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[[File:272-2018.JPG|frame|2018: | [[File:272-2018-04.JPG|frame|April 2018: Coral betting shop adorned with new mural, catching the morning sun.]] | ||
[[File:272-2018-closeup.JPG|frame|2018: Closeup of the new mural | [[File:272-closeup-2018-04.JPG|frame|April 2018: View from the churchyard.]] | ||
[[File:272-2018.JPG|frame|2018: The new mural in progress, by local artist Mani]] | |||
[[File:272-2018-closeup.JPG|frame|2018: Closeup of the new mural (in progress), featuring a Cowley Road poem by local poet Steve Larkin.]] | |||
[[File:272-2017-03.JPG|frame|2017: Coral betting shop.]] | [[File:272-2017-03.JPG|frame|2017: Coral betting shop.]] | ||
[[File:272-upstairsMural.JPG|frame|2017: The distinctive mural crouching above the shopfront, on the eastern end of this row of colourfully decorated terraces.]] | [[File:272-upstairsMural.JPG|frame|2017: The distinctive mural crouching above the shopfront, on the eastern end of this row of colourfully decorated terraces.]] | ||
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[[File:272-1995.jpg|frame|1995: Pre-murals! Photographed by Martin Stott]] | [[File:272-1995.jpg|frame|1995: Pre-murals! Photographed by Martin Stott]] | ||
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== 2015 - 2020 == | |||
The corporate facade contrasts strongly with the murals on the upper floor which have become emblematic of Cowley Road. Fortunately, unlike other buildings in the same row, these murals have not yet been painted over. | '''The Coral off-track betting shop''' was at 270-272 Cowley Road. Planning permission to change the property to a betting shop was approved in March 2015.<ref>http://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=NI9WCNMFILI00</ref> | ||
The corporate facade contrasts strongly with the murals on the upper floor which have become emblematic of Cowley Road. Fortunately, unlike other buildings in the same row, these murals have not yet been painted over. Coral closed on 16 February 2020. | |||
== ?1971 - 2014 == | == ?1971 - 2014 == |