Friday, September 1:

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).

Holiday Roadshow: Great Milton Recreation Ground, 10am-4pm. Age 8-13, cost 6. Details 01865 247427.

Ashmolean Museum Gallery talk: God, Gods & Goddesses, 1.15pm, meet at Friends' desk, 1.50. Limited to 12 people, book in advance on 01865 278015 9am-1pm. Car boot sale: Enstone Sports and Social Club, Enstone, 5.30pm onwards. 5 a boot. Booking on 01608 810166, 01608 677375 or just turn up. In aid of Residents' Funds.

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

Learn Rollerskating with Thames Valley Roller Skating Club: Old Gaol, Abingdon, 6-7pm. Every Friday. 01235 835626.

Ladies' running sessions: Four to five miles every Friday, meet at Wantage Leisure Centre, 6.45pm. 01235 223304.

Basketball Club: Juniors 7-8pm, followed by Seniors (16+) 9-10pm, The Abbey Sports Centre, Berinsfield. 01865 341035.

Abingdon Squadron Air Training Corps: Meet Tuesdays and Fridays 7.15pm, Wootton Road, Abingdon. 01865 433368.

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. 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.

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Saturday, September 2:

Car Boot: Kidlington ATC, High Street, next to market, 9am-1pm, 5 per pitch. Tel: 01865 511770.

Rambling club walk: Coln Rogers and Bibury, 9 miles. Meet Cripley Road near Oxford Rail Station, 9.30am. Sponsored Dog Walk: Shotover Country Park, 9.30am- 4pm. In aid of Rehoming Animals In Need. Stalls, refreshments, tombola. Sponsor forms information: 01865 765008.

Garden fete: Garsington Senior Citizens Club, start noon, Plough Pub gardens, Garsington. In aid of club funds.

Cogges Manor Farm Museum: Patchwork and quilting, 12noon5.30pm. 01993 772602.

Bike Path Project: Bike rally from Bampton to Friars Court, Clanfield, for a picnic at 1.30pm. Choice of three routes. 01993 850947.

Annual bazaar: Warwick Hall, Church Green, Burford, 2pm. White elephant, bric-a-brac, bottles, cakes, produce, raffles and refreshments. In aid of Royal British Legion and local charities. Jumble Sale: Temple Cowley, United Reform Church, 3pm.

Learn Rollerskating with Thames Valley Roller Skating Club: Old Gaol, Abingdon, 8.30am. Saturday mornings. 01235 835626.

Mixed ability Astanga Yoga class: 44b Princes Street, Oxford, 11am. 01865 776759.

Khon-Ha Kickboxing: Community Centre, Hadland Road, Abingdon, 11am, Mayoshindo Karate/Judo noon-1.30pm.

Disabled Garden Club Flower Show: Towler Hall, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Headingdon, 2pm. New members and helpers welcome.

Roller-skating sessions: Regal Centre, Wallingford, 3pm and 3.34pm. __________________________

Sunday, September 3:

British Heart Foundation Oxford Heart Cycle Ride:

starting and finishing in Stonesfield any time between 8am and 10.30am. For information and a sponsorship form please telephone 0800169 3672.

Car boot/ table top sale: OXSRAD Sports Centre, Marsh Lane, Marston, 9am-noon. 01865 741336.

Sponsored Dog Walk at Shotover Country Park: Start 9.30am, finish 4pm. Help raise money for rescue and rehoming of cats and dogs. 01865 765008.

Birdwatching Day at Farmoor Reservoir: 10am-4pm, Farmoor. An Oxford Ornithological Society event. Meet: Farmoor Reservoir Gate 3. 01993 880027.

Collectors' Toy & Train Fair: Chipping Norton School, Burford Road, A361, 10.30am-3pm. Dealers from local areas, toys and trains of all descriptions and ages, including sci-fi and TV/film toys. 01608 641870.

Senior Citizens Day: Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway. Free travel for all senior citizens. Talking timetable: 01844 353535.

Antiques and Collectors' Fair: 10.30am-4.30pm, Brill Memorial Hall, Brill. Everyone welcome. Guided tours: Cogges Farm, Witney, 2pm and 3.30pm. 01993 772602.

Street fair: Church Street, Appleford, 2-5pm. Farmhouse teas, craft stalls and demonstrations, cake and plant stalls, activities in church, attractions for children, car parking at village recreation ground. Organised by Appleford Church.

