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Pages in category "Shops in Oxford" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alice's Shop; B.
The bookshop was owned by the Eva Collet Trust, established by Eva Collet Reckitt in 1934 to import communist and radical publications. The bookshop at 66 Charing Cross Road already existed as a radical bookshop, Henderson's, nicknamed "the bomb shop"; on the death of the owner, F. R. Henderson, in 1934 it was bought by Eva Collet Reckitt, and Olive Parsons became a founder director.
To supplement the meagre income from his recording work, he took a job in Collett's record shop (specialising in folk, blues and jazz records) in Oxford Street, London. Through his work in the shop, he met Nathan Joseph who had set up Transatlantic Records and, from 1962, began working with him, part-time, as a producer. [4]
One of the three principal streets in North Oxford off the Woodstock Road, the shops and cafés located there are considered bohemian; the other two streets are North Parade and South Parade. Occasionally nicknamed Little Trendy Street , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] its reputation was already apparent in the 1960s.
In 1932, a mixed-development scheme of shops, offices, [3] and flats, was selected. An initial design by J. C. Leeds was rejected. The final block was designed by Ernest R. Barrow and built in 1936. Belsyre Court was the first large block of flats in Oxford. [2] It was built of brick in a Jacobethan style.
A model shop in York is set to close after more than 40 years of trading in the city centre. P&S Hobbies and Models on Walmgate will shut on 18 January, having spent four decades serving model ...
James Cavell was made Mayor of Oxford for the first time in 1865 and was the Chairman of the Oxford Building & Investments Company until 1882, but died aged 74 in 1887. [3] The original store was demolished in 1894 to make way for the current building. [3] It eventually became the largest department store in Oxford.
H.F. Temple was another motorcycle dealer in the 1940s/50s; their premises were situated at 46 Park End Street and also 69 High Street, St Thomas, Oxford. Temples was the main Oxford supplier for the BSA C11G and C12 and is listed in the 1956 BSA C12 Owners handbook as being the only BSA dealer in the city*.
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