WEDNESDAY March 20 2019 A great pleasure to welcome Abel Escudero to the Rose and Crown. Abel was a Reuters fellow at Oxford University some 10 years ago and remains a great supporter of the Rose and Crown. On this trip he was accompanied by the charming Augus. Becca Edwards, part of the administrators team at the [...]
Our annual Grand National Sweepstake results: 1st Oska from Gee's restaurant ... wins the bottle of champagne. FIRST TO FALL Richard ... again wins the bottle of Dubonnet he won last year! 2nd Adam Hall... wins a bottle [...]
We hope to organise a trip to Borderline at Soho on April 24th. If you're interested, please tell Andrew,
From 1989 till 1991, Canadian born Don Jamieson worked and, for a while, lived at the Rose and Crown. He quickly became a popular figure with everyone in the pub as he honed his skills as our competent cellarman. Don was in Oxford to play hockey (ice) and captain the Spire Business Machines owned Oxford [...]
An Appeal on behalf of the NORTH PARADE MARKET organisers: Dear all, The Saturday Market and Night Market use a variety of signs, trestles, chairs and gazebos that need to be stored between market days. In the past they were stored to the rear of No 4 North Parade. Due to the renovation of that [...]
Last night (Wed 27th Feb) I had the pleasure to enjoy a fabulous production of Iolanthe by the University Gilbert & Sullivan Society. It continues for a further 2 nights at the University Church at the High Street and is truly worth seeing. This setting for Iolanthe, one of the most amusing of Gilbert & Sullivans [...]
In Oxford what name is derived from the quadrifurcus? Answers to this Rose and Crown webpage please. To the winner, a pint of bitter or a glass of house wine and a dish of Debbie's home made Faggotts and mash or a roast Sunday lunch to the 1st name drawn from the pot on the [...]
When we took part in the Radio Oxford Friday Pub Quiz, bubbly hostess Lilley Mitchell named us 'the Von Trapp Rose and Crowners', It was Friday 11th January, around 2pm. Andrew, Debbie, Adam, Louisa Goodfellow and 'newby' Molly Davies were in the Rose and Crown. Aware the quiz was imminent, we had also 'trapped' local [...]
We're lucky enough to live and work on the edge of this. This photograph was taken by Anthony Morris, titled "Oxford - taken from Boars Hill 4-1-19". Stunning photography of a beautiful subject, sir. CONTACT and view other work by Anthony Morris at: twitter - @AnthonyPMorris Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/gp/anthonypmorris/9s8711 Instagram - anthonymorris54
