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Linacre College

Then and Now

Ini ally the nuns served dinner at Cherwell

Edge. The new dining hall built for Linacre in

1976 used the St Catherine’s benches inherited

when the College moved into St Aldate’s.

These have been sold off to Old Members and

replaced by new chairs, named by generous

“In September 1962, a er travelling mainly by dona ons to the College.

Greyhound bus from Abilene, Texas to New

York City, I boarded the Queen Mary liner for

England. Then from Southampton to

Paddington Sta on. I finally arrived in Oxford in

me for the start of Michaelmas term.”

From the start of the award, the North

American Rhodes Scholars met in New York for

dinner before joining their liner for the journey

to England. Even now, they s ll meet before

flying together.

Then: cigare es and a manual typewriter.

Now: laptop and an ipod.

There is a great deal more comfort and storage

Then and Now hairstyles date the students to space in a current student’s room. Pictured

certain decades. below is a room in the Abraham Building.

All rooms in the Griffiths Building are en-suite

and one offers full disabled access .

Exercise has changed since the days of tennis on the Cherwell Edge lawn. The ladies of last century

are prac cally standing above the site of the gym, as it is below the Abraham Building where its

equipment is used by many of the students.