{"id":128046,"date":"2023-04-18T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=128046"},"modified":"2023-04-17T20:59:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T01:59:05","slug":"john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-avent-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-avent-acres\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cofield\u2019s Photo of the Week: \u201cAvent Acres\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This old black &amp; white photograph by <strong>Bob Davis<\/strong> could be any small-town intersection in the 1950s. But for my generation, that crossroads was ours on our way to town, pedaling our spider bikes. Hundreds of <strong>Oxford<\/strong>&#8216;s families got their start in <strong>Avent Acres<\/strong>. We were all <strong>Avent Park<\/strong> kids.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The curve of <strong>Bramlett Boulevard<\/strong> matches the curve of <strong>Burney Branch<\/strong>, &#8220;the ditch.&#8221; The Avent Park pavilion is pictured lower right.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-17-JohnCofield-AventAcres-1950s.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-17-JohnCofield-AventAcres-1950s.jpg?resize=640%2C474\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-17-JohnCofield-AventAcres-1950s.jpg?w=807&amp;ssl=1 807w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-17-JohnCofield-AventAcres-1950s.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-17-JohnCofield-AventAcres-1950s.jpg?resize=768%2C569&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-17-JohnCofield-AventAcres-2023.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-17-JohnCofield-AventAcres-2023.jpg?resize=523%2C405\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-17-JohnCofield-AventAcres-2023.jpg?w=523&amp;ssl=1 523w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-17-JohnCofield-AventAcres-2023.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This old black &amp; white photograph by Bob Davis could be any small-town intersection in the 1950s. 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