1998-1999 Oral History Project

In about 1998-1999, the then vicar of Tysoe, the Rev David Knight, instigated a project involving recording senior local residents talking about their memories of their younger life and of Tysoe generally .

Below are links to YouTube footage of the extant interviews. They were encoded from original VHS tapes, and as such vary considerably in quality.

Dr Kay Greenway
Bert Bloxham & David Hancox
Edgar Heritage
Danny Packman
David Walton & Clarke Greenway
Fred Parker
Percy Hibberd & Meg Harris
Margaret Gibbs & Peg Wyles
Lottie Gardner

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