Cowley Road Oral History

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Cowley Road Oral History

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Jeanette talks about working in the old Cowley Road Hospital
Recordings top to bottom:Jeanette talks about the work she did at the Cowley Road Hospital as a Voluntary Services Organiser in the 1970s. Jeanette remembers taking patients at the hopsital on outings and holidays. Images top to bottom:Cowley Road…

Pat talks about the ABC Minors Saturday film Club at the Regal Cinema
Images top to bottom:Regal cinema advertising ‘Brothers in Law’ film, 1957. Inside the Regal Cinema, 1930-40. Click here to return to Memories of Cowley Road

J.C. talks about the music and film scene on Cowley Road
Recordings top to bottom:J.C. talks about moving to East Oxford from London in the 1980s. J.C. remembers how the Co-op Hall became the Zodiac Music Venue and later the Carling Academy. Today it is the O2 Academy. J.C. describes what the inside of the…

Number 35-37 Cowley Road , 2017
A photograph of number 35-37 Cowley Road, 2017.Click here to go back

Caribbean Carnival, 1986
A band plays music at the Caribbean Carnival, 1986.Click here to return to the photo gallery

Horns of Plenty by the Stockmore Street mural, 2017
Photograph of the Horns of Plenty band in front of the Stockmore Street mural depicting the band, 2017.Click here to return to Peter Williams and the Horns of Plenty

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Painting of Groovy Su
Painting of Groovy Su, part of the Horns of Plenty mural on Stockmore Street.Click here to return to Groovy Su's Carnival Costumes

Leopold Street Mural
Images top to bottom:Leopold Street mural with poem by Steve Larkin, 2018. Creating the Leopold Street mural, 2018. Original mural on Leopold Street created by a collective of artists including Stig, Flo, Fusa, Pixie Steve, and Inka, 2005. Creating…
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