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Jack Allaway, later to become mayor of Oxford, was manager of the University & City Arms during the 1950s when he worked for a company called Cotons Stores, which owned several properties along the Cowley Road. Cotons Stores was started by Alfred Landon and a Mr Collier, and a Mr Tolley, and they owned several properties along the Cowley Road, mainly towards the Plain. It is unclear whether they held the leasehold of this pub or actually owned it.
== 1932 ==
The University and City Arms public house is listed in Kelly's Directory of 1932. The proprietor is listed as Albert Owen <ref>Kelly's Directory of Oxford, 1932</ref>.
== 1870s-1930s ==