Difference between revisions of "280"

From CowleyRoad.org
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m
m
Line 14: Line 14:
 
== 1980s ==
 
== 1980s ==
  
This was the Cowley Road post office during the 1980s. Thomsons Directory 1988 No 280a Lithographis Art Films
+
This was the Cowley Road post office during the 1980s. Thomsons Directory 1988 No 280a Lithographic Art Films
  
 
== 1976 ==
 
== 1976 ==

Revision as of 12:35, 21 August 2017

This is the page for 280 Cowley Road.

<< 282 278 >>

2017: The building, newly renovated, sits empty.

2017

2017: Outside the front door, some beautiful old advertising remains painted on the wall.

This address has just been renovated and sits empty awaiting its next occupant. On the left side of the entrance way outside the door, an intriguing bit of ?Edwardian advertising can be seen painted on the wall. The words 'Tea' and 'Mineral' are visible.

1980s

This was the Cowley Road post office during the 1980s. Thomsons Directory 1988 No 280a Lithographic Art Films

1976

Kelly's Directory 1976 No 280a Classic Press (The) K J Popple proprietor printers
Kelly's Directory 1976 No 280 K M McGlynn stationer & post office

1932

This building is listed in the 1932 Kelly's Directory as housing Rogers' printing press (in bold), run by G.F.Rogers and a confectioner and Post Office run by Mrs Eleanor Blanche Rogers, presumably wife to G.F. [1]

Before then?

Cowleyroad.org is a DIY community history - help us write it!

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 how-to guide.

References

  1. Kelly's Directory of Oxford, 1932