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Date of photo: 2016	Picture source: T C
The Welsh Pony was situated at 48 George Street.  This pub closed c2000 and is now used as a hotel and cafe bar.
Review from tantallon.org.uk:
James Davey writes: As I write (1998-08-09) this pub is undergoing renovation. When we visited (Wednesday night, about 10 pm) we found the front full of carpentry and decidedly closed. However the saloon and Spanish bars were accessible from the back (bus station side) and we opted for the former, the latter being decidedly empty. The clientele were bog standard middle aged blokes, at least one of whom was slightly on the posh side and one of whom kept putting `Whiskey in the Jar' and the like on the jukebox. Facilities passed me by as the drunk posh bloke talked to me in them, thus distracting me. Interior was a red gloom due to lighting. Standard shelf of old ceramic bottles etc. Small glass framed prints of famous art on the wall. I had the Mistletoad which taste a bit raw. I have heard good things about the beer though. Also served Flowers (Original and IPA). The Spanish Bar is meant to be something special apparently. Serves tequila and sangria. All in all a cosy quiet place, whcih must be considered rare for George Street. If they got rid of that vile red lighting it would be a treat. I much prefer it to the Old School. (1998-01-09) Colin Batchelor writes: This is what pubs used to be like, and the renovation doesn't seem to have progressed any since January. There's a strong whiff of smoke as you go in, and it's (not very) full of blokes who would probably give you accurate dialogue for a novel. Wide range of beer. (1998-04-19)
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Name	Dates	Comments
Will	1980s	Not a regular but had the odd drink in here, I think the name must be to do with the old drovers from Wales who used to drive their animals from the Welsh hills to Oxford and London to sell in the markets there - so in Gloucester Green cattle market as was. Always sad to see an old pub go
Susan Rushworth	1991/1993	My husband was a regular, he was Restaurant Manager at Rewley House now Kellogg College and would meet our friend's that worked at Worcester College. I remember Blue and Louis.
Ginger Carolina Perez Jejeje	1990/1992	I spent my best and most beautiful adolescent in that pub in the company of all the Spanish students who met there xomparti the most beautiful moments of my life at that time I still remember Tom and Luis spectacular people I will return before I die now 30 years later I live in northern ireland i know i will return to that place because remembering is living
Mik	1970	Was serving at RAF Bicester and wife was in John Radcliffe hospital having our 1st child and being on low income had to stay in Oxford for the day and used the pub as the food was relatively cheap, popular with students. today is the daughters 53rd birthday and was reminiscing about that time with her daughter.