Thursday 15 February 2007
10.00 am - 2 pm
West Oxford Community Cafe
WOCA
Warm yourself up in February … Have a free cup of coffee with your lunch!
Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am - 2pmCafe open: Monday - Friday 10 am - 2 pm Ring 07809 60 30 66 to book your order in advance All kinds of conferences, meetings and parties catered for
Thursday 15th February 2007
6.30 pm
West
Oxford Community Primary School
Ferry Hinksey Road
See also West Oxford Wildlife Group (WOWG) website
Creepies, crawlies and chrysalises
A slideshow walk through the wonderful world of insects and reptiles with Peter Preece.
Peter Preece is a nationally acclaimed wildlife photographer and winner of the BBC Wildlife Magazine Photography Competition 2006
Enquiries - contact Julia Hamer-Hunt 01865 240904
Adults £2, children free.
Thu 15th February 2007
7.00 pm
St
Frideswide's Church
The Virgin and the Shepherdess: Loving Sacred and Secular Marys in Medieval Music.
Saturday 17 February 2007
11.30 pm
WOCA
Toe-tap your way through the winter by joining Nicholas Gill of The Oxford Classic Jazz Band and his friends for three mornings of scintillating sounds from the classic jazz era and entertaining talks.
Jazz Brunch 2 (of 3)
The Classic Jazz Drum Kit - The Art of Touch and Timing.
Nick Ward is an internationally respected exponent of vintage drumming. With the assistance of Nick Gill on piano he will demonstrate all aspects of the kit and explain how it came into being from pre-ragtime days in the 19th Century.
The art of classic jazz drumming is based on treating the kit as a rhythmic, colourful musical instrument with infinite varieties of light and shade - this will be demonstrated in a wide range of ragtime, blues and jazz numbers.
Tickets: £4.00 at the door (£2.00 concessions), to include coffee and a croissant/pastry. All welcome.
Doors open at 11 am for coffees and pastries and at 11.30 the show will start.
Brunch ends at 1.15 pm.
Tuesday 20 February 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy - Week 6
This week - Jim Hague on "The Czech Air Traffic Control System"
Tickets £1.
West Oxford is open to everyone. Each session consists of a 10 minute talk followed by some questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Tuesday 20 February 2007
7.00 pm
River Hotel,
Botley Road
West Oxford Local History Group
50 years working for Kingerlee - builders of West Oxford
Martin Harris will talk about his father's experience working for Oxford building firm Kingerlee.
The River Hotel, this which was originally built as the home of the firm's founder has kindly agreed to host this talk
From the Kingerlee Website
The Kingerlee business was founded in 1868 by Thomas Henry Kingerlee, then a plumber living in Banbury
Thomas Kingerlee moved to Oxford and soon established a thriving business, not only undertaking building works for a variety of customers but also developing new homes for the expanding city. Many houses were built in west Oxford where Helen Road and Henry Road were named after members of his family and where he built a house for himself, which is now the River Hotel. More houses were built in south Oxford and then later back in west Oxford in the area that became New Botley. Many other important projects were completed in this period and those still standing in Oxford include The Old Fire Station and Apollo Theatre in George Street, The Jam Factory in Park End Street and River Mead Hospital on the Abingdon Road.
The company continued to thrive and consolidate through the twentieth century although with the arrival of the internal combustion engine, two World Wars and the Great Depression, things were certainly never dull. During the latter part of that century the company concentrated on general contracting, playing its part in rebuilding after the second war and responding to the boom years in the sixties and seventies. Much work was done at Cowley’s Pressed Steel Plant, now BMW’s new Mini factory, where the Apprentice Building and Paint Shop remain. In 1970 the Company re-started its development business, building amongst others, a number of prominent apartment blocks in North Oxford creating more than 200 new homes in all, and the new studios and offices for Radio Oxford in the Banbury Road.
Thomas Kingerlee died in the 1920’s but by then his two sons and a grandson had joined the business and continued to manage a variety of activities, which included a Joinery and a Builders’ Merchant. Subsequent generations followed them into the business and today three of the founder’s great great grandsons are involved, Jonathan Kingerlee, David Kingerlee and Richard Wilsdon.
Warm yourself up in February … Have a free cup of coffee with your lunch!
Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am - 2pmCafe open: Monday - Friday 10 am - 2 pm All kinds of conferences, meetings and parties catered for Ring 07809 60 30 66 to book your order in advance
Tuesday 27 February 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford - Week 7
This week - Barbara Hammond on "The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: a swift overview"
Tickets £1.
West Oxford is open to everyone. Each session consists of a 10 minute talk followed by some questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Thursday 1 March 2007
7.00 pm
WOCA
Cafe
ETHICS OVER COFFEE – 1
A meeting for an hour's discussion about an aspect of ethics over a cup of tea or coffee. All are very welcome: come to one, some, or all of the discussions.
Thu 1st March: The Impossible Ethic of Jesus Christ- New Testament Ethics.
