ABOUT JERICHO - VIDEOS
1965-70 street scenes
New sewerage system
Cine films by Jim Wright taken between 1965 and 1970. This was a time when many houses were being demolished. Also, the streets were being dug up to build a new drainage system to prevent flooding.
Did you know?
Why Hart Street?
Hart Street was named after the Printer to the University 1883-1915.
Margaret Thatcher used to live here?
In her Oxford days, she lived at 12 Richmond Road. It is alleged she shared the house with two red-hot communists who lived on a diet of sausages. This may account for her later views on socialists and known dislike of sausages.
Diary
St Barnabas School Art Festival 2026
Sat 16 May - 12.00 am
St Barnabas School
Medley Sailing Club Open Day
Sat 30 May - 12.00 pm
Port Meadow
Street Fair 2026
Sat 06 Jun - 12.00 pm
Canal Street
Jericho Wharf - the Way Forward
Mon 15 Jun - 7.30 pm
Exeter College Walton Street
Sat 16 May - 12.00 amSt Barnabas School
Medley Sailing Club Open Day
Sat 30 May - 12.00 pmPort Meadow
Street Fair 2026
Sat 06 Jun - 12.00 pm
Canal Street
Jericho Wharf - the Way Forward
Mon 15 Jun - 7.30 pm
Exeter College Walton Street