This year's Street Fair raffle has a wonderful array of prizes, thanks to the work of our raffle organizer George Taylor. To see the list please click here
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A full stall is £45. If you commit to not using plastic it is £35. We offer a half stall for individual Jericho residents or non-commercial organizations for £5.
More information...The main purpose of the Pantry is to make food that would otherwise be thrown away accessible to people who live locally who can make use of it.
More information...Our popular Saturday morning cafe is running again
More information...Explore your creativity -- all levels welcome.
Local artist Mike England holds life drawing classes at the community centre.
More information...The JCA represents residents on local issues, organizes events, and runs the community centre. Membership is FREE.
More information...COMMUNITY SITE FOR THE JERICHO DISTRICT OF OXFORD, UK
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Quiet times at the Coop
The original Coop on Walton Street suffered a dramatic loss in the trade following the opening of Sainsbury's. Now the shop, including five flats on the first and second floors, is up for sale for £2.5 million.
This is the latest in a sequence of supermarket manoevres on Walton Street. This Coop had a virtual monopoly for decades and there were complaints about high prices. In 2011, when it was faced with the prospect of competition from the renovated premises close to little Clarendon Street it took those too in order to keep Tesco out. Originally this second shop was also to have a post office branch, but negotiations went nowhere. So we finished up with the strange situation of two Coops within a couple of hundred yards of each other.
Now that oddity at least has been resolved. However the preoccupation with competition remains. According to the sale listing, the shop part of the property "will have a restrictive covenant in place so a purchaser will not be able to re-open this area as a convenience store or off-licence in the future. The trading area would suit a number of alternative uses that could include a coffee shop, office or residential accommodation subject to planning."
While Sainsbury's does the business
News posted - April 25, 2025
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