Led by Canon Wilfrid Browning.
Monday 5th March 2007
7.30 pm
WOCA
Management Meeting
Tuesday 6th March 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford - Week 8 of 8
This week - Fran Riches on "Icons"
Tickets £1.
West Oxford is open to everyone. Each session consists of a 10 minute talk followed by some questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Thursday 15th March 2007
7.00 pm
WOCA
Cafe
ETHICS OVER COFFEE – 3
A meeting for an hour's discussion about an aspect of ethics over a cup of tea or coffee. All are very welcome: come to one, some, or all of the discussions.
Thu 15th March: Climate Change- a Christian response.
Led by Karl Wallendszus, member of SAGE, Oxford's Christian Environmental Group.
Thursday 15th March 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Wildlife Group (WOWG)
Monthly Meeting
Saturday 17 March 2007
11.30 pm
WOCA
Toe-tap your way through the winter by joining Nicholas Gill of The Oxford Classic Jazz Band and his friends for three mornings of scintillating sounds from the classic jazz era and entertaining talks.
Jazz Brunch 3 (of 3)
Louis Armstrong - Jazz Innovator and Pop Star.
This jazz brunch will trace the extraordinary life of Louis Armstrong from his impoverished beginnings as a coal delivery boy in New Orleans before the Great War to celebrity status in the 1960s. During his journey from playing low down blues in brothels to chart hits with "Hello Dolly" and "Wonderful World" he changed the course of Jazz, influenced nearly every great jazz musician and became the most recognizable icon for the music.
Enjoy renditions of numerous jazz anthems and songs in the company of "Megs" Etherington (cornet), Norman Field (clarinet) and Nick Gill (piano).
Tickets: £4.00 at the door (£2.00 concessions), to include coffee and a croissant/pastry. All welcome.
Doors open at 11 am for coffees and pastries and at 11.30 the show will start.
Brunch ends at 1.15 pm.
Thursday 22nd March 2007
7.00 pm
WOCA
Cafe
ETHICS OVER COFFEE – 4
A meeting for an hour's discussion about an aspect of ethics over a cup of tea or coffee. All are very welcome: come to one, some, or all of the discussions.
Thu 22nd March: Why Christian Ethics is Good News – Virtue Ethics.
Led by Fr. Andrew Davison, tutor in Doctrine at St Stephen's House, Oxford.
Thursday 29nd March 2007
7.00 pm
WOCA
Cafe
ETHICS OVER COFFEE – 5
A meeting for an hour's discussion about an aspect of ethics over a cup of tea or coffee. All are very welcome: come to one, some, or all of the discussions.
Thu 29th March: Science and Faith.
Led by Dr Richard Riggs, physicist.
Wednesday 11 April 2007
7.30 pm
WOCA
presents The Falling Sky by Brendan Murray
The Falling Sky is a richly rewarding story based on extensive research with people living in rural Oxfordshire and charts the fascinating stories of five local residents over the course of a year.
The production mixes live music, humour, contemporary issues and strong emotions – guaranteed to make you smile, wonder and wipe away a tear.
Tickets : £5 full and £3 concessions.
Reserve by ringing 245761.
Tuesday 17 April 2007
5.30 pm
St
Matthew's Parish Centre
Marlborough Rd
Planning proposal for Aldi supermarket beside Toys R Us
The proposal to build an Aldi supermarket beside Toys R Us will probably be considered on Tuesday 17 April.
That meeting will be at St Matthew's Parish Centre in Marlborough Rd beginning at 5.30 pm. You are welcome to come and speak.
To let us know your views, contact Councillor Colin Cook(721844: cllrccook@oxford.gov.uk) or Councillor Susanna Pressel (554001: cllrspressel@oxford.gov.uk).
Thursday 19 April 2007
7.00 pm
WOCA
(Mary Town Room)
West Oxford Local History Group
Dr Martin Henig
"Life in Roman Oxfordshire"Dr Henig is an authority on Roman Art and author of several books.
Saturday 21 April 2007
10.00 - 12.00
WOCA
West Oxford Waste Watchers
Bring and take eventOne person’s junk is another person’s treasure! The ideal incentive for having a good spring clean! Bring your junk along to us and take away anything that catches your eye absolutely free. No obligation either to bring or to take!
No electrical goods, or large furniture please, but pictures and other details of these can be displayed on our notice boards with your contact details.
To find out more about other events run by WOWW, watch this website, or better still, join our electronic mailing list: westoxfordcag@yahoo.co.uk. You can also phone Ruth Finar on 727572.
Monday 23 April 2007
7.00 pm
WOCA
WOCA AGM
A short meeting, including your chance to say what you want from the Community Association -- what should we be doing to make your life in West Oxford better?
PLUS
Food, drink, raffle ... and much more.
Top raffle prize is a meal voucher for The White House on the Botley Road (many thanks to The White House for sponsoring this)
AND
A celebration to "turn on" WOCA's new solar panels, which will provide the Community Centre with clean, renewable energy.