Kidlington Gardening Society: Annual flower and produce show, Exeter Hall, Kidlington. 2.30-4pm. Flowers and produce to be auctioned.

Banbury Country Music Club: Just Us duo. Banbury Old People's Club, Castle Street, Banbury. 8.00pm.

Didcot Steamday: Signalling operating day. Opening times: 10am-5pm (last admission 30 minutes before closing time). Refreshment Room, Souvenir & Book Shop, Relics Display. 01235 817200.

Miniature railway rides: Cutteslowe Park, Oxford, 2-5.30pm.

Thames Valley Rollerskating Club: Old Gaol, Abingdon, 5.30-7pm. 01235 816383.

Dance Classes: Beginners Argentine Tango Class 5pm, Beginners Latin American Class 6pm and Beginners Ballroom Class, 7pm, Upstairs, Cowley Community Centre, Barns Road, Cowley, 5pm. 01865 747144. __________________________

Monday, September 4:

Kaleidoscope weekly creche: Formerly Kidlington Family Cen tre, Oxford Road, Kidlington, creche for pre-school children Monday and Wednesday 9am-noon, Fri 1-3pm, 1.50 per hour. Booking essential. Organised by Oxfordshire County Council. For further information and booking please tel 01865 372591.

50 plus badminton: East Oxford Games Hall, Collins Street, Oxford, 10am-noon, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 01865 242486.

Finstock Parent and Toddler Group: Meets all year round. Finstock Village Hall, 10am-11.30am. Parents and carers of babies to three-year-olds welcome. First session free. Inquiries, tel 01993 868937.

Jigsaw library: 36 Stonebridge Road, Steventon, 11.30am-4pm and 6.30-8pm. New members always welcome. Usually weekly. Tel to check dates. For more information tel 01235 834778.

The Oxford Health Service Retirement Fellowship talk: Mr Martin Allen, of Oxford City Council, speaks on Trading Standards and Consumer Protection at Academic Block, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, at 1.30pm. Monthly talks, outings, meetings, for all retired NHS staff. For further details please telephone 01869 343559. Weekly Tai Chi session: Suitable for all ages, increases flexibility, delays ageing, painless exercise. First two sessions free. Summertown Church Hall, Portland Road, Oxford, 1.30-3pm.

Learn to open canoe without getting wet! Turn up at Falcon and Monday at 7pm. Donnington Bridge Road, Oxford, adults only. 01865 769142. Part of Oxford Riversports Campus Project.

Strawberry Fayre Majorettes practice night: Parish Hall, Between Towns Road, Cowley, 7-9pm, every Monday. For more details telephone 01865 717781.

OXSRAD Singers meet: New singers always welcome, OXSRAD Sport and Leisure Centre, Marsh Lane, Marston, 7.30pm. 01865 741336.

Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir meeting: New members welcome, Small Hall, Cowley Community Centre, Barns Road, 7.30pm. 01865 761038.

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

Abingdon 18 Plus Group: Meets Mondays at the Flowing Well, Sunningwell, 8.30pm. 01865 765356. __________________________

Tuesday, September 5:

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

Dialability Mobile Information Unit: ASDA Store Car Park, London Road, Wheatley, 10.30am-3.30pm.

Water aerobics: Blackbird Leys Pool, noon-1pm, every Tuesday. 01865 779843.

Drop-in Centre: regular drop-in centre for people with life-threatening illness, carers and friends; potential volunteers welcome. St Barnabas Community Centre, 33a Canal Street, Jericho, 2-4pm. 01865 316200.

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

Abingdon Amblers Athletic Club: New members of all standards welcome, Tilsley Park, Abingdon, 6.30pm. Seniors tel 01235 550688. Juniors 01235 535780.

Ladies' running sessions: Four to five miles every Tuesday, meet at Wantage Leisure Centre, 6.45pm. 01235 223304.

Sequence dancing: Beginners tuition. Witney Sequence Club, Langdale Hall, Witney, 6.30pm. General session with further tuition, 7pm. 01865 722250.

Fitness sessions: Circuit training, 7pm, sweat and tone aerobics, 8pm, Headington Parish Hall, Dunstan Road, Headington, 7pm. 01865 777508 for details. Fencing session: Burford Blades Fencing Club, 7pm, equipment provided, all abilities welcome. 01993 702755.

