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== 1970s - 1980s ==
 
== 1970s - 1980s ==
  
Kelly's Directory 1976 Oxfam Gift Shop. Also in Thomsons Directory 1984 but not 1988
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Kelly's Directory 1976 Oxfam Gift Shop. Also in Thomsons Directory 1984 but not 1988. Thomsons Directory 1988 Worldwise
  
 
== 1961 ==
 
== 1961 ==

Revision as of 15:40, 21 August 2017

This is the page for 72 Cowley Road.

<< 74 68-70 >>

February 2017: The empty shop unit advertised for rent by Chancellors estate agents.

2017

The 'Strand' beauty parlour has just closed and the shop stands empty. There has been a hair salon/ beauty parlour here for several years in various incarnations.

1970s - 1980s

Kelly's Directory 1976 Oxfam Gift Shop. Also in Thomsons Directory 1984 but not 1988. Thomsons Directory 1988 Worldwise

1961

In 1961 this shop was a 'Rentaset' radio and TV rental shop.

The British Motor Industry Heritage trust holds a photo in their archive TV sets being unloaded from the shop into one of the characteristic Rentaset vans. Sadly the image is under copyright and cannot be reproduced here.

Before then?

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