Thursday 26 April 2007
7.30 pm
Democrats
Club, Osney
(on the corner of East Street and North Street)
Charity fashion show in aid of Sobell House Hospice.
An evening of Fashion, Fun and Flamenco, with clothes from Rainbow and Spoon.
Tickets cost £12.50 and include a glass of wine and canapés on arrival plus a lucky no prize draw.
Doors open at 7.30. After show dancing til 11.30pm.
Licensed bar.Tickets from Rainbow and Spoon, 22 Park End St, 723492.
Saturday 28 April 2007
10.30 am
Oatlands
Road recreation ground
ALIEN INVASION
Large numbers of Himalayan balsam plants are spreading along the banks of some of our streams. They suppress the growth of mature grasses and other flora. In autumn, the plants die back, leaving the banks bare of vegetation, and therefore liable to erosion. This could increase the danger of flooding.
Please come and help to pull up or cut down as many of the plants as we can. We're meeting on Saturday 28 April at 10.30 am on the footbridge near the playground in Oatlands Road recreation ground. That's at the bottom of Duke Street - click this link to see a map.
For more information:
Susanna Pressel (554001, or email cllrspressel@oxford.gov.uk) or
Julia Hamer-Hunt (240904, email juliahamer_hunt@hotmail.com)
Sunday 29 April 2007
8.30 pm
Democrats
Club, Osney
(1 North Street, on the corner of East Street and North
Street)
West Oxford Local History Group
A Tony Joyce, president of the Oxford Civic Society:
Oxford's West Side Story: the work of the Oxford Civic Society, with particular reference to West Oxford and Osney Island.Tony Joyce's talk will include the Civic Society's work in connection with proposed developments in Oxford's west side, including responses to proposals to redevelop the Westgate, the Newsquest development, and the redevelopment of the River Hotel proposed previously.
This is a joint event with Osney Island Residents Association (OIRA).
Monday 30th April 2007
7.30 pm
WOCA
Community Association Management Meeting
Thursday 10 May 2007
7.30 pm
Mary Town Room
WOCA
West Oxford Wildlife Group AGM
Our guest speaker is Pat Mansfield of the Oxford Urban Wildlife Group.
ARTSWEEK
woc.ART exhibition
Saturday 12 May - Sunday 20 May 2007
Noon to 6 pm
Late night Thursday to 8 pm
8 West Oxford Artists
Saturday 19 May 2007
10.00 am - 12 noon
St
Frideswide's Church, Botley Road
Christian Aid coffee morning
Saturday 9 June 2007
10.30 am - 12.00 noon
Oatlands Road Recreation Ground
West Oxford Waste Watchers
Join us on Saturday morning as we resume our efforts to keep West Oxford litter-free.
We'll be meeting on the Oatlands Road recreation ground at 10.30 am, and will finish around 12.00 noon. Tongs and bags will be provided; bring your own gloves if you want them.
If you know of a particular location which needs our attention, come and tell us.
Tuesday 12 June 2007
5.30 pm
St. Barnabas School, Hart Street, Jericho
Central South and West Area Committee meeting
This meeting may discuss the Bodleian library's plans for a large new book depository on Osney Mead.
Thursday 21 June 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Wildlife Group (WOWG)
Topics under discussion include:
Thursday 12 June 2007
8pm
St Frideswide's churchyard (or in church if wet).
Public Meeting to discuss the ongoing care of trees in the churchyard, and conservation strategy in the churchyard generally.
West Oxford Local History Group (WOLHG)
River trips with local history author and waterways' authority Mark Davies
A rural upstream option past Port Meadow to beyond Godstow, or a busier downstream trip past Christ Church Meadows to Iffley.
Commencing at the Waterman's Arms, Osney OX2 0BE
Or come on both!
and enjoy a complementary glass of wine between trips.
Advance booking essential, before July 7th.
Places limited to 12 per trip.
Price £10 per return trip.
Phone 08452 269396 to book
Details of similar trips at www.oxfordrivercruises.com.
Mark Davies has written extensively on Oxford's waterways.
Click here for more details.
West Oxford Fun Day
Saturday 21 July 2007
1.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Children - Free
Adults - £1 with raffle ticket.Fun for all: stalls, food, games, competitions, live music, BBQ, trampolines, climbing wall, activities, entertainment & more!
Tueday 26 July 2007
7.30 pm
WOCA
This talk is cancelled because of the flooding:
A lecture on the history of Binsey, drawing on baptism and burial records from 1813 till the present day.
Includes the ceremonial handover of the 19th century registers to the Country Records Office.
Wednesday 26 September 2007
7.30 pm
St
Thomas’s Church, Becket Street, Oxford
John Whitehead (Oriel College, and former Churchwarden of St Thomas the Martyr), will speak on:
The Community of St Thomas the Martyr: An Oxford Parish SisterhoodAll welcome.
