<p>This is the page for 193 Cowley Road. </p><p><< <a href="[[189">|189</a> <a href="]] [[205|205"]] >205</a> >></p><p><img src="/wiki/images/[[File:193-2017-04.png" _fck_mw_filename="193-|frame|2017-04.png" _fck_mw_origimgwidth="600" _fck_mw_origimgheight="439" _fck_mw_type]] ="frame" alt="2017" title="2017" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" style="vertical-align:middle;" /></p><h2> 2017 </h2><p>This address is occupied by Crown House. Downstairs is Sundaes Gelato ice cream parlour.</p><h2> == 1996 </h2>== <p>Planning permission was granted in 1996 for the ground floor to become an 'internet cafe'<span class="fck_mw_ref"ref><sup><ref class="fck_mw_ref" title="http://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=9501486NF" fck_mw_reftagtext="http://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=9501486NF"><R></ref></sup></span>. It was only around a short while.</p><h2> == 1980s - 1990s </h2>== <p>It was 'Quickstop', a convenience shop, during the late 1980s and 1990s, then it became a second hand furniture shop for a while before 'Gelato' took over.</p><h2> == 1986 - nbsp;?1989 </h2>== <p>A kung-fu dojo (on the first floor) run by Martial Arts World Champon Clive Parkinson. A short clip about Clive can be<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60dN6-SXRkA" alt="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60dN6-SXRkA" title="[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60dN6-SXRkA">found on YouTube</a>]. nbsp;Planning application for changing the first floor from an office to a Kung Fu gym was given in 1986. nbsp;<span class="fck_mw_ref"><supref><ref class="fck_mw_ref" title="http://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=8600365NF" fck_mw_reftagtext="http://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=8600365NF"><R></ref></sup></span> nbsp;In 1989 a planning appplication was made to convert the gym to offices again.</p><h2> == 1976 </h2>== <p>Kelly's Directory 1976 No 193 John Blundell Ltd credit drapers, and Customs & Excise Offices</p><h2> == Before then? </h2>== <p>Cowleyroad.org is a DIY community history - help us write it!</p><p>Do you know more about this business, or remember what was at this address before? Do you have any old photographs or memories to share? Please add them to the site! Here is a <a href="How%20to%20contribute">[[How_to_contribute|how-to guide</a>]].</p><h2> == References </h2>==