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Date of photo: 1880s	Picture source: Timothy Keane
The Oakley Arms was situated at 72 Oakley Street. This pub closed c1918 and is long demolished. Oakley Street is now known as Baylis Road.
Source: T C
The pub was the scene of Edward Despard's arrest as well as his possible political conspiracies. Since I used to spend much time in the area I wanted to see if it still existed and came across your site; it occurred to me that you might find the story relevant. Despard believed in then-radical ideas like racial equality and universal suffrage; he was to be one of the last in England to be hanged, drawn and quartered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Despard#Treason_trial.
Jørgen Dyrstad (December 2020)
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