Sunday 30 September 2007
Harvest Thanksgiving Services at St Margaret's Binsey and St Frideswide's
At Binsey -- 3.30 pm -- Evensong for Harvest Thanksgiving
At St Frideswide's -- 6 pm -- Hymns and Readings for Harvest
This year at St Frideswide`s Church, Botley Rd, we are holding a special Harvest service.
We will be giving thanks for the West Oxford community spirit that was present during the July floods; and we will be standing in solidarity with all those locally whose homes and farms have been damaged by flooding.
We warmly invite everyone in the community to this service and for refreshments afterwards.
Monday 1 October 2007
7.30 pm
WOCA
WOCA Management Committee Meeting
Saturday 6 October 2007
10.00 - 11.30 am
WOCA
Make things for Harvest:
Craft activities for under eights and their families
With coffee, juice, and snacks.All welcome
Sunday 7 October 2007
International Harvest Festival
5.30 - 8.00 pm
WOCA
Bring a main course or pudding to share!
Please bring your own plates and cutlery too.
Circle dancing.FREE ENTRY
All welcome
Tuesday 9 October 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy restarts ...
The all-ability non-selective West Oxford Academy restarts tonight with :
"In Search of Camarón de la Isla" introduced by Marcos.
Frilly dresses in tourist tablaos?
Or a hidden art form that the initiated don't stay awake long enough for?Local flamenco expert and author Marcos will guide us through what flamenco is and what is definiely is not!
Tickets £1 per session, or £5 for all eight talks in this autumn's programme.
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Next session: Tuesday 16 October at 8 pm.
Tuesday 16 October 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
The autumn season of the all-ability non-selective West Oxford Academy continues tonight with :
"9/11 and the War on Terror - an alternative perspective" with Ian Hodgson.
Tickets £1 per session, or £5 for all eight talks in this autumn's programme.
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Next session: Tuesday 23 October at 8 pm.
Thursday 18 October 2007
8.00 pm - FILM
WOCA
West Oxford Waste Watchers
All welcome
West Oxford Waste Watchers are showing Al Gore's award-winning documentary film An Inconvenient Truth.
The film will be followed by a discussion, led by a speaker from local action group ClimateXChange. Plus a quiz and a prize draw.
Thursday 18 October 2007
7.30 pm - WOWG meeting
8.00 pm - FILM
WOCA
All welcome
WOWG joins West Oxford Waste Watchers in their showing of An Inconvenient Truth at 8.00pm at WOCA. The film is about 90 minutes long,
People interested in discussing WOWG issues should try and get there at 7.30pm for a brief WOWG meeting beforehand.
Friday 19 October 2007
St
Frideswide's Church, Botley Road
7.30 pm
St Frideswide's Patronal Festival
High mass at 7.30pm.
The mass setting will be sung by Hertford College Choir.
Fr Robin Gibbons, a member of the Oxford University theology faculty, will be the guest preacher, and Fr Russell will celebrate.
Refreshments will follow the service, at which all are welcome come.
Tuesday 23 October 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
West Oxford Academy continues tonight with :
"The 40% house - ideas for sustainable improvement to existing houses" with David Hammond.
Tickets £1 per session, or £5 for all eight talks in this autumn's programme.
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Next session: Tuesday 30 October at 8 pm.
Tuesday 30 October 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
The autumn season of the all-ability non-selective West Oxford Academy continues tonight with :
"The Internet and Culture - democratization or dumbing down?" with Fr Russell Dewhurst.
Tickets £1 per session.
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Next session: Tuesday 6 November at 8 pm.
Wednesday 31 October 2007
Halloween Party
with competitions for Fancy Dress and
Best Pumpkin
Pre-schoolers 4.00 - 5.30 pm
Five and over 6.00 - 7.30 pm
WOCA
Tickets (£3.50) must be bought in advance.
Adults and children under 2 free.All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Contact Lois on 203550 or call at 31 Harley Road.
Thursday 1 November 2007
2.00 pm
Elim
Chuch, Botley Road
50 Plus meeting
A monthly meeting with a mixture of speakers, films, music etc followed by a cup of tea and a chat.
All welcome.
Monday 5 November 2007
7.30 pm
WOCA
WOCA Management Committee Meeting
Tuesday 6 November 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
"The challenge of climate change and poverty" with Phil Bloomer.
Tickets £1 per session
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Next session: Tuesday 13 November at 8 pm.
Wednesday 7th November 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Waste Watchers
Carbon Footprint - Chris Goodall
Chris Goodall, Oxford resident and author of How to Live A Low-Carbon Life: The Individual's Guide to Stopping Climate Change will be joining us to help us calculate our individual footprints and to lead a discussion on ways of reducing our impact on the planet.
All welcome
Tuesday 13 November 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
Kieron Winn's poems have appeared in Poetry Review, The Spectator, and on BBC1. Kieron will read a handful of his favourite poems and answer questions about the nature and craft of poetry — and perhaps why many readers now suffer from fear of poetry.
Tickets £1 per session
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Next session: Tuesday 20 November at 8 pm.
