Meet the 'Good Times' radio team

Oxford author Trevor Hayward at the 'Rocking in Oxford' book launch with local bands Steamroller and The Falling Leaves.

Bringing Back the Good Times is a radio programme looking back at the 1960s pop music scene in Oxfordshire.

First aired in 2007, it aims to tell the story of the local bands, the stars who visited the county and the places where they played.

We are always on the lookout for your stories and photographs to add to this site and for future programmes.

Presenter Mark Watson said: "It's the audience memories that really make the show as well as the great 60s songs."

If you would like to take part and share some of your 60s musical memories for a future programme, phone [phone] during office hours, write to Mark Watson at 269 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7DW, or email [e-mail]

MARK WATSON - PRESENTER/PRODUCER

Mark Watson outside the old Carfax Assembly Rooms

My interest in 60s music (and probably my presenting career) started when I was about three years old.

I used to put my mum and dad's 45s on the radio gram and introduce the records, then sing along to them.

In my teens, I learnt so much from listening to Fluff Freeman on Pick of the Pops and eventually when I joined Radio Cherwell in Oxford's Hospitals, my music appreciation was increased by doing record request shows for the patients which forced me to play songs I didn't know.

Later I did a Gold show and played lots of oldies adding in local information I got from the micro film copies of the Oxford Mail and Times in the Westgate Library.

Little did I realise that years later I would be doing it in more depth combining my love of Sixties music and local history for BBC Oxford.

BOB DAINTY - RESEARCHER

Researcher Bob Dainty has been a big music fan since the 50s

My interest in music started when I was a boy, long before TV. All we had at home was a radio.

The best entertainment ever was listening to Children's Choice, 2 Way Family Favourites and The Billy Cotton Band Show. Mum used to always sing along to the great tunes and so did I and still do to this day.

Going to school in Birmingham, I used to see and play with people who later became stars like Roy Wood, Phil Cash, Jeff Lynne, The Fortunes, Rockin Berries etc.

It was great seeing these groups before they were famous, but you always knew they would make it in the end and are still going after over 40 years.

Then I moved to Banbury with great local groups like the Astronaughts, The Alex Reed Sound, The Teenbeats and Roadknights.

We had great venues like the Winter Gardens, The Gaff, The Rally Club with live music, plus pubs such as the Admiral Holland.

The music of the Sixties is still fresh today and I wanted to be part of 'Bringing Back The Good Times' so people can remember how great the music and times were, and for the people who weren't there to see what they missed.

TREVOR HAYWARD - RESEARCHER

Researcher Trevor Hayward has been in Oxford bands since the 60s

Starting in 1969 and surviving 24 bands and five decades, I have always been involved in music and entertainment in Oxfordshire so it made sense then to be part of the BBC Radio Oxford Sixties music series.

When I started playing drums, CDs and videos were in a Star Trek future. These days a piece of plastic no bigger than a credit card can play hundreds of songs, and yet the love and enjoyment of music remains the same.

Having talked to and interviewed many people for the series, music makes their eyes shine, remembering times and places, parties and people. It never fails to bring a smile. That's music, that's entertainment, that's why I love it.

I helped out on a BBC Oxford Beatles programme and really enjoyed it and that started my research into Oxford's pop music past for a book I have just completed called 'Rocking in Oxford', so I was really pleased to be asked to take part and share some of my memories and research for this programme.