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Picture source: Lindsay Young

The Duke Of York was situated on New Street. This pub closed in 2008 and had been demolished by 2014.

When I left school at 16 I went to work at Sainsburys in the Westgate centre in Oxford, "The Duke" was right behind the Westgate, a whole gaggle of us, maybe 15-20, all about the same age used to go there at lunch and after work, their ham rolls and a pint of bitter was 75p then. We used to play darts and listen to the juke box until closing most friday and saturday nights, early Queen, Glitter Band, Bowie, Slade, T Rex, Thin Lizzys Whisky in the jar and the excellent B side 'Black boys in the corner'. So many stories from that fabulous pub, it was like the youth club I never had before.

Dizzy Gosnell (March 2023)

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