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You have to laugh ... whilst collectiong "Track and Trace" names and teleephone numbers, I added to the patrons experience by revealing that at school I had a headboy that shared their surname. The party leader looked at me and said 'so you were educated before you worked here?'. '

REMEMBER YOUR FACE COVERINGS!! The COVID CODE latest - hours 9.15pm            DOORS CLOSE  and  LAST ORDERS 9.30pm           TIME!! 9.50pm           GOODNIGHT 10.00pm         ROSE and CROWN CLOSED!    ... until 11am. The COVID CODE latest - face coverings CUSTOMERS must wear face [...]

ADAM TO RESUME POPULAR BEER DELIVERIES on Thursdays. The Rose and Crown Hi all, I've decided to take the show back on the road. I'll deliver within the ring road every Thursday afternoon/early evening. You live just outside the ring road? Please ask and I'll do my utmost to accommodate! An exciting new addition to [...]

ADAM stars in OXFORD MAIL article. The Oxford Mail contacted us at the Rose and Crown to seek views on the new government covid control regulation, "the rule of 6", and they wrote the following article: "Rule of six 'makes drinkers feel safer' says Oxford pub manager" (click here).

Our "WHAT'S ON" listings. I have bought the diary up-to-date. Other than drinking and eating, and that depends a great deal on our community attitude to the plague, we can see no 'other' events till next year. I truly hope we're wrong! I apologise if I misled anyone with my late cancellation of some of [...]

Monday, August 31st Bank Holiday , lunchtime kitchen will close at 3.15, It's the last day of the governments great “Eat Out to Help Out” promotion and we are adding an extra hour to lunchtime service. Evening kitchen hours as per usual, 6pm to 9pm.

Monday, August 31st Bank Holiday , we reccomend booking, BUT  you do not have to book, it just guarantees you entry and a seat! The 31st of August is a bank holiday AND the last day of the great "Eat Out to Help Out" promotion and it might be busy. With covid restricted seating, our [...]

The “Eat Out to Help Out” government scheme is available here!". P L U S   American Express is supporting "small shops" as they relaunch post 'lockdown' with a money back scheme for their card holders. ... and yes, that is IN ADDITION to any 'Eat Out to Help Out' discounts. In central north Oxford, the [...]

A GLASS WITH A HANDLE At the weekend a visitor to the Rose and Crown told me that in DERBYSHIRE a glass with a handle is known as a "LEARNER GLASS". That's a new one to me, and an interesting and complete reversal of the widely held belief by many young 'southerners', that a glass [...]