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== <span class="mw-headline" id=".3FDate_-_present" class="mw-headline">?Date - 1995</span> ==
It was 'The Oxford Venue' but typically referred to as The Venue.
== 1987-1989 ==
When the Women's Centre stopped running women only discos, I was looking for a suitable replacement venue. In those days the Lesbian and Gay community was largely hidden because of open prejudice, so the idea of finding an organisation willing to take us was problematic. However, when I approached the then Education Officer of the Cooperative Society, he readily agreed that myself and Kim Williams could host a mixed Lesbian and Gay disco, provided that we cleared up and out by 11.00 pm hence the name, Early Gaze Disco! The disco became a resounding success and the bar was provided by the New Inn, alternating with local charity groups such as Oxford Friend, Rape Crisis and Lesbian Line. It may interest people to know that our mentor, the Education Officer, was Andrew Smith, who later became our local MP.
== 1986 ==
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 having taken over from the Green Shield Stamp shop. This was rather like an Argos Store, where people could redeem books of stamps, collected like vouchers from supermarkets, for articles from kitchen equipment to sports goods.
[[File:1980sLGBTdiscovAdvert|frame|An advert for disco]]
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