Friday, August 25

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.

Chilterns Craft Show: Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames, 10am-6pm. Free parking. Admission adults 4.70, senior citizens 3.70, children 2. The event continues at the same times until Monday.

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.

Contemporary dance workshops: Weekly at Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road, Oxford. Advanced Level for 16 years plus. Fridays 6.30-7.30pm, Sundays 5.30-6.30pm. 01865 722851. Ladies' running sessions: Four to five miles every Friday, meet at Wantage Leisure Centre, 6.45pm. 01235 223304.

St John Ambulance Cadets: Meet every Friday 7-9pm, for first aid and fun, open to ten-16 year-olds. Naldertown, Wantage. Contact Rodney Clarkson tel 01235 224427.

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, August 26

Farmers' market: local stalls with a variety of produce, Market Place, Bampton, 9am-2pm.

Advice centre: Dr Evan Harris, MP Oxford West and Abingdon, St John's Church Hall, The Broadway, Kidlington. 01865 245584.

Team time: family activities day. Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock. 01993 814115.

Festival of the Horse: Highclere Castle, open 9am daily until Monday. Craft fair throughout weekend and fun dog show. 01256 850272.

Floral art show: Wallingford Flower Club at Cholsey Primary School, Church Road, Cholsey, in conjunction with Cholsey Flower Show. 01491 839128. Table Top Sale: PDSA Oxford Fundraising Group, outside Allied Carpets, Banbury Road, Oxford (weather permitting), 10am-3pm.

Enstone Flower & Veg Show and Fte: Enstone Horticultural Society, Sports Field, 2pm. Fun dog rally, organised children's races, bouncy castle, stalls, bowling, side shows, teas and arts and crafts.

Art Competition: Saxon Tower, St Michael at the Northgate, Oxford. Competition open to visitors aged 16 years and under, until September 4, 10am-5pm. Closed Tuesdays, Sundays noon-5pm. Details 01865 240940.

Oddington Flower Festival: at 12th-century church of St Nicholas. Church open 10am-6pm each day until Monday Aug 28. Stalls. Teas in village hall each afternoon. Light lunches Saturday and ploughman's lunches Monday. In aid of restoration of the organ at Holy Ascension Church, Oddington.

Nostalgia weekend: featuring traction engines, motor bikes, car boot sale, children's entertainment, refreshments, Ridgeway Machinery Preservation Club, Challow Park, Challow, near Wantage, 10am-5pm. Also Sunday with Freddy the Fox . Adults 3.50, concession 1.50.

Museum open: display of static 20th century ready-to-run model railways, Pendon Museum, Long Wittenham, 11am-5pm until Monday. Also open 2-5pm each Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday during September.

Sulgrave Manor: A Georgian Murder and Mystery Weekend, August 26 to 28. 10.30am-5pm. Adults 4.50, child 2.25. Tel: 01295 760205. Cogges Manor Farm Museum, Witney: Parlour singers and Magic Toy Man. Details 01993 772602.

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

Summer Fun on the Broadway: Town Crier in Didcot centre, 10am-2pm, bouncy castle on the forecourt of Broadway's pub, 10.30am-4pm.

Flower festival: Four Otmoor Churches, 10am-6pm, today, Sunday and Monday. Refreshments.

Westcote Barton Church fete: The Rectory, Middle Barton, 2-4pm.

Stanton St John Festival 2000: The bi-annual Summer Festival on 26-28 August 2000. Art and Craft Exhibition, open gardens, cream teas and bank holiday Monday country market.

Car boot sale: John Radcliffe Sports and Social Club at Football Field, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, 11am-3pm.

Museum open: display of static 20th century ready-to-run model railways, Pendon Museum, Long Wittenham, 11am-5pm until Monday. Also open 2-5pm each Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday during September. Shrivenham village fete: Attractions include Horticultural show, car boot sale, fun fair and prize draw. Also Shrivenham Circular walk, culminating in barbecue and fireworks at Canal Side Park in Stainswick Lane.

Bingo session: 28th Oxford Scout Group HQ, Fairlie Road, off Mayfair Road, Cowley, Oxford, 7.30pm.

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Sunday, August 27

Museum Alive!: meet a medieval soldier or a victorian tollkeeper, make a beeswax candle, make a brick or a traditional toy, Chiltern Open Air Musem of Historic Buildings, Chalfont St Giles, 10am-5pm. Also Monday. 01494 872163.

Craft demonstrations: Magic Toy Man and peg doll making: Cogges Manor Farm Museum, Witney, noon-5.30pm. 01993 772602.

Antiques and collectors fair: Haddenham Village Hall, 10am-4pm. 01865 331103.

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

Eynsham Beer Festival: Eynsham Cricket Pavilion, noon until 9pm, ales from at least six local Cotswold breweries, with traditional cider, barbecue, display by Eynsham Morris, Aunt Sally. Free entry. 5 buys 6 half pints of ale. Also car treasure hunt, 2 entry per car. Details and tickets for treasure hunt, telephone 01865 881229. Holiday barbecue: live music from Cooking on Gas. Six Bells, Kidlington, 4pm. Children welcome until 9pm.

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Monday, August 28

Silly Hat Day: Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway. The Icknield Line. Each child wearing a silly hat will travel free when accompanied by a fare paying adult. Talking timetable tel 01844 353535.

Car boot sale: 112 Brize Norton Road, Minster Lovell, 10am. 01993 774631.

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

Rambling club walk: Figure of eight from Deddington, 12 miles. Meet Cripley Road near Oxford Rail Station, 9.30am.

Fun shoot: air rifle and air pistols. Open to all. Morris Motors ASSC at Crescent Road, Cowley, 11am-5pm.

Fun day: Carterton recreation ground, 11.30am. Car boot sale, dog show, RAF Falcons parachute team.

The Ramblers' Association walk: meet 10am Goring Heath, park opposite King charles Head. Five miles via Hardwick, 01491 574065.

Cogges Manor Farm Museum, Witney: Storyteller; Baking in the Bread Oven; Magic Toy Man. Details 01993 772602. Garden fete: Copse View, Castle Street, Steventon, 2.30pm. Profits to parish church lighting fund.

Rounders and Family Fun Afternoon: Hailey Village Hall/Playing Fields, 2pm. Stalls, Bouncy Castle, refreshments. Admission 1 per person. To enter a team contact Tina: 01993 774771 or just come along and enjoy.

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Tuesday, August 29

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

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 tel 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.

25th anniverary: to celebrate the opening of The Theatre, film showing of Towering Inferno, bar and display of fire memorabilia opens 7pm, film 7.30pm. Benefit event for Oxfordshire Fire Benevolent Fund. Tickets 5. The Theatre, Chipping Norton. Box office 01608 642350.

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.

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

Wantage Camera Club: Slide knockout competition. Judged by the members. Methodist Church Hall, Newbury Street, Wantage, 7.30pm. Visitors welcome, admission 2, refreshments available. Weekly. Wantage Male Voice Choir meeting: War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 7.30pm. New members always welcome. No audition required. 01235 768249.

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

Wallingford Rotaract Social Club meeting: Open to everyone aged 18-30, Hithercroft Sports Club, Hithercroft Road, Wallingford, 8pm.

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

Wednesday, August 30

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

Holiday Roadshow: Benson Youth Centre, 10am-4pm. Age 8-13, cost 6. Details 01865 247427.

Bargain day: two for the price of one admission for Oxford residents only. Saxon Tower, St Michael at the North Gate Church, Cornmarket Street. Reduced rate for guest, 1.50. 10am-5pm. 01865 240940.

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

Dialability Mobile Information Unit: Market Place, Wantage, 10.30am-3.30pm.

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. Eynsham Road Runners meet: Every Wednesday at Sports Pavilion, Eynsham, 6.30pm. 01865 862077.

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.

Royal Green Jackets: Oxfordshire Royal Green Jackets Battalion Berinsfield Detachment ACF, open to boys and girls aged 13-18 at Tower Road, Berinsfield, 7.30-10pm every Wednesday. 01865 778844.

Gardening demonstration: Jan Taylor will be demonstrating autumn/winter care of pelargoniums. Kidlington Gardening Society, Evans Lane FC, Kidlington, 7.45pm.

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

Thursday, August 31

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

Holiday Roadshow: Wheatley Youth Centre, 10am-4pm. Age 8-13, cost 6. Details 01865 247427.

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. Turn up any Thursday. 5 per session per person. Aulds only. 01865 727388. Part of the 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: Small friendly group 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.

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. Round dancing: Beginners class (featured rhythm Cha Cha), Kennington Methodist Church, Upper Road, Kennington. 8.15pm. Organised by Scarlet Ribbons Round Dance Club. For further information please tel 01865 453744. Alternate Thursdays. Please tel to confirm dates.

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Friday, September 1

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