NEWS ARCHIVE
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Caring for the canal | Oct 04 1996 |
| Jericho by numbers | Oct 03 1996 |
| Blanc’s neighbours see red | Oct 01 1996 |
| Out of luck | Oct 01 1996 |
| Community Centre looks to the future | May 09 1996 |
| Wanted: more spaces to sit and chat | May 06 1996 |
| A message to the Ashmolean | May 03 1996 |
| Secret gardens | May 02 1996 |
| Fighting back against crime | May 01 1996 |
| Ghostly presence at the Press | Jan 10 1996 |
| Hallowe’en at St. Sepulchres | Jan 10 1996 |
| Trimming your trees | Jan 10 1996 |
| Towering inflation | Jan 10 1996 |
| Jericho centre: walls to tumble | Jan 01 1996 |
| What did VE and VJ days mean to you? | Oct 06 1995 |
| Trust fund for St. Barnabas | Oct 05 1995 |
| New plants for old | Oct 04 1995 |
| Why Jericho? | Oct 03 1995 |
| Planning in a fine predicament | Oct 02 1995 |
| School warns of more cuts | Oct 01 1995 |
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.
About the church bells?
Originally the Church only had the single ‘Barney’s Bell’. In 1890, when the clock was installed, it was decided to add a set of tubular bells to ring the chimes and the hour strike, as well as a tune or ‘carillon’. The are driven by an elaborate mechanical contraption.