Blogs about: Oxford Neglect
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Leaving the dealers to deal in peace
In a previous post, A different view of graftti, I took issue with Martin Jennings’ appreciation of the grafitti on Aristotle Lane railway bridge. I found no beauty in it and saw it as both a co… more →
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Leaving the dealers to deal in peace
Editor wrote 1 year ago: In a previous post, A different view of graftti, I took issue with Martin Jennings’ appreciati … more →
A different view of grafitti
Editor wrote 1 year ago: I was about to publish one of my periodic comments on the prevalence of graffiti in my part of North … more →
Oxford grafitti gets worse
Editor wrote 1 year ago: I wrote a few weeks ago about Oxford City Council’s botched attempt to attend to the grafitti … more →
Grafitti remedy worse than the grafitti
Editor wrote 1 year ago: Slopping green paint over graffiti ruins the brickwork permanently. Leave the graffiti there until t … more →
'Pride in our city' gets a gutter cleared
Editor wrote 2 years ago: It now appears that it was Oxford City Council who weeded the 30 foot stretch of gutter illustrated … more →
A gutter gets weeded in Oxford!
Editor wrote 2 years ago: I put up a post a couple of days ago called No grass in Oxford except in the gutters which explored … more →
No grass in Oxford except in the gutters
Editor wrote 2 years ago: It is curious, is it not, that whilst Oxford’s planners seem intent on wiping out every last p … more →
Oriel Square put out to grass
Editor wrote 2 years ago: A quarter of a century or so ago, I visited Ostia Antica, the long-abandoned port outside Rome. Now, … more →
What a load of bollards in Oriel Square
Editor wrote 2 years ago: Oriel Square was a bustling, pretty little place when I first knew it, as an undergraduate in the 19 … more →
Rubbish and Graffiti by the Oxford Canal
Editor wrote 2 years ago: The photograph below encapsulates quite a lot of Oxford’s neglect in one go. We see a hideous … more →
Sex by the Oxford Canal
Editor wrote 2 years ago: I cycled past a couple having sex by the Oxford Canal yesterday on my way back from the station. At … more →
A rat in an Oxford street
Editor wrote 2 years ago: I nearly tripped over a rat in Walton Street this evening as I walked back late from the station. He … more →
Riverside neglect at Oxford
Editor wrote 2 years ago: This could be one of the most beautiful spots in Oxford. It lies where the Sheepwash Channel meets t … more →
Aristotle Lane Graffiti
Editor wrote 2 years ago: Aristotle Lane runs out westward from North Oxford. Once it has passed the new houses, the school an … more →
The Oxford Canal - a metaphor for Oxford's neglect
Editor wrote 2 years ago: My post Oxford Canal – an alternative view – ends thus: “This stretch of the Oxford Canal rema … more →
