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“The drawing was framed and hung in my pubs and bars for more than 20 years.” He wrote in after seeing another of Jim Needle’s cartoons, of Oxford accountant, councillor and Oxford United company secretary Edmund Gibbs (Memory Lane, October 12). He has fond memories of his time at the Radcliffe Arms, particularly the visits of great artists such as American country music star Jerry Jeff Walker, who died last year of throat cancer, aged 78. The former landlord remembers him performing his most popular song, Mr Bojangles, at the pub. Bob, who now lives in South Hams, Devon, recalls how the singer was performing at Wembley and had one spare date.