White's Bar

[KenL]

Does anyone remember White's Bar in Oxfords High Street?
We recently visited Oxford after 30 years away and could not find it.

Ken

[Richard Brooks]

KenL said the following on 24/10/2007 23:12:

> Does anyone remember White's Bar in Oxfords High Street?
> We recently visited Oxford after 30 years away and could not find it.
>
> Ken

Was that close to one of the entrances of the covered market? If so, it
had changed some time back, to a trendy fashion store.

Richard.

[KenL]

On 25 Oct, 07:50, Richard Brooks <richardbro...@vickers-

supermarine.com> wrote:
> KenL said the following on 24/10/2007 23:12:
>
> > Does anyone remember White's Bar in Oxfords High Street?

> > We recently visitedOxfordafter 30 years away and could not find it.

>
> > Ken
>
> Was that close to one of the entrances of the covered market? If so, it
> had changed some time back, to a trendy fashion store.
>
> Richard.

It was on the other side of the road towards Carfax.
We thought we had found it with a door marked "Fish and Chips", but
when we went along the corridor it was different.
There was a fashion shop next door which it could have been.

Incidently, we couldn't find the Northgate Tavern in Cornmarket
either.

Thanks for your help .. Ken

[Richard Brooks]

KenL said the following on 26/10/2007 10:00:

> On 25 Oct, 07:50, Richard Brooks <richardbro...@vickers-
> supermarine.com> wrote:
>> KenL said the following on 24/10/2007 23:12:
>>
>>> Does anyone remember White's Bar in Oxfords High Street?
>>> We recently visitedOxfordafter 30 years away and could not find it.
>>> Ken
>> Was that close to one of the entrances of the covered market? If so, it
>> had changed some time back, to a trendy fashion store.
>>
>> Richard.
>
> It was on the other side of the road towards Carfax.
> We thought we had found it with a door marked "Fish and Chips", but
> when we went along the corridor it was different.
> There was a fashion shop next door which it could have been.

That sound suspiciously like the old Russell Acott's music shop which
later became a trendy wine bar. Boy! I miss Russell Acott with the
piano practice rooms upstairs which you could hire for a few quid per hour.

> Incidently, we couldn't find the Northgate Tavern in Cornmarket
> either.
>
> Thanks for your help .. Ken

It was nothing really. No, I mean it - I did nothing.

[Michael]

I thought remembering my youth , that Whites Bar was just inside Avenue1 for
the Market , just befor you get inside beside the gate, up those stairs..or
at least it used to be a Bar &/or some sort of Night Venue 20 - 30 years ago

As I recall Northgate Tavern was in St Michael's Street & became the Three
Goats Heads, not sure if it is still called this

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[ian.ma...@expdna.com.au]

On Saturday, 3 October 2015 09:47:32 UTC+10, davidan...@gmail.com wrote:
> For dedicated patrons of Whites Bar in the late sixties you will be sad to learn of the passing of long time barman come assistant mgr to Irish Landlord Denis ?,he was affectionately known as Ossie.He passed away at his home in Melbourne Australia after a short illness on 30th September 2015
> RIP Ossie........Dave

Very sorry to hear that news. Ossie had a forgiving eye for both age and the exchange of substances back in the White's Bar days. It was mainly US airman upstairs in the 'lounge', but downstairs it was Mod heaven; the walls covered in Blues, Jazz, R'nB and Soul album covers dating back to the very early '60's. The best jukebox outside Jericho blaring away.
I worked at Burton Tailors on Carfax in 66-7 and we used to nip into Russell Acotts Saturday lunchtimes, where the wonderful Yvonne (?) used to play the latest soul music 45's for us as we crowded into one of their listening booths. Wonderful times.
Fridays and Saturday nights would start ensconced in the far corner seat of the downstairs bar in Whites, right next to the jukebox. Then it was off to Market street, onto the bikes and out to the Bridge Hotel Wheatley to be abused by Adrian 'Hoppy' Hopkins and to see bands like Simon Dupree's Big Sound, and the Gas, Alan Bown and Long John Baldry with Elton John on keyboards. White's was the last bar I drank in before heading off to NZ, and the first familiar face I saw in Auckland three days after arriving? A barman from Whites! On one of my early but regular trips back I was devastated to find Whites Bar had closed. A few of my Oxford mates from Whites days now live out here in Oz, and I'll pass on the sad news. I also heard, many years back, that Denis later ran a pub in Ireland and was blowed up? Really miss Whites bar, which, by the way, was on the same side of the road as Acotts (opposite the covered market, and a few doors up towards Carfax. There should be a blue plaque - 'On this site stood White's Bar - home to Oxford's Mod scene in the 1960's'.

[lees...@gmail.com]

I used to go to White's in the early to mid70's, the entrance was near carfax not far up from the entrance to the chequers - you went down a corridor through a glass door and it was a long thin bar, in my day there were fairground horses - it was an exciting pub at weekends and there were frequent fights there

[lees...@gmail.com]

[kev...@gmail.com]

hi..it`s been shut for ages...more than 30years possibly ...may even have been closed down by the Rossers..so long ago I can`t remember but there was some sort of illegality going on I think!

[67patric...@gmail.com]

Whites bar was just down from Carfax with your back to the clock it was on the right hand side run by Dennis shenan and his wife Sheila bar men Vicky Gregory jock ossy best pub in Oxford in the 60s northgate was cornmarket street opposite st miche church I use to love a pint of double diamond in whites it would cost you two and six

[grayso...@gmail.com]

Fond memories of White'Bar.and used it regularly in the early 70s. Many of the customers were American servicemen,chilling out from their duties with The Cold War. Few fights as Denis had a way that avoided confrontation before it escalated.

[osne...@gmail.com]

I used to go to Whites in the 50's, 54 and 55 actually, i was 15 and 16 yrs old such a great place, a demolition company was tearing down a hotel across the st from Marks and Spensers i think.I was friends with them, we'd meet for drinks.So Whites was in business for quite a while.

[davidan...@gmail.com]

I would like to get in touch if you are interested in having a yarn about Whites Bar...Regards Dave

[davidan...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, 31 March 2016 04:37:22 UTC+8, 67patric...@gmail.com wrote:
> Whites bar was just down from Carfax with your back to the clock it was on the right hand side run by Dennis shenan and his wife Sheila bar men Vicky Gregory jock ossy best pub in Oxford in the 60s northgate was cornmarket street opposite st miche church I use to love a pint of double diamond in whites it would cost you two and six

I would like to get in touch if you would like to have a chat about Whites Bar ...Dave

[paulde...@gmail.com]

i drank in Whites bar for years from 75 (i was 15) till 79 when it turned into the Irish club, i remember once meeting a few girls there for a date with a mate....they were 17 and i said i was the same age....i had a few brown ales and started talking about school ha ha ha ....rumbled....i went out with the landlords daughter for a short while (weeks i think ) Tracey.......
when we first drank there we would send my brother to the bar as he had a bit of a moustache....we used to sit in the upstairs bar right at the far end and as we got older graduated to the bar.....there used to be a fight in there nearly every fri and saturday with police/dogs riot vans etc attending.....think its offices now.......plenty pubs going nowadays friar marston,cavalier,plasterers.prince charles st,and more..........

[cozyt...@gmail.com]

White's Bar used to be on the opposite side of the road to the covered market entrances on the High Street. The last time I looked for it it had changed names to an Irish club. That was over twenty five years ago. It was one of themost popular places to socialize with your friends on a saturday night. Many good memories.

[ryk...@googlemail.com]

Remember it well. Yes on the opposite side to the market. If you had some money we drunk there and if hard up went to the Crown in jericho. All the album sleeves on the walls and Monday night was rock disco night. Can remember Alicde Cooper and Killer playing there often.

[gill.b...@gmail.com]

Well..I met my husband in Whites Bar, boxing day 26/12/1974. And over the years we met all sorts of people including Harold Wilson,Rod Stewart and some very important people(or they thought they were) that I was too drunk to remember.. Bloody good times.

[bengl...@gmx.com]

I worked behind the bar for Dennis early 70s. One out one in on friday and Saturdays it was packed. Happy days.

[Hugh Roberts]

Random curiosity... for no particularly good reason was just trying to remember my way around Oxford pubs in the mid-late 70's. White's had a spectacular juke box collection at the time! Brilliant hippy hangout in '76, rather lost its way in '77 (or possibly '78) after the same police squad that formed 'Operation Julie' decided to take Oxford apart, which probably needed doing as a number of White's regulars had o/d'ed. What was the basement bar in the Cornmarket called?

[Andy Martin]

Remember it well in the late 1950's. Lots of U S Air Force men hung around. Great air of being exotic in so far as character of the place was concerned, a "What's Behind the Green Door" atmosphere as my friend - a regular - described it.

Andy Martin

[Howard Harries]

In the late 60s, you entered Whites at your peril. The preferred drink was stingo.

[Robert Neuman]