CAN you remember what the streets of Oxford City Centre used to look like 20, 30, even 40 years ago?

Let us take a trip down memory lane…

High Street

The Mitre Inn in High Street at the height of the coaching era in 1825 vs in 2019. Lincoln College in High Street closed the venue that year to provide new student accommodation.

Regulars thought the pub - one of the city's oldest - would reopen once work on the accommodation was complete in 2021 but it has never reopened.

Queen Street

The Co-Op in Queen Street in 1972 vs the Marks and Spencer in 2018.

It is now next to a shop called “hotter” instead of Halfords.

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New Theatre, George Street

New Theatre in George Street in 1949 showing opera lovers queuing for the Covent Garden Opera Company.

The second photo is from April last year. 

George Street

Number 65 George Street Oxford used to be the registered office of the Oxford Cooperate Society. The first picture is from an unknown date and the second is form 2021 showing the building is now for Oxford Business College.

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Cornmarket Street

The Grimbly Hughes & Co Ltd grocery store was located at 56 Cornmarket Street. The first picture is from an unknown date, the second is from 2018 showing the store became an EE shop.

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This story was written by Gee Harland, she joined the team in 2022 as a senior multimedia reporter.

Gee covers Wallingford and Didcot.

Get in touch with her by emailing: Gee.harland@newsquest.co.uk

Follow her on Twitter @Geeharland

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