The Oxford

27/08/2026

Well, this seems irresponsible…

After years of guest starring on the BBC our Tom & his mate Jo from the wonderful Springhill Hospice are finally cutting loose & starting a breakfast show of their own.

Both music lovers, community partners in crime & frankly two people who absolutely do not require any encouragement to chat s**t. So naturally, why wouldn’t someone give them a radio show?

Starting THIS FRIDAY, Tom & Jo are taking over Friday mornings on Roch Valley Radio and treating it like they’ve been given the breakfast show on radio 2. Hitting the airwaves tomorrow with a fairly simple mission:

Make Friday mornings feel good. 💚

Come along for the ride.

TOM & JO’S FEEL GOOD FRIDAYS • FRIDAY MORNINGS 7am - 10am

📻 DAB: search RochValleyRadio
📻 FM: 107.1
🔊 Tell your smart speaker: “Play Roch Valley Radio”

Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing…

Welcome to the first Friday morning of the rest of your life.

24/08/2026

Honestly, the things we do for that Hospice.

If you haven’t signed up for the incredible feat of humanity that is Springhill Hospice’s Three Reservoir Ramble yet please, please do so all of this silliness can end.

Also, cheers Mia for lending our Tom a horse. What a legend.

23/08/2026

Friends,

Here at The Oxford we’re on the hunt for a couple of people with a particular set of skills — a spectacular human or two to join our team and help us cope with the ever-increasing demands of running one hell of a pub.

If you are, or know of someone who might be interested in becoming part of a true Rochdale institution, then read on.

First of all, we’re in the market for a chef to work alongside our existing kitchen team. Someone with a flair for cooking up proper pub classics, incredible roasts and flexing their creative side on our famous specials board.

It’s pretty well known by now that we don’t do early mornings and we don’t do late nights in our kitchen. We like to give the team a healthy chunk of the Christmas holidays off, and a competitive rate of pay is all par for the course.

We’re looking for someone for around 35 hours a week, working alongside the girls and guys who make up our current kitchen team — a bunch who’ve brought home awards and some pretty lovely reviews along the way.

Experience is a must. At this point everyone knows how busy we are, and we accept that it won’t be for everyone. But for the right person, we genuinely think this could be the start of something incredible.

Drop us a CV or call in for a chat. We’re happy to make the time.

Now, in addition to the back-of-house position, we’re also on the lookout for an experienced part-time front-of-house member of staff. Someone who knows the ropes, deals well with pressure and isn’t fazed when the place is absolutely heaving.

But please don’t just inbox the pub. That’s a pretty surefire way for us to know you haven’t even read the whole post.

Come in and see us with a CV. Have a chat with the team and get a feel for the place.

Like we say, experience in another fast-paced hospitality venue feels like an absolute must at this point, so for first-timers this is probably one to sit out. But for the right person — someone who thrives in a busy environment and genuinely enjoys hospitality — this could be just what you’ve been looking for.

And if that person isn’t you, but somebody immediately sprang to mind while you were reading this, give it a share and send them our way.

Exciting times ahead at The Oxford, gang, and there’s never been a better time to be involved.

Take care out there,

Team McNeeney.

16/08/2026

Friends, just a small announcement to end the week on.

Tomorrow we will be closing the pub to host a celebration of the life of a magnificent woman who we are all still coming to terms with the loss of.

Our lives, in a sentiment that’s been echoed countless times by those who know her these last few weeks, have been made all the brighter simply for having had Liz in them. She was a wonderfully kind, devastatingly intelligent woman with a passion for helping others & enjoying the beauty of life. She leaves us with a gap in our hearts & the inspiration to do more for those around us. Liz always found the time to be positive, supportive & above all, kind to everyone around her & the world would be twice the place it is if we all followed her example a little more.

The pub will be open in the evening for drinks but the kitchen will remain closed all day tomorrow.

We thank you all for your understanding,
And be kind to one another out there friends.

Team McNeeney

24/06/2026

Due to the high temperatures we will be stopping food at 2:30pm and start again at 5pm - to allow our chefs to have a break. Drinks will still be served. Thanks in advance. The Oxford 🖤

21/04/2026

We had something pretty decent land on the doormat this week.

An invitation’s arrived, to Buckingham Palace, for a garden party, for “services to charity” by command of The King.

And I’ll be honest — that feels a bit grand for what it actually is.

Because none of this has ever been down to one person. It’s been built on years & years of people turning up, supporting us and getting behind all sorts of slightly daft ideas we’ve cooked up to help others in our community.

It’s almost fifteen years of us all trying to be better. To do more. To make the place we live a tiny bit better for us being in it.

This invite really belongs to all of you who’ve supported us along the way. Without the so many astonishing people helping me every step of the way over the years I’d just be a man with a dream.

I haven’t got enough hours in the day to thank everyone I should but I hope you know just how important you all are to us here.

Incredibly grateful to be part of what we’ve grown here together. And we could not be prouder of us or this little corner of the world today.

All my love. Always.

Tom x

19/04/2026

Terrible day to be any other roast dinner.

05/04/2026

Dreamy little write up by Adam at the MEN about an award we were shortlisted for, nothing here that people don’t already know, how much we adore what we do & how over the years the community we’ve built around this place has grown arms & legs, making the work we do, the charities we help & the warmth we can spread all the better for everyone’s involvement.

It’s a privilege to make a shortlist but when we open the doors every day to people coming back over & over or to people who are only just finding us for the first time. We know deep down we’ve already won everything we need.

Happy Easter darlings.

Team McNeeney

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