by Jeff Willis | Nov 23, 2020 | News
Oxton History Publications, produced by the Oxton History Group, are now available to purchase online. Our publications tell the stories of prominent and interesting Oxton people from the past. Much of what we write is based on our original research. For further...
by Jeff Willis | Nov 15, 2020 | News
Oxton Society Members have received a complimentary copy of our Commemorative Book by our Secretary, Alan Chape. Further copies of this lavishly illustrated, full-colour 60pp book are available both to members and non-members, for sale at £5.00. What a great Xmas...
by Carolyn Weber | Nov 15, 2020 | News
This is a Quiz about Oxton for younger children and their parents, grandparents or caretakers mostly, though anyone could do it if they fancied a Walk around our Village. The questions are mostly observational and require no particular knowledge. There are two sets of...
by Carolyn Weber | Nov 14, 2020 | News
Over the past few years the Oxton Society has received numerous awards from the Royal Horticultural Society for our Hanging Baskets and Secret Gardens. Obviously in 2020 things were different. However, we have been given three special awards this year for...
by Jeff Willis | Oct 23, 2020 | News
Sadly we have abandoned our popular Xmas Lights Switch-on. But we are lighting up the village again from the end of November – dreaming of a White Christmas. This year there will be no crowds – so no income to help pay for the lights. We are getting...
by Jeff Willis | Sep 24, 2020 | News
A Blue Plaque commemorating the the Willmer Sisters, who were among the first female newspaper editors in the country in the early 1900s, was unveiled outside their former home in Wellington Rd on September 19. Laura and Jeannie Willmer were editors of the Wallasey...
