The Oxfordshire Museum visited Brize Norton during its Village Day on 24th August 2014.  We had a marquee with an exhibition of historical items on loan from the Oxfordshire Museums Service. This included a collection of model carts and wagons that were made by a Brize Norton resident in the 1970s. The models are representations of trade vehicles used in the village in the 1920s and 30s.   This was the centre piece of the exhibition but we had other pieces of Brize Norton history as well - old objects and photographs of interest.  Following this the museum staff visited Brize Norton Primary School to engage the older children in the history of the village.

Below you can find

Pictures of the model carts and write up

Photographs from a collection of old photographs amassed from village sources by Dr Phil Holmes and presented during the exhibition

A write up of the Museum's work with Brize Norton Primary School

Imagining Brize Norton - A journey through the history of a village inspired by museum objects

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For more information about Brize Norton Village History -
old photographs, the Millenium History and the Recent
publication of Brize Norton & World War One