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This is the page for 190 Cowley Road.
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2007 - present
This is the O2 Academy music venue. It sponsored name between 2007 - 2009 was the Carling Academy.
1995 - 2007
The venue was 'The Zodiac' nightclub, and a shop that sold bathrooms.
?Date - 1995
It was 'The Oxford Venue' but typically referred to as The Venue.
1980s
For a short period of time Fred's Discount Store opened a second store covering the emtire ground floor. They sold all manner of things from toys to furniture!
?Date - ?Date
The building was owned by the Co-operative and was an arcade of shops. Meeting rooms above were used by local political groups for organising.
1976
Kelly's Directory 1976 Nos 190 to 194 Disco (Oxford & District Co-operative Society Ltd). The upstairs was also used for gigs and dances
1935-1945
An image of the Co-op hall and shops can be seen here.
1907
"The building was designed by Henry Wilkinson Moore and has a long frontage preserving its Edwardian redbrick character above ground floor level, including surviving stone architectural detailing to the façade. The hall above the ground floor shopping arcade provided the venue for concerts and dances that formed an important element of the neighbourhood’s social life and, subsequently has been a venue for the more successful bands that emerged in Oxford in the later 20th century. It has also provided the venue for many political meetings, often forming the starting point for rallies and protests that continued outside the building. The combination of shops developed as a mutual enterprise and the meeting and entertainment space above is interesting as a combination that was a part of the social mission of its builders."[1]
Before then?
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