It was a morning to reflect on what life was like in one part of Oxford in the post-war years.

The walkers above were among 60 who joined a trek around the forestry area of Headington, just below Shotover, once known as the Slade Camp.

As we recalled (Memory Lane, March 4), the site off Horspath Driftway, The Slade and the Eastern Bypass housed an important military barracks during the Second World War.

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After hostilities ended and the soldiers moved out, the huts they lived in were used to house city families.

Many of those on the walk remembered happy times on the site as children, running and playing around the tree-lined avenues with little danger from traffic.

Patrick ’Joe’ Cummins, of Cumberland Road, Oxford, moved with his family – mum Bridie, dad Paddy, sister Josie and brother Billy – to the site in 1948 when the Army was still there renovating the huts.

He recalled: “There was a ramp for the Army tanks we used to climb, we would go scrumping for pears and apples, and soldiers would lock us in the guard house for an hour as a joke when they caught us sneaking through the fence to collect conkers. I loved it there – it was the best time of my life.”

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Although all the huts have now gone, there are still some reminders of the site’s years as a military base, including the remains of a toilet, a water tank and a pillbox.

Four of the nine numbered avenues (first, fourth, eighth and ninth) still exist and visitors continue to enjoy a leisurely stroll through the attractive wooded areas. The walk was organised by members of the Shotover Preservation Society. Readers with pictures or memories of it should send them to sps@shotoverpresentation.uk