Since 1991, Return Journey Collection has been creating decorative fine bone china plates, mugs and other assorted gifts featuring memory-filled landmarks and local history of towns and villages in West London and South Bucks. The business was brought to life by Yvonne Oakes and assisted in design and illustration by her son, Michael Oakes.

Originally, our products were sold at local fairs, market stalls and through churches, community centres and other local retailers. This stopped in 2005, when Yvonne was retiring and Michael's attention was on his architectural work.

Come lockdown in 2020, with Yvonne having passed away shortly before, there was an opportunity to create an online presence for the passion project that such love and care had been put into. A few revisions and several years later, we continue to stock on this web store the very last of the products that remain from the original artwork.

While many designs are now dated and may depict settings that are now much changed (without mentioning that many are entirely sold out and almost all are near to it), we intend that eventually these designs will be found on new, sustainably produced items, so keep an eye out for us and stay in the loop!