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[[File:70-2017-02.JPG|frame|February 2017.]]
[[File:70-2017-02.JPG|frame|February 2017.]] [[File:70CowleyRoad2016carnivalByKamyarAdl.jpg|frame|400px|Cowley Road Carnival 2016: Proprietor Hugh Anderson(right), as he is often seen, on his chair outside. Photo by Kamyar Adl on Flickr.]]
[[File:70CowleyRoad2016carnivalByKamyarAdl.jpg|frame|Cowley Road Carnival 2016: Proprietor Hugh Anderson(right), as he is often seen, on his chair outside. Photo by Kamyar Adl on Flickr.]]


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== 2017 ==
== 2024 ==
has been unused for some years
 
== 1981 - 2017 ==


The Hi-Lo Jamaican Eating House at 68-70 Cowley Road has become a local institution since it opened in 1981.
The Hi-Lo Jamaican Eating House at 68-70 Cowley Road has become a local institution since it opened in 1981.
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From 2005–6, journalist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Penny Laurie Penny] was a barmaid here.
From 2005–6, journalist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Penny Laurie Penny] was a barmaid here.


== 1976 ==
Hi-Lo used to be, along with the Half Moon on the plain, one of the few places where one could get a drink after bedtime in East Oxford.
 
== 1950s - 1970s ==
 
Kelly's Directory 1970 to 1976 No 68 Rellew Finance Ltd<br/> Kelly's Directory 1967 to 1969 No 68 New Agency Ltd<br/> Kelly's Directory 1966 No 68 General Services Ltd decorators<br/> Kelly's Directory 1956 to 1962 No 68 Grants of St James wine merchants<br/> Kelly's Directory 1954 No 68 F R W Abel, off licence<br/> Kelly's Directory 1943 and 1952 No 68 Richard P Coles beer retailer
 
Kelly's Directory 1964 to 1973 No 70 V Moss greengrocer<br/> Kelly's Directory 1960 to 1962 No 70 A & B Moss greengrocers<br/> Kelly's Directory 1952 to 1956 No 70 Arthur Gaston, fruiterer
 
== 1932 ==


Kelly's Directory 1976 No 68 Rellew Finance Ltd
Number 68 was occupied by JFL Owen, beer retailer and number 70 by William Hazell, a fruiterer <ref>Kelly's Directory of Oxford, 1932</ref>


== Before then? ==
== Before then? ==