PUPILS at Woodeaton Manor School celebrated in 1980 when their new minibus arrived. The bus, paid for by the Applause Breakaway charity and local fundraisers, allowed children at the isolated school to go on educational trips.

The otehr picture shows a workman pointing to an ancient rood beam with a Latin inscription found in the village church during renovations in 1957. Experts suggested that the beam, thought to date from when the church was built in the 14th and 15th centuries, was rare and possibly unique.