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Islip Road, OXFORD, OX2 7SN

There is an OS benchmark Image on the side of the front right corner of the house which is at the east end of a row.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm46823

There is an OS benchmark Image on the side of the front corner of the left hand house of the semi-detached pair

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm46831

At virtually any time between December 1934 and 8th March 1959 this view wouldn't have been possible. Note. This image has a detailed ‘shared description’ which you won’t see by viewing this image on a slideshow. To read it click on the image.

This is on the face of it an unremarkable view of a typical pre-war municipal housing development; a view that could be replicated just about anywhere in southern England. However, if I had been standing in the same spot at any time between late 1934 and early 1959 my view would have been blocked by a mini version of the Berlin Wall. The reasons for this are all to do the fear of people who are 'not quite our class darling'. Note. This image has a detailed ‘shared description’ which you won’t see by viewing this image on a slideshow. To read it click on the image.

I don't often replicate scenes that can be seen just as well on 'Streetview' but there are occasions where it is worth the effort. There is a reason why what appears to be the same road has two names and why the architectural style of the white house on left differs from the redbrick one on the right. Note. This image has a detailed ‘shared description’ which you won’t see by viewing this image on a slideshow. To read it click on the image.

Generally, to get a blue plaque affixed to a house, the subject has to be (a) a person, (b) famous and (c) dead. In this case the main protagonists are people and aren't particularly famous although they are almost certainly dead; they certainly don't warrant a blue plaque. It is what they got up to that does. Read on to find out why. Note. This image has a detailed ‘shared description’ which you won’t see by viewing this image on a slideshow. To read it click on the image.

The well-maintained houses in the centre are typical of between the wars middle-class residences built in the thousands in the 1930s up and down the country. In most respects they are no different from any of the others that can be found. However, they lie at the root of a quite fascinating example of how class distinctions can create conflict and, in this case, a rare study in enforced segregation. Note. This image has a detailed ‘shared description’ which you won’t see by viewing this image on a slideshow. To read it click on the image.

This view won't have changed a great deal since around 1934 when Wentworth Road was completed. The cars won't have been German-built VWs and Fords, more likely they would have been Morris Oxfords made down the road in Cowley. It would have been a different story looking in the opposite direction http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1984885 Note. This image has a detailed ‘shared description’ which you won’t see by viewing this image on a slideshow. To read it click on the image.