THIS month Oxford's Covered Market is celebrating its 244th birthday.
The institution has been serving residents of the city since November 1774.
From visiting elephants to giant fish and even alligators, here's a small selection of the more recent goings-on from the Oxford Mail archive.
Scroll through the pictures above to see some of the memories from an Oxford institution
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