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December 2016: The Eau de Vie natural health centre has just closed, and its new occupants (the Thy Spa Thai massage centre) are moving in. The top half of the building is still painted in the dark grey 'chalk paint' of the previous business. The paint was supplied by Annie Sloan, whose headquarters are opposite at [[33_Cowley_Road|33 Cowley Road]]. Strangely, the new brown paint and text above the window was swiftly painted over and the building reverted to its former dark grey colour before the Thy Spa actually opened in January 2017. | December 2016: The Eau de Vie natural health centre has just closed, and its new occupants (the Thy Spa Thai massage centre) are moving in. The top half of the building is still painted in the dark grey 'chalk paint' of the previous business. The paint was supplied by Annie Sloan, whose headquarters are opposite at [[33_Cowley_Road|33 Cowley Road]]. Strangely, the new brown paint and text above the window was swiftly painted over and the building reverted to its former dark grey colour before the Thy Spa actually opened in January 2017. | ||
== 1990s-2016 == | == 1990s-2016 == | ||
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== 1970s - 1990s == | == 1970s - 1990s == | ||
Thomsons Directory 1991 Inner Bookshop<br/> Thomsons Directory 1984 No 34 EOA Books & Inner Bookshop<br/> Kelly's Directory 1976 No 34 EOA books.<br/> Named after the East Oxford Advertiser, a newspaper that ran from 1970 to 1974, this was a mainly political bookshop run by Jon Carpenter. There was a back section of spiritual books run by Anthony Cheke called the Inner Bookshop. This eventually took over the shop until it moved (early 1990s?) to Magdalen Road, where it has now been replaced by Wild Honey health food store. In the mid 1990s there was a juggling and skateboarding shop here. What was it called? | Thomsons Directory 1991 Inner Bookshop<br/> Thomsons Directory 1984 No 34 EOA Books & Inner Bookshop<br/> Kelly's Directory 1976 No 34 EOA books.<br/> Named after the East Oxford Advertiser, a newspaper that ran from 1970 to 1974, this was a mainly political bookshop [[File:34-2015-upstairs-front.JPG|frame|2015: the large treatment room overlooking Cowley Road]]run by Jon Carpenter. There was a back section of spiritual books run by Anthony Cheke called the Inner Bookshop. This eventually took over the shop until it moved (early 1990s?) to Magdalen Road, where it has now been replaced by Wild Honey health food store. In the mid 1990s there was a juggling and skateboarding shop here. What was it called? | ||
== Before then? == | |||
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[[File:34-2015-upstairs-back.JPG|frame|2015: the upstairs back room showing what looks like an original Victorian fireplace]] | [[File:34-2015-upstairs-back.JPG|frame|2015: the upstairs back room showing what looks like an original Victorian fireplace]] | ||
[[File:34-2015-downstairs.JPG|frame|2015: the downstairs treatment room behind reception]] | [[File:34-2015-downstairs.JPG|frame|2015: the downstairs treatment room behind reception]] | ||