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Andrew Ffrench
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Girls from Milham Ford School, with their music mistress, Miss J A Gorbould, prepare for the Oxford Music Festival in 1959
The City of Oxford Schools’ Music Festival was one of the highlights of the year.
Choirs from primary and secondary schools would gather every spring or summer to delight audiences at the Town Hall.
This picture shows the choir from Milham Ford Girls’ School off Marston Road, with their music mistress, Miss J Gorbould, in 1959.
That year, 29 senior schools and eight junior schools were taking part, with both choral and orchestral performances.