Here we look at some archive photos from the Oxford Mail in 1987.
It was the year when tourist attraction The Oxford Story was taking shape and a forerunner of the Oxford Tube bus service was launched to take commuters to London.
The final preparations for the £2m Oxford Story were made in 1987, ready for it to open the following March.
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Over the next two decades it attracted two million visitors, before being forced to close in 1987.
In October that year the owners said it needed renovations costing an estimated £4m, and decided against it.
The Oxford Story was like a slow-motion indoor rollercoaster that told the 900-year history of Oxford University.
Visitors climbed into a Victorian school desk and were carried on an undulating track through a series of rooms while a recorded narrator told the tale.
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Centre manager Liz Feeney told the Oxford Mail in 2007: "The Oxford Story has had a cracking innings and been a much-loved attraction for thousands of local residents and visitors to the city over the years."
Six full-time staff and nine part-timers lost their jobs with the closure.
The attraction was owned and operated by Continuum, formerly known as Heritage, which also operated Oxford Castle Unlocked.
Managers said it would have taken about £4m to renovate The Oxford Story and instead decided to plough that money into the castle attraction which had opened 18 months before.
The lease for the building was given to Jesus College, which said at the time it planned to convert the space into student accommodation and conference facilities.
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The ground floor space was home to Cath Kidston for years afterwards, and then became Mountain Warehouse.
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This story was written by Andy Ffrench, he joined the team more than 20 years ago and now covers community news across Oxfordshire.
Get in touch with him by emailing: Andy.ffrench@newsquest.co.uk
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