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[[File:211-2017-04.png|frame|2017]]
[[File:211-2017-04.png|frame|2017]] [[File:211-1995.jpg|frame|1995: Photographed by Martin Stott]]


== ?Date - present ==
== &nbsp;?Date - present ==


This is the Regina hair salon, specializing in Black & Afro-Caribbean hair.
This is the Regina hair salon, specializing in Black & Afro-Caribbean hair.


== 1990s ==
== 1995 ==


This was Movies Video Rental. It has a sister store on Walton Street in North Oxford. It was unique for removing covers of VHS tapes and putting them in a flatter plastic case, allowing you to 'flip' through titles to choose your watching. This allowed for a very large selection in a small space.
Africare (Afro hair & beauty products) see photo below


== 1976 ==
== 1990s (& 2000s?) ==


Kelly's Directory 1976 No 211 Speedy Shoe Service. repairs
This was Movies Video Rental. It has a sister store on Walton Street in North Oxford. It was unique for removing covers of VHS tapes and putting them in a flatter plastic case, allowing you to 'flip' through titles to choose your watching. This allowed for a very large selection in a small space. Listed in Thomsons Directory 1991 (and 2009 -but see photo below)
 
== 1988 ==
 
Thomsons Directory 1988 No 211 Tiptoes
 
== 1940s - 1970s ==
 
Kelly's Directory 1943 to 1976 No 211 Speedy Shoe Service. repairs (R E Skinner)


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

Latest revision as of 16:36, 25 February 2018

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2017
1995: Photographed by Martin Stott

 ?Date - present

This is the Regina hair salon, specializing in Black & Afro-Caribbean hair.

1995

Africare (Afro hair & beauty products) see photo below

1990s (& 2000s?)

This was Movies Video Rental. It has a sister store on Walton Street in North Oxford. It was unique for removing covers of VHS tapes and putting them in a flatter plastic case, allowing you to 'flip' through titles to choose your watching. This allowed for a very large selection in a small space. Listed in Thomsons Directory 1991 (and 2009 -but see photo below)

1988

Thomsons Directory 1988 No 211 Tiptoes

1940s - 1970s

Kelly's Directory 1943 to 1976 No 211 Speedy Shoe Service. repairs (R E Skinner)

Before then?

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