Thursday 15th November 2007
8 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Wildlife Group
Monthly meeting
All welcome
Saturday 17th November 2007
10.00 am - 12 am
WOCA
West Oxford Waste Watchers
Autumn Bring and Take
These events are a regular fixture. Bring any of your unwanted items along and/or take away anything that catches your eye, absolutely free.
No electrical goods or large furniture, please - but photos and other details of such items can be displayed on our noticeboard with your contact details.
Saturday 17th November 2007
10.00 am - 12 am
Musical Coffee Morning at St Frideswide's
Coffee, and various stalls including cakes, jams,books, Fair Trade, and a chance to find out more about Godly Play. During some
of the morning there will be live music.Funds raised will be split equally between our Organ Appeal and paying for violin lessons for children at the West Oxford Primary School.
Please bring your friends!
Posters will be available in church to pin up around the community.
Donations of cakes to sell gratefully received.
Sunday 18 November 2007
4.00 pm - 6.00 pm
WOCA
Launch of
LOW CARBON WEST OXFORDCome and find out how you can be part of a low carbon community:
Tuesday 20 November 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
"Herbs" with Anne Higgens.
Tickets £1 per session
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Final session: Tuesday 27 November at 8 pm.
Tuesday 27 November 2007
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
"The never-ending detective puzzle — piercing together family history" with Fiona Hedges.
Tickets £1 per session
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
This is the final session of the Academy's autumn season. We expect to restart on Tuesday 15 January at 8.00 pm (date and topic to be confirmed).
Sunday 2 December 2007
CHRISTMAS CRACKERS
An afternoon of fun for everyone
4.00 - 6.00 pm
WOCA
Whatever your talent, come and entertain us at West Oxford's third annual Christmas Crackers.
You can enter on your own, or with friends, as an organisation or as a family group.
To book your slot, find Lois (20355)
For help with transport to this event, ring Marelyn or Richard at WOCA on 245761.If you want to watch, just turn up!
Refreshments available.FREE !!!
All welcome
Thursday 6 December 2007
2.00 pm
Elim
Chuch, Botley Road
50 Plus meeting
A monthly meeting with a mixture of speakers, films, music etc followed by a cup of tea and a chat.
All welcome.
Thursday 6 December 2007
7.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Local History Group
Social meeting with informal planning discussions
Come along, enjoy a drink, meet other people interested in the local history of West Oxford and wider, and help us plan next year's projects.
ALL WELCOME
Only £2 nominal contribution !!
Wednesday 19th December 2007
7.00 pm
Christmas Carols, with choir
We're putting on this extra service especially for West Oxford's shops, businesses and organisations.
It will be a short service, about half an hour, with favourite traditional Christmas carols and some of the readings that tell the Christmas story.
There will also be a collection to raise money for Oxford's hospice, Sobell House.
Afterwards there will be wine and mince pies: please stay for that too if you can
Sunday 23rd December 2007
3.00 pm
Carols by Candlelight
Sunday 23rd December 2007
6.30 pm
Christmas Carols, with junior choir
Monday 24th December 2007
4.30 pm
Children's Crib Service
Tuesday 25th December 2007
9.00 am
Mass of Christmas Day
Tuesday 25th December 2007
10.30 am
Mass of Christmas Day
Tuesday 15 January
2008
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy restarts ...
The all-ability non-selective West Oxford Academy restarts tonight with :
"The Thames in West Oxford: a literary tour" with Mark Davies.
Mark Davies has written extensively on Oxford's waterways.
Click here for more details of Mark's talks and publications.Tickets £1 per session, or £5 for all eight talks in this winter's programme.
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Next Academy session: Tuesday 22 January at 8 pm.
Thursday 17 January 2008
6.00 pm - 8.00 pm
WOCA
NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING
ALL WELCOME
Neighbourhood Action Group meeting
Take your chance and say what issues directly affect you.
Your Neighbourhood Action Group will ensure that they are tackled at
their root cause and provide long term solutions.
Neighbourhood policing is about communities managing their neighbourhood by working
together and in partnership with all local agencies.Your Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) is key to the success of neighbourhood policing.
It is this group who plan on behalf of the community and organise for tasks to be completed.
Your NAG is a volunteer working group made up of representatives from the
community. It includes residents, the police, local authority and other organisations,
such as local businesses and schools.If you cannot attend the meeting but want to contribute,
you can email your concerns to JAW@thamesvalley.pnn.police.ukYour neighbourhod team can also be contacted via the non-emergency Police number : 0845 8 505 505
Tuesday 22 January 2008
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
The winter season of the all-ability non-selective West Oxford Academy continues tonight with :
"Thoughts about museums" with Martin Henig.
Dr Henig is an authority on Roman Art and author of numerous books on the Classical World.
Tickets £1 per session, or £5 for all eight talks in this winter's programme.
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Next session: Tuesday 29 January at 8 pm.
