EVENTS LISTING

FRIDAY, MAY 5

Restore, plants, crafts and card shop: Restore, Manzil Way, off Cowley Road, Oxford, open weekdays from 9am-4pm.

Touch for Health: Drop-in clinic at The Asian Cultural Centre, Manzil Way, off Cowley Road, Oxford, 10am. 01865 246190.

Tiny tunes: Music club for under fives, Witney Congregational Church, every Friday during term-time, 10am. To book a place, tel 01993 773500.

Bridge session: Experienced Acol players only please, Ferry Centre, Summertown, 2pm.

Dancing session: Old Time Dancing at United Reformed Church Hall, Collinwood Road, Risinghurst, 7.30pm.

Charity bingo session: Littlemore Village Hall, 7.30pm.

Sequence dancing: Every Friday at 7.30pm, Old Headington Parish Hall, Dunstan Road, Headington, 01869 601131.

Fencing session: Oxford Scorpions Fencing Club, 7.30pm, equipment provided, all abilities welcome. 01993 702755.

Society for Graduates talk: The Traditional English Pub: An Endangered Species?, by John Merriman from Camra. University Club, Halifax House, 6 South Parks Road, Oxford, 8pm. Meetings during term time only.

Ladies self-defence class: Thame Sports and Arts Centre, Oxford Road, Thame, 8pm. 01844 215607.

Social evening: Oxford Open Circle 50+ Club for the unattached. Foxcombe Lodge Hotel, Boars Hill, Oxford, 8.30pm. Every Friday. 01865 750245 or 01235 528685.

SATURDAY, MAY 6

Oxford Fieldpaths Society walk: meet near Old Kiln, Nettlebed, 10am. Bluebell walk to Ewelme Park and Nuffield. Pub or picnic lunch. 8.5 miles. 01865 361434.

Vale Ramblers' walks: Meet 9.30am Faringdon long stay car park in Gloucester Street for 14-mile walk at Coxwell, pub lunch, further details tel 01865 874300.

Or meet 10am at Aldbourne duck pond for ten miles over downs to Liddington Iron Age earthworks, bring lunch, for further information tel 01235 765396.

Table top sale: Baptist Church Hall, Ock Street, Abingdon, 10am. For Save the Children Ethiopia fund.

Open day: Children's activities, local artist Rachel Sherlaw-Johnson signing copies of her new book, Charlbury Morris, coffee shop, Woodstock Visitors' Information Centre, Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, Woodstock, events 9.30am-3pm, centre open until 5.30pm. 01993 813276.

Charity stall: Blewbury Antiques, London Road, Blewbury, 10am-12noon, details, 01235 850366. Proceeds go towards cost of converting a listed building into a meeting house with toilets.

Antiques fair: Youth Club, Market Square, Stow-on-the-Wold, 10am-5pm. Also Sunday.

Spring sale: Grove Village Hall, 1pm. In aid of cancer research. 01235 832246.

May fair: maypole dancing, stalls, Horspath Village Green, 2pm. In aid of St Giles' Church, Horspath.

Jumble sale: Headington Townswomen's Guild at Methodist Church Hall, New High Street, Headington, 2.30pm.

Jumble sale: Temple Cowley United Reformed Church, Oxford Road, Cowley, 3pm.

SUNDAY, MAY 7

Car boot sale: Rover Sports and Social Club, Roman Way, Cowley, 8am-noon. For Horspath Cricket Club new practice facilities fund.

Tackley Sheep Dog Trials: Dairy Ground Field, Tackley, 8am. Refreshments all day. 2 per car for spectators.

Table top and car boot sale: OXSRAD Sports Centre, Marsh Lane, Marston, 9am. 01865 741336.

Oxford City Section CTC cycle ride: Meet Campus Store, Broad Street, 9.30am. 60 miles to Henley. 01865 361451. Non-members welcome.

HF/CHA Rambling Club walk: meet Cripley Road, near Oxford Rail station, 9.30am. Ten miles at Lewknor and Christmas Common.

