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2017 - present

This is the 420 Skate Shop. Part of a chain which has 13 shops (at July 2017). 

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This shop used to be the Leys Pharmacy. After the pharmacy closed, the shop was briefly occupied by 'Fred & Zappi's Halloween Fancy Dress Shop'. <a href="https://twitter.com/theoxevents/status/788029561581740032" alt="https://twitter.com/theoxevents/status/788029561581740032" title="https://twitter.com/theoxevents/status/788029561581740032">An image can be seen here</a>.

2005 - 2010

This was Charles Lawson Lettings.

2004

<img src="/wiki/images/Ocset.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="Ocset.jpg" width="500" _fck_mw_origimgwidth="640" _fck_mw_origimgheight="480" _fck_mw_type="frame" alt="OCSET, the new Oxford Social Centre is now at 220 Cowley Road - 7th April 2004" title="OCSET, the new Oxford Social Centre is now at 220 Cowley Road - 7th April 2004" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" style="vertical-align:middle;" link="https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/04/288643.html" />

In 2004 this was squatted as the Oxford Social Centre or OCSET (Tesco backwards). See <a href="http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/04/288643.html" alt="http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/04/288643.html" title="http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/04/288643.html">indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/04/288643.html</a>

1976

Kelly's Directory 1976 No 220 Oxford Hair Care, ladies hairdressers

Before then?

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