Saturday 26 January 2008
10.45 am - 12.30 am
WOCA
Jazz Brunch with Spats Langham and Norman Field – “Al Bowlly”
For details email g.morgan@oxilp.ac.uk
Tuesday 29 January 2008
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
West Oxford's all-ability non-selective West Oxford Academy continues tonight with :
"Trading shares in Public Limited Companies" with Ian Burton.
Tickets £1 per session, or £5 for all eight talks in this winter's programme.
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Next session: Tuesday 5 Febuary at 8 pm.
Thursday 31 January 2008
All day
WOCA
Main Hall
British Dyslexia Association
"Screening for Dyslexia"A one day course for teachers
Learn about screening and how to use three available screening tools.Course aims:
To enable learners to develop a practical understanding of the key issues associated with screening and to be able to use a range of screening tools effectively.Target Audience:
This training is suitable for class teachers, sencos, teaching assistants, learning support assistants, youth offending team staff and headteachers or anyone working within an educational setting who has responsibility for identifying individual learning needs.It is important that those attending this course already have a good understanding of what dyslexia is and delegates should have previously attended some form of awareness training.
Specialist teachers may also find this course useful as it will provide an opportunity to examine and use a range of screening as opposed to assessment tools.
Sunday 3 February 2008
Candlemas Church Services in West Oxford Churches
Mass at St Margaret's
All-age Parish Mass at St Frideswide's.
The sermon will be particularly suitable for the younger end of the "all-age" range!Details of all activities at St Frideswide's are on the St Frideswide's Church website
Monday 4 February 2008
7.30 pm
WOCA
WOCA Management Committee Meeting
Tuesday 5 February 2008
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
West Oxford's all-ability non-selective West Oxford Academy continues tonight with :
"Nietzsche: how to philosophize with a hammer" with Hadrian Wise.
Tickets £1 per session.
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Next session: Tuesday 12 Febuary at 8 pm.
Wednesday 6 February 2008
6.00-7.00 pm
WOCA
Yoga Class starts.
6 sessions, one per week, with a break for mid-term.
Total cost £30
Wednesday 6 February 2008
7.30 pm
Sung Mass for Ash Wednesday
This mass will include Imposition of Ashes for those who wish to receive a mark of ask on their forehead: a sign with which to begin Lent. (If you prefer a daytime Ash Wednesday service, the mass at St Thomas's, Becket St, will be at 12.30pm that day.)
Details of all activities at St Frideswide's are on the St Frideswide's Church website.
Tuesday 12 February 2008
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
West Oxford's all-ability non-selective West Oxford Academy continues tonight with :
"Vaccines: the current state of affairs and the evidence for and against vaccines" with Quentin Sattentau.
Tickets £1 per session.
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Next session: Tuesday 19 Febuary at 8 pm.
Tuesday 12 February 2008
WOCA
5.30 pm
Oxford City Council
Central, South and West Area Committee
meets at WOCA
Wednesday 13 February 2008
7.00 pm
WOCA
Cafe
St Frideswide's Parish Lent Group– 1
Peter Bridges - A Christian magistrate's view of the Criminal Justice System
Our PARISH LENT GROUP begins on Wednesday 13th February and will last five
weeks.The Lent groups run from 7pm for one hour, and will be an opportunity to discuss a
topic with a guest speaker, all over a cup of coffee.You are warmly invited to come along: to all the sessions, or to any particular ones that take your fancy.
Each session will stand very much on its own: the speaker will give a short talk
about the subject, and then we will have a discussion of the matters raised.Next meeting: Wednesday 20 February, WOCA cafe, 7 pm
Details of all activities at St Frideswide's are on the St Frideswide's Church websit
Tuesday 19 February 2008
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
POSTPONED --- POSTPONED --- POSTPONED
TONIGHT'S MEETING HAS HAD TO BE POSTPONEDNext session: Tuesday 26 Febuary at 8 pm.
Wednesday 20 February 2008
7.00 pm
WOCA
Cafe
St Frideswide's Parish Lent Group– 2
Fr Russell Dewhurst - Antidisestablishmentarianism (Church and State)
The Lent groups run from 7pm for one hour, and will be an opportunity to discuss a
topic with a guest speaker, all over a cup of coffee.You are warmly invited to come along: to all the sessions, or to any particular ones that take your fancy.
Each session will stand very much on its own: the speaker will give a short talk
about the subject, and then we will have a discussion of the matters raised.Next meeting: Wednesday 27 February, WOCA cafe, 7 pm
Details of all activities at St Frideswide's are on the St Frideswide's Church website
Thursday 21 February 2008
7.30 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Local History Group
"Carfax Conduit and Harcourt Hill Wellhouse"
a talk by John Ashdown.John's talk will expand and consolidate what we learned about the Well House (aka "Conduit House") in Susan Westlake's excellent talk about the work of English Heritage in Oxfordshire.
John will look at the history of the Carfax Conduit and the well house, compare the scheme with other 17th century water supplies, and illustrate their current condition.
