This series consists of recordings featuring people who live, or have lived in Radley, with interesting tales to tell about their lives. These aren’t the only interesting people in Radley, just the ones we’ve interviewed so far!

Links to audio files of the recordings are generally available on request from the Club archivist – there’s no charge but you may be invited to make a donation to the Club.  When contacting the archivist please give the archive number of the recording, i.e. the ‘A’ number given before the interviewee’s name.

Please note that the material is intended solely for non-commercial research, study and private enjoyment.

A.93 Stanley Baker
Interviewed 2004
My Acquaintance with G.B.S. – A True Story of a Year and a Day of my Life
Recording of Stanley reading the booklet of the same title he published in 1997

A.94 Stanley and Maurice Baker
Interviewed (i) 1994 (ii) 2000
The Baker Brothers of Radley, consisting of:
(i) Ashmore School Pantomime, 1933 by Maurice Baker
(ii) My Experiences as an Archivist by Stanley Baker

A.121 David Beckett
Interviewed 2012
David was organist and choirmaster at Radley Church for many years

A.103 Radka Benton
Interviewed 2005
Radka was headteacher of Radley Primary School from September 2007 to March 2007
Recording restricted to Club use only

A.127 Ann Blake
Interviewed 2013
From Lancashire to Lower Farm

A.104 Eric and Mary Blanks
Interviewed 2005
From Radio to Radley
Recording restricted to Club use only

A.98 David Buckle
Interviewed 2005
Life in the Marines
Recording restricted to Club use only
Material from the recording featured in David’s account in the collection of WW2 memories published online by the Club in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

A.105 Eddie and Carol Cavanagh
Interviewed 2005
Landlords at the Bowyer Arms, Radley

A.102 Alan Clarke
Interviewed 2005
The Building of the New Village Hall in Radley

A.145 Sue and Dick Crabb
Interviewed 2014
Love, Life and Football

A.143 Basil and Lynda Crowley
Interviewed 2014
Saviours of Radley Lakes

A.137 Eric Davies and Kayla Tomlinson
Interviewed 2013
Different Paths to Radley

A.114 Patrick [Paddy] Dockar-Drysdale
Interviewed 2006
Of Wick Hall
Recording restricted to Club use only
Read an obituary of Paddy

A.126 Tony Fisher
Interviewed 2012
Music, Jobs and an earlier Village Shop

A.130 Sandy and Audrey Fowlie
Interviewed 2013
A Full Life Indeed

A.111 Tom and Ida Garrud
Interviewed 2006
A Very Full and Worthwhile Life

A.146 Tony and Sue Gillman
Interviewed 2014
CERN, WHO and the Higgs Boson

A.49 Patricia Groser
Interviewed 2003
My wartime experiences and time at Bigwood Camp
Recording restricted to Club use only

A.125 Peter Heath
Interviewed 2012
My Interest in Railways, My Work in a Bank and my Retirement

A.131 Sally Hemsworth
Interviewed 2013
A Cowley Upbringing

A.106 Dot Hewlett
Interviewed 2006
A Lancashire Childhood
Material from the recording featured in Dot’s account in the collection of WW2 memories published online by the Club in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

A.138 Margaret Higgs and Iris Lancaster
Interviewed 2013
Oxford Childhood in the 1930s and 1940s
Material from the recording featured in Margaret and Iris’s account in the collection of WW2 memories published online by the Club in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

A.178 Bill and Kim Homewood
Interviewed 2024
Peach Croft Farm, Radley: an update
Recorded following Bill’s retirement from active farming to add a postscript to his interview in 2010 (A.119) as part of the Farming and Rural Life in Radley series

A.141 John Huddleston
Interviewed 2014
Harwell, MBE and Silver

A.142 Joyce Huddleston
Interviewed 2014
A Life in Science

A.132 Don Jones
Interviewed 2013
A Radley Stationmaster’s Son

A.133 Amatsia Kashti
Interviewed 2013
Nazi Germany, Israel and England
Material from the recording featured in Amatsia’s account of his relatives’ experiences in the collection of WW2 memories published online by the Club in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

A.128 Jenny Lee
Interviewed 2013
Teaching and Family History

A.129 David Lloyd
Interviewed 2013
Radley and Rail

A.123 Bob Martin
Interviewed 2012
Bob talks about his time as an Air Commodore

A.140 Pam McKellan
Interviewed 2012
Not just a Sunday Job!
Pam was vicar of Radley from 2004 to 2016

A.109 Brian and Valerie Mott
Interviewed 2006
A Policeman’s Life (and his Wife’s)
Material from the recording featured in Brian and Valerie’s account in the collection of WW2 memories published online by the Club in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

A.134 Jim Murden
Interviewed 2013
35 Years as Head Chef in Lincoln College

A.124 John Nicholson
Interviewed 2012
Combat Experience: Normandy to Germany
Material from the recording featured in John’s account in the WW2 memories published online by the Club in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

A.100 Bryan Patrick
Interviewed 2005
My Working Life at Harwell

A.97 Morfa Pope
Interviewed 2005
From Bletchley Park to Radley
Morfa was interviewed with her daughter Judy Harris

A.101 Sally Raven
Interviewed 2005
A Clerk’s Tale
Sally was Clerk to the Parish Council from April 1974 to June 2010
Read about Sally’s time working for the Parish Council

A.108 Doug Rawlinson
Interviewed 2006
Doug Rawlinson at Home
Material from the recording featured in Doug’s account in the collection of WW2 memories published online by the Club in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

A.110 Eric and Joy Riley
Interviewed 2006
From London to Radley
Material from the recording featured in Eric and Joy’s account in the collection of WW2 memories published online by the Club in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

A.117 Bert and Doris Robinson
Interviewed 2007
A Lifetime in Cricket
Bert was a former cricket coach at Radley College

A.144 Tony Rogerson
Interviewed 2014
A Life of Service to the RAF and the Church

A.135 Gordon Sellars
Interviewed 2013
A Yorkshire Lad

A.136 Bill Shaw
Interviewed 2013
A Scouser Comes South

A.115 Frances Shepherd
Interviewed 2006
Living at Thrupp Cottages
Recording restricted to Club use only

A.95 Bill Small
Recording of talk Bill given to Radley Retirement Group in November 2002
My Life as it happened and much, much more
Material from the talk featured in Bill’s account in the collection of WW2 memories published online by the Club in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
The talk was mainly about Bill’s experiences and capture during the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940 and his time as a prisoner of war. The original recording is unreadable but a transcript is available in the RHC archives (D.232).

A.112 Denis and Jenny Standen
Interviewed 2006
Salad Days in Oxford
Material from the recording featured in Denis and Jenny’s account in the collection of WW2 memories published online by the Club in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

A.120 Lorre Stebbings
Interviewed 2012
Life in wartime Germany and post-war England
Material from the recording featured in Lorre’s account in the collection of WW2 memories published online by the Club in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

A.113 Christine Usherwood
Interviewed 2006
A Life in and on a Tandem

A.147 Reg White
Interviewed 2017
From London to Radley via Singapore
Material from the recording featured in Reg’s account in the collection of WW2 memories published online by the Club in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

A.99 Martin and Sylvia Wilson
Interviewed 2005
Joint Voices on a Varied Life

A.122 Barbara Wootton
Interviewed 2012
Barbara was a founder member of Radley History Club
Barbara helped cut the cake at the celebrations of the Club’s 20th birthday

A.139 Christine Wootton
Interviewed 2013
A History Enthusiast’s History
Christine is a former Club chairman and author of several of its publications.