The Lighthouse in Oxford the railway station at Frideswide Square gradually eroded away much of the canal trade. In 1913 William Morris (later Lord Nuffield), without licence, started his own bus service to compete with the city's cumbersome tram network. In 1951, Lord Nuffield further forced change when he acquired the Oxford Canal Basin and proceeded to fill it. Nuffield College and Worcester Street car park now stand where once lay the Basin. This was the death knell of the canal system as a competitive mode of transport in Oxford as technology replaced human labour. An apt example can be found in the reconstruction
Oxford Journal Oxford Journal The Oxford Journal was a free newspaper distributed throughout the city of Oxford in the county of Oxfordshire, UK. It was published under licence by Taylor Newspapers Ltd (who also publish other free newspapers including the "Basingstoke Observer", "Oxford Property Weekly" and "Auto Weekly"). The paper was launched in January 1973 from an old toy factory in Cowley by Tony Rosser. It was later bought by Goodhead Press, who subsequently sold the paper to Courier Newspapers (Oxford) Ltd, owned by Bob Urwin and Peter Chatterton, in 1996 which continued to publish the paper alongside its own one, the