Who remembers the Oxford Junior Exploration Society? We don't know whether it still exists today, but it certainly had plenty of support when this picture was taken in 1966.

The photograph was taken at Oxford railway station as the young enthusiasts set off on an expedition to the Western Isles. But the trip almost didn't take place, after a thief stole £100 which had been raised to help finance it.

A few days before they departed, the expedition leader, schoolteacher John Lodge, had been on a train and put a file containing the expedition money and plans on the luggage rack. He told the Oxford Mail: "When I got to Oxford, the file and the money had been taken. The society has been going for only just over a year and it is tragic that this should happen. I am heartbroken."

The file was later found on the luggage rack of a train at Worcester by a member of the railway staff. As time was short, railway officials sent the file to Mr Lodge by registered post.

But when it arrived at his home, although the expedition plans were still in the file, the money had gone. However, at the last minute, a Good Samaritan came to the rescue.

Mr A I M Matheson, of Sunderland Avenue, North Oxford, one of the society's helpers, heard that the trip was in jeopardy and wrote a cheque for £100 to save the day.

We don't know the names of any of the boys in the picture, but they all look happy that their adventure was going ahead.

We also don't know the name of the man on the left - presumably he is the leader, Mr Lodge. Can we name any of those in the picture? And any memories of the trip?

Perhaps readers remember other visits organised by the Oxford Junior Exploration Society. And does it still exist?