The pub used to have a sculpted figure of a black servant in the niche above the entrance, but this was smashed in 1990 and was replaced by the painting of a chimney-sweep’s boy, which was (arguably) more politically correct. Even so, in 1997 there was an unsuccessful attempt by Oxford students to get the pub’s name changed on the grounds that it was offensive.
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Isisbridge said:
www.headington.org.uk/history/pubs/black_boy.htm
The pub used to have a sculpted figure of a black servant in the niche above the entrance, but this was smashed in 1990 and was replaced by the painting of a chimney-sweep’s boy, which was (arguably) more politically correct. Even so, in 1997 there was an unsuccessful attempt by Oxford students to get the pub’s name changed on the grounds that it was offensive.
Isisbridge said:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGo-X-NW70w&feature=youtu.be
Isisbridge said:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PAHvZWQ8Rk
Black Boy Lane
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROLUql4nYro