John Ashdown was Conservation Officer with Oxford City Council from 1972 to 2000, and recently lead a walk to look at the Carfax Conduit itself for the Oxford Preservation Trust. He is quite an expert on well houses, amongst many other topics
Tuesday 26 February 2008
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
West Oxford's all-ability non-selective West Oxford Academy continues tonight with :
"The 1911 Festival of Britain at the Crystal Palace" with Ben Reiss.
Tickets £1 per session.
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Next session: Tuesday 4 March at 8 pm.
Wednesday 27 February 2008
7.00 pm
WOCA
Cafe
St Frideswide's Parish Lent Group– 3
<Fr Donald Reece - Different Faiths Together
The Lent groups run from 7pm for one hour, and will be an opportunity to discuss a
topic with a guest speaker, all over a cup of coffee.You are warmly invited to come along: to all the sessions, or to any particular ones that take your fancy.
Each session will stand very much on its own: the speaker will give a short talk
about the subject, and then we will have a discussion of the matters raised.Next meeting: Wednesday 5 March, WOCA cafe, 7 pm
Details of all activities at St Frideswide's are on the St Frideswide's Church website
Monday 3 March 2008
7.30 pm
WOCA
WOCA Management Committee Meeting
Tuesday 4 March 2008
8.00 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Academy
West Oxford's all-ability non-selective West Oxford Academy continues tonight with :
"Birth of the blues" with Bob Summers.
Tickets £1 per session.
Each session consists of a 15-20 minute talk by a local resident, followed by questions and informal discussion over a glass of wine.
Each session lasts no more than an hour or so. A wonderful way to find out about a wide range of topics and meet new people!
Wednesday 5 March 2008
7.00 pm
WOCA
Cafe
St Frideswide's Parish Lent Group– 4
Jenny Ayres - The Challenges of World Poverty
The Lent groups run from 7pm for one hour, and will be an opportunity to discuss a
topic with a guest speaker, all over a cup of coffee.You are warmly invited to come along: to all the sessions, or to any particular ones that take your fancy.
Each session will stand very much on its own: the speaker will give a short talk
about the subject, and then we will have a discussion of the matters raised.Final meeting: Wednesday 12 March, WOCA cafe, 7 pm
Details of all activities at St Frideswide's are on the St Frideswide's Church website
Saturday 8 March 2008
10.00 am - 12 noon
WOCA
West Oxford joins Oxfordshire's county-wide swap shop
This is the opportunity to bring unwanted, but reusable items, or pick up anything you want.
Bring or take or swap - all for free.Items that you are welcome to bring along are: books, CDs, children's toys and baby items, garden tools or equipment, household goods, kitchen ware, pots pans and small items of furniture.
Items too large to bring? Bring a photo and details and put them on the swap board.
Swap Shops are great fun!
Everyone enjoys getting something for nothing
as well as doing their bit to reduce their carbon footprint.
Sunday 9 March 2008
4.00 pm - 5.30 pm
WOCA
Low Carbon West Oxford - meeting at WOCA (Mary Town Room)
All West Oxford residents are invited to come along and find out what's going on locally to reduce the carbon footprint of our community.
Tea and home-made cakes available.
Wednesday 12 March 2008
7.00 pm
WOCA
Cafe
St Frideswide's Parish Lent Group– 5
Paula Clifford - Journalism and the Media
The Lent groups run from 7pm for one hour, and will be an opportunity to discuss a
topic with a guest speaker, all over a cup of coffee.You are warmly invited to come along: to all the sessions, or to any particular ones that take your fancy.
The speaker will give a short talk about the subject, and then we will have a discussion of the matters raised.
Details of all activities at St Frideswide's are on the St Frideswide's Church website
Thursday 13 March 2008
7.30 pm
West
Oxford Democrats Club, East Street, Osney Island
Oxford Flood Alliance
We are an alliance of local residents and interested parties working on developing short and long term solutions to the flooding of our homes.
After the devastation of July 2007 and the recent January scare, we are determined to do everything we can to reduce the risks and prevent further flooding.
Believe it or not, there IS action that can be taken by the Environment Agency, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford City Council, Vale of the White Horse and Network Rail ... but it needs to happen NOW.
Want to find out how you can help to put the pressure on? Come along to our first briefing meeting at West Oxford Democrats Club, starting at 7:30 pm.
Saturday 15 March 2008
10.00 am - 12 noon
WOCA
Litter Pick - Low Carbon West OxfordWest Oxford's own local Litter Pick, as part of the OxClean Spring Clean weekend.
Meet outside the Community Centre at 10.00 am, and bring your own gloves.
Bags for the waste and some tongs will be provided.Children welcome.
Thursday 27 March 2008
7.30 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Local History Group
"Literary West Oxford"
a talk by Mark Davies.The waterways of West Oxford seen through the eyes of poets, novelists, diarists and travellers over time.
