improvement of morale!

ndaisley
Tuesday 10th of September 2013 05:36:12 PM
This is St Edward's School, which has changed rather little since the time of this photograph. One of its fairly recent alumni at the time, was Guy Gibson, of 617 'dambuster' squadron.

ndaisley
Tuesday 10th of September 2013 05:28:03 PM