Aftma Kung Fu and kick-boxing: 7pm and 8pm respectively, Old Gaol Leisure Centre, Abingdon, 6pm. 0410 321648.

Abingdon Squadron Air Training Corps: Meet Tuesdays and Fridays 7.15pm, Wootton Road, Abingdon. 01865 433368.

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

2410 Didcot Squadron Air Training Corps meetings: Tuesdays and Thursdays in Trenchard Hall, Newlands Avenue, Didcot, 7.30-9.30pm. For young persons aged between 13 and 18. 01235 555420.

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

Wantage Camera Club: Methodist Church Hall, Newbury Street. Meeting held 7.30pm. Visitors welcome. 4th Bi-Monthly competition. Set Subject, 'Oddities'.

Wantage Male Voice Choir meeting: War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 7.30pm. New members always welcome. No audition required. 01235 768249. Usually weekly.

Oxford 18 Plus Group: Meets every Tuesday from 8.45pm. Tel 01235 810361 for further details. __________________________

Wednesday, September 6:

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

Dialability Mobile Information Unit: Bridge Street, Banbury, 10.30am-3.30pm.

Finstock Parent and Toddler Group: Meets all year round, Finstock Village Hall, 10.30am-noon. Parents and carers of babies to three-year-olds welcome. First session free. Inquiries, tel 01993 868054.

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

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

Cherwell U3A Oxford meeting: Rosemary Kent Talking Turkey. St Columba's Church Hall, Alfred Street, off High Street, Oxford, 2pm. Weekly meetings, tel 01865 242885 for details.

Witney Group of Cruse meeting: National organisation to help bereaved people, New Congregational Church Hall, Welch Way, Witney, 2pm.

SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide): Oxford area branch meets on the first Wednesday of every month early evening, for further details tel Ruth 01235 863060 or 01482 826559. Modern Sequence Dancing: With professional tuition. SS Peter and Paul Church Hall, West Way, Botley, Oxford, 7.15pm. 01993 773506.

Botley Army Cadet Force: Young men and women aged 13-18 welcome, Scout Hut, next to Matthew Arnold School, Botley, 7.30-9.30pm.

Wantage Barbershop Singers rehearsal night: Stockham School, Stockham Way, Wantage, 7.45pm every Wednesday. New male and female members welcome. 01235 835353.

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

Trumps Social Club: For 20-45 year olds, Linton Lodge Hotel, Linton Road, Oxford, 9pm. 01865 776864.

Short mat bowling: Village Hall, Yarnton, 7.30pm. Also Monday mornings. 01865 376552.

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Thursday, September 7:

Dialability Mobile Information Unit: Sheep Street, Bicester, 10.30am-3.30pm.

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

Taster sessions: kayak racing at Falcon Club, Donnington Bridge Road, Oxford, 6pm. 5 per session per person. Adults only. 01865 727388. Part of Riversports Campus Project.

Natural healing: For you and your pets, Old Magistrates' Room, Abbey House, Abingdon, 6.30pm.

White Horse Harriers AC meet: Wantage Leisure Centre, 6.45pm, every Thursday, all abilities welcome. 01235 223304.

Fencing session: Thame Duellist Fencing Club 6.45pm, equipment provided, all abilities welcome. 01993 702755.

Scrabble session: Welcomes players of all abilities. Guildhall, Abingdon, 7pm. 01235 529607.

Abingdon Amblers Athletic Club: New members of all standards welcome, Tilsley Park, Abingdon, 7pm. Seniors 01235 550688. Jun 01235 535780.

Oxford Meads Wildlife Group: Meet: Yarnton Village Hall, 7.30pm.

Abingdon (Abbey) Townswomen's Guild meeting: Roysse Room, Guildhal, Abingdon, 7.30pm. Talk by Miss S. Smith, 50 Years in the Life of a Nanny.

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 call 01491 825910.

St John Ambulance Adults: Meet every Thursday 7.30-9.30pm, for first aid and fun, open to 18-65 year-olds. Naldertown, Wantage. Contact Ann Collier tel 0701 0708999.

Aikido session: Abbey Sports Centre, Berinsfield, 8pm. 01491 415500.

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.