1960s jumble sale is run by two 12-year-old girls

They organised a jumble sale to raise money and help birds and animals owned by other families.

The two 12-year-olds went round to friends to collect jumble and cast-offs and ‘opened shop’ at Deborah’s home in Snowdon Mede, off Headley Way, at Headington, Oxford.

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They were determined to collect as much money as they could for the RSPCA.

They typed out notices, posted them through doors, stuck one in a local shop and told all their friends.

The forthcoming sale also became a hot topic at their schools – Deborah was a pupil at Northway School and Rosalind went to Cheney School.

There was a steady stream of customers when they unveiled all their goodies one Saturday morning.

As you can see, Oxford Mail photographer Johnny Johnson was also there to take pictures.

Anything left over at the end of the day was given to the RSPCA for sale in its shops and other outlets.

The girls later handed over the proceeds of their efforts – the grand total of £5 1s 4d – it was the 1960s.

Both had an assortment of pets at home – Deborah looked after a cat, dog and tortoise and Rosalind had a tortoise, two fish, a budgerigar and four rabbits.

Johnny Johnson’s greatest moment of fame in his long career as an Oxford Mail photographer came when he shot a wolf.

It was one of three that escaped from Oxford Zoo at Kidlington in 1937.

Two were quickly rounded up and killed, but the third roamed the countryside for days, causing panic in the community.