Car boot sale: St Augustine School, Iffley Turn, Oxford, 9am. No bookings necessary, no caterers.

Steam day: Didcot Railway Centre, 10am-5pm. 01235 817200.

Collectors' toys and trains fair: Didcot Civic Hall, 10am-2pm. Refreshments. 01189 326 367.

Last First Sunday Special: Didcot Antiques Centre, the Broadway. All day. Buffet lunch, 6, tel 01235 510819 to book. Display of bathrooms past and present with talk at 2.30pm.

Towersey May Festival: May queen's procession, 10.30am, to the village green, morris dancing, stalls and lunch-time barbecue. For church funds.

Antiques and collectors' fair: Brill Memorial Hall, 10.30am-4.30pm.

Beginners orienteering: meet 11am at the car park, The Plain, Shotover Country Park, top of Old Road, Headington, event ends 12.30pm. Organised by Oxford City Council Countryside Department. 01865 715830.

Agricultural Traction Engine demonstrations: Cogges Manor Farm Museum, near Witney, noon-5.30pm. Tel 01993 772602 for full details of opening times and other events.

Wildlife Trust walk: Meet Sydlings Copse Reserve car park, 2pm. Leader Dr David Steel.

Gosford All Black Rugby Club Reunion: Over 30s v Under 30s match, 2.30pm, auction of international rugby memorabilia, 4.30pm. At StraTfield Brake Sports Ground, Frieze Way, Kidlington. 01844 213489.

Plant sale and teas: Organised by Friends of Oxford Botanic Garden at South Lodge, Oxford University Parks, South Parks Road, 2.30pm. Parking at St Cross Building, Manor Road.

MONDAY, MAY 8

Oxford Health Service Retirement Fellowship meeting: Today, Mr P Collins talks about rafting down the Zambezi. Academic Block, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, 1.30pm. Talks, outings, meeting on the first Monday each month (not bank holidays), for all retired NHS staff. For further details please tel 01869 343559.

Bingo session: Wootton and Dry Sandford Community Centre, 7.30pm. For Sunningwell Cricket Club.

Scottish Country Dancing: Henry Box School, Witney, 7.45pm. 01993 702339.

Scottish Country Dancing: Northcourt Centre, Northcourt Road, Abingdon, 8pm. 01235 530169.

Abingdon Astronomical Society meeting: Methodist Church Hall, Dorchester Crescent, Abingdon, 8pm. For further details please tel 01865 725094.

TUESDAY, MAY 9

Carers coffee morning: Carers Centre, 174a Cowley Road, Oxford, 01865 205192. Every Tuesday.

Dialability Mobile Information Unit: Market Square, Faringdon, 10.30am-3.30pm.

Free healing: Oxford Spiritual Healing Centre, 43 St Giles, Oxford, 6.30-8.30pm. 01865 716371.

Letcombe Singers rehearsal night: For Pink Champagne, an adaptation of Die Fledermaus. Letcombe Regis Village Hall, 7.30pm. Every Tuesday in May. New members welcome. For further details please telephone 01865 765806 or 762054.

Bingo session: Oxsrad Sports Centre, Marsh Lane, Marston, 7.30pm.

Oxford Speakers Club: The Boardroom, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford, 7.30pm (01865 224299, 01608 811338).

Oxford Camera and Video Club agm: with presentation of awards, South Oxford Baptist Church Hall, Wytham Street, off Abingdon Road, Oxford, 7.30pm. 01865 772434.

Cajun dancing session: South Oxford Community Centre, Lake Street, Oxford, 7.30pm. 01865 510066.

Rotaserv meeting: The Plough, Wolvercote, Oxford, 8pm. A social club for thirtysomethings supporting charity projects in the Oxford area. For further details please telephone 01865 773679.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10

The Pathway Workshop: Handmade garden furniture and other items. Made by disabled people at Dunnock Way, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, open daily 9am-4pm.

Agewell Conference: Transport and Older People. An event organised by and for older people. At the Town Hall, Oxford. 9.30am-12.30pm. This is your chance to exchange views with other older people, and participate in the production of an Agewell Report on Transport in Oxfordshire.

Dialability Mobile Information Unit: New Street car park, Chipping Norton, 10.30am-3.30pm.

Refreshments on sale: Church Centre, St Michael at the Northgate Church, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, 12-2pm. For church funds.

Dyslexia Drop-In Centre: Baptist Church, Bonn Square, Oxford, noon-2pm. Every Wednesday.

Cherwell U3A Oxford meeting: St Columba's Church Hall, Alfred Street, off High Street, Oxford, 2pm. Talk Rowing for the Olympics by Ben Hunt-Davis. Weekly meetings, tel 01865 242885 for details.

Over 50s club: talk on South Africa, by G Fancutt, Cheney Community Hall, Cheney Lane, Oxford, 2.30pm.

Talk on life in Brazil: Jan Rocha, BBC World Service reporter and Guardian correspondent in Brazil. Promoting her new book Brazil. roots.net, 27 Park End Street, Oxford, 5.30pm. Doors open 5pm. Organised by Oxfam.

Oxford Hash House Harriers meeting: King's Arms, Sandford Lock, 7pm. New hashers welcome. Please tel 01865 450702/3 for further details.

Friends of the Earth open meeting: with speakers on Green Gardening. Friend's Meeting House, 43 St Giles, Oxford, 7.30pm.

Wantage Flower Club meeting: Demonstration by Mrs Dorothy Brook, My Way With Flowers. Visitors welcome. Sales table, plant stall, refreshments. Centr '70, Wallingford, 7.45pm.

Weekly whist drive: King Alfred Drive Community Centre, Didcot, 7.30pm. Every Wednesday. 01235 816745.

Stonesfield Folk Dance Group: Village Hall, Stonesfield, 8pm. 01608 810184. Every Wed.

Oxford International Folk Dance Group: Meets Wednesdays in St Giles Church Hall, Woodstock Road, 8.15pm. No partner needed. 01865 310216.

THURSDAY, MAY 11

Coffee and tea shop: With home-made cakes, WI Hall, Brize Norton Road, Carterton, 9.30am-12.30pm. Every Thursday.

Rubber bridge: Wallingford Bridge Club, Bullcroft, 2.30pm. Partners not necessary. Every Thursday. Tel 01491 612652 for information. 01235 223304.

Vale Ramblers' walk: Meet 6.45pm, Stanford in the Vale church green, for five-mile brisk walk via Goosey, optional pub visit afterwards, for further details please telephone 01367 710650.

Free talk: Restoration God's Promise to You. Brian Clendenen, a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship, tells how he overcame alcohol and drug abuse by finding a spiritual perspective on life. Assembly Room, Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford, 7.30pm.

Oxon Woodturners Club meet: New members always welcome, Village Hall, Littlemore, 7.30pm. For further details please telephone 01865 770737. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month.

North Oxford Folk Dance Group: Beginners and experienced dancers welcome, The Bowls Pavilion, Cutteslowe Park, Oxford, weekly until July 6 at 7.45pm. For further details please telephone 01865 559065/779417.

Headington Quarry Folk Dance Club: Methodist Church Hall, Quarry High Street, 8pm. Dancing to live music.

Dancing session: Modern Sequence Dancing, Village Hall, Stonesfield, 8pm.

Didcot 18 Plus Group: Meets every Thursday from 8.15pm. Tel 01235 810361 for further details.

Round dancing: Beginners class (featured rhythm Cha Cha), Kennington Methodist Church, Upper Road, Kennington. 8.15pm. For further information please teLephone to confirm dates 01865 453744. Alternate Thursdays.

Grove Table Tennis Club: All levels and abilities welcome to this friendly club, Village Hall, Grove, 7.30pm. 01235 765856.

Icknield Badminton Club: Watlington club and league: Four courts, 7.30-10pm. Further details 01491 836049.

Line dance classes: Regal Centre, Wallingford, beginners 7.30pm, advanced, 8.30pm. For more information about these classes please telephone 01491 825910.