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== 2017 == This is The Old Music Hall, an office complex for NGOs , social enterprises and ethical companies charities is run by the [http://www.ethicalproperty.co.uk/ Ethical Property Company], whose head office it is. Over They acquired the building in 2005<ref>http://www.cantaygroup.com/former-blackwells-building/</ref>. It is now home to over 40 occupants include including the [https://newint.org New Internationalist ] media co-operative, [https://peopleandplanet.org/ People & Planet ] student campaigning organization and [https://agile.coop/ Agile co-op ] web agency. At the rear of the building is a straw bale kitchen.
Occupied by Blackwells book shopacquired the premises in 1938<ref>http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/headlines/3801078.Music_hall_is_back_on_song/</ref> and converted it to offices and a book store.
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This is the page for 106 Cowley Road.
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== 2005 - Present ==
== ? 1938 - ? 2006 ==
== 1912 - 1932 - ? ==
106 was the Palace Picture House and 108 was Horace Pocock, confectioner<ref>Kelly's Directory of Oxford, 1932</ref>.
== 1896? 1898 ? ==
The building was constructed in 1898 as a public hall, library and three shops <ref>http://www.ethicalproperty.co.uk/our-centres/oxford/the-old-music-hall</ref>.
An article in the Oxford Mail claims that
"the building at 106-108 Cowley Road dates back to 1896, when it was known as the Lyric Hall. It was renamed the Empire Theatre in 1900 before Frank Stuart reopened it as the Palace Picture House cinema in 1912."<ref>http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/headlines/3801078.Music_hall_is_back_on_song/</ref>
== Before then? ==
