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This is the page for 193 Cowley Road.
2017
This address is occupied by Crown House. Downstairs is Sundaes Gelato ice cream parlour.
1996
Planning permission was granted in 1996 for the ground floor to become an 'internet cafe'[1]. It was only around a short while.
1980s - 1990s
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.
1986 - ?1989
A kung-fu dojo (on the first floor) run by Martial Arts World Champon Clive Parkinson. A short clip about Clive can befound on YouTube. Planning application for changing the first floor from an office to a Kung Fu gym was given in 1986. [2] In 1989 a planning appplication was made to convert the gym to offices again.
1976
Kelly's Directory 1976 No 193 John Blundell Ltd credit drapers, and Customs & Excise Offices
Before then?
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