Monday 31 March 2008
7.30 pm
WOCA
WOCA Management Committee Meeting
Monday 21 April 2008
WOCA
2008 WOCA AGM
A short meeting, including your chance to say what you want from the Community Association -- what should we be doing to make your life in West Oxford better?
PLUS
Food, drink, music ... and much more
Thursday 24 April 2008
7.30 pm
WOCA
West Oxford Local History Group
Jane Baldwin of Oxford Preservation Trust
will talk about the Trust and its work in West Oxford.
ARTSWEEK Site 264
woc.ART exhibition
Saturday 17 May - Monday
26 May 2009
Noon to 6 pm
Late night Thursday May 22 to 8 pm
5 West Oxford Artists - Joy Perkins, Andrew Walker, Lawrie Minty, Phyl Kiggell, Helen C White
Mixed Media, Painting and Drawing, Photography
Irresistible! Pots, paintings, photographs, drawings & more.
SOON
SOON
SOON !!!
West Oxford News - final deadline for contributions
Sunday 15 June 2008
West Oxford News - final deadline for contributions.
Today is the LAST day to get your copy in to Athene for the June 2008 issue of West Oxford News, West Oxford's unique quarterly newsletter.
Leave your contributions at the Community Centre (marked for the attention of Athene Reiss) or e-mail to newsletter@woca.org.uk by 15 June.
Whats West Oxford News? Click here to download a copy.
Thursday 19 June 2008
7.00 pm
Please telephone Oxford
242760 or 241339 for details of the starting point
West Oxford Local History Group
Liz Woolley will lead a walk around historic St Thomas's, an early Oxford suburb west of the castle site (west side).
The walk will include a visit to St Thomas's Church, donations are invited, suggested amount £3.
Meet at 6 pm - please phone Oxford 242760 for details of the starting point..
Saturday 28 June 2008
10 am-3 pm
ST FRIDESWIDE`S GIFT DAY
Our gift day is the main fund-raising event of the year at St Frideswide's.
We have written to every house in the parish with information about the "St
Frideswide`s for the 21st Century Appeal" (you can read the letter here:
http://www.qurl.com/z8pd3) and asking for donations.On Saturday 28th June St Frideswide's will be open from 10am-3pm. There will be
a chance to see display boards outlining our progress with the appeal, and have
a chat over a cup of coffee. There will also be some stalls selling cakes,
jams, second-hand books and so on. We hope to see you on the day!If you can contribute any books or cakes to the gift day, or would be able to
help man a stall for an hour or two, please let me know.
Saturday 19 July 2008
1.00 pm - 5.00 pm
West Oxford Fun Day
Fun for all: stalls, food, games, competitions, live music, BBQ, trampolines, climbing wall, activities, entertainment & more!
CLICK HERE to download full Fun Day program with event times ... fifty exciting items !
Sunday 20 July 2008
Binsey
12 noon - 5 pm
Binsey Village Fete - in aid of the St Margaret's Repair Fund.
BINSEY VILLAGE FETE - 20th JULY
The fete will be opened by the Dean of Christ Church at 12 noon, and will continue till 5pm.
At 3pm a procession will leave the village green for St Margaret`s church, where there will be a blessing of the well and festal evensong for the feast of St Margaret of Antioch.
All afternoon there will be activities for adults and children, including
All money raised will go toward the Binsey Repair Fund.
This is the first ever Binsey village fete. Binsey is a a small village and we need volunteers to run stalls and to help in other ways.
If you would like to help at the fete, by manning a stall or helping on some other way, please get in touch with Russell Dewhurst.
West Oxford News - NEXT ISSUE - final deadline for contributions
Tuesday 16 September 2008
Steve Wride writes:
Just a brief note to introduce myself as the new editor of the West Oxford Community Association Newsletter.
Firstly, three cheers for Athene for all her hard work on the newsletter, she'll be a hard act to follow.
Secondly, I hope to have the next edition out by the end of September. If you have recently sent stuff to Athene, then I have it. If not, please let me have it by next Tuesday, 16th September.
You can send your copy as an e-mail attachment in just about any format you like, I'll let you know if I can't decypher it. Alternatively, you can deliver hard copy to me, so long as it's legible, and I'll type it up, or scan it if an illustration, for publication.
E-mail address: stephen.wride@ntlworld.com
Street address: 33, Henry RdWhats West Oxford News? Click here to download a copy.
Heritage Open Days
11-14 September 2008
OXFORD
Click
here for a leaflet of local events
Heritage Open Days celebrates England's fantastic architecture and culture. They offer FREE access to properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge for admission. Every year on four days in September, buildings of every age, style and function throw open their doors, ranging from castles to factories, town halls to tithe barns, parish churches to Buddhist temples - a once-a-year chance to discover hidden architectural treasures and enjoy a wide range of tours, events and activities which bring to life local history and culture.
As part of Heritage Open Days, Oxford opens its doors over the weekend of 13 and 14 September for you to discover and enjoy some of its most interesting buildings and spaces, little known corners and unusual places.
With over 30 venues from town & gown taking part, we hope there is