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This Church hall, formerly known as the SS Mary & John Church Hall, reopened in 2015 following a two-year refurbishment <ref name="OxMail2015">Oxford Mail, 22 August 2015: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/13619331.Comedy_legend___s_debut_venue_looking_good_to_reopen_soon/</ref>. It was renamed Richard Benson Hall, after Father Richard Meux Benson, founder of the parish and of the Cowley Fathers who was also responsible for a number of socially-minded projects in OX4 <ref name="bensonHall">https://bensonhall.org/about/</ref> <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Meux_Benson</ref>. | This Church hall, formerly known as the SS Mary & John Church Hall, reopened in 2015 following a two-year refurbishment <ref name="OxMail2015">Oxford Mail, 22 August 2015: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/13619331.Comedy_legend___s_debut_venue_looking_good_to_reopen_soon/</ref>. It was renamed Richard Benson Hall, after Father Richard Meux Benson, founder of the parish and of the Cowley Fathers who was also responsible for a number of socially-minded projects in OX4 <ref name="bensonHall">https://bensonhall.org/about/</ref> <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Meux_Benson</ref>. | ||
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| + | The hall features a striking neo-Gothic window and low, sweeping roofs in the Arts and Crafts style (see also [[95]] Cowley Road for a brilliant, slightly later example in a similar vein). | ||
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| − | Comedy legend Ronnie Barker, who died in 2005, made his debut here <ref name="OxMail2015"/>. | + | Comedy legend Ronnie Barker, who died in 2005, made his debut performance here <ref name="OxMail2015"/>. |
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Revision as of 15:05, 19 March 2017
This is the page for 276 Cowley Road.
2015-present
This Church hall, formerly known as the SS Mary & John Church Hall, reopened in 2015 following a two-year refurbishment [1]. It was renamed Richard Benson Hall, after Father Richard Meux Benson, founder of the parish and of the Cowley Fathers who was also responsible for a number of socially-minded projects in OX4 [2] [3].
The hall features a striking neo-Gothic window and low, sweeping roofs in the Arts and Crafts style (see also 95 Cowley Road for a brilliant, slightly later example in a similar vein).
Before then
Comedy legend Ronnie Barker, who died in 2005, made his debut performance here [1].
Before then?
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