NEWS ARCHIVE
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Blooding young actors | Dec 11 1999 |
| More changing faces | Dec 11 1999 |
| Canalside plans welcomed | Dec 10 1999 |
| Food for rustic Italians | Dec 09 1999 |
| Could be a bit of a scrum | Dec 09 1999 |
| Help wanted in youth clubs | Dec 08 1999 |
| Beware bogus tradesmen | Dec 07 1999 |
| Reprieve for the Jericho bus | Dec 03 1999 |
| New vista for Cranham Terrace? | Dec 02 1999 |
| What’s going on in our pubs? | Dec 01 1999 |
| A sordid alley | Sep 18 1999 |
| Put a lid on it | Sep 15 1999 |
| Light relief needed | Sep 15 1999 |
| Millennium party | Sep 15 1999 |
| Calling all Council tenants | Sep 15 1999 |
| New chance for youth club | Sep 15 1999 |
| Lucy’s flats | Sep 11 1999 |
| Closing off Blanc’s back yard | Sep 10 1999 |
| Defiant stand at the Globe | Sep 06 1999 |
| Last stop for the Jericho bus? | Sep 04 1999 |
What St Barnabas Church cost to build?
Thomas Combe the Superintendent of OUP and it was he who commissioned and paid for the construction of the church in 1869 at a cost of £6,492. All the interior fittings were provided for about £900. The campanile was erected in 1872 for £800.
The history of the Phoenix?
There has been a cinema here since 1913. Orginally it the 'North Oxford Kinema', since when it has passed through many hands and names, including the Scala, the New Scala, the Studios 1 and 2, Studio X (a club showing soft porn) and finally in 1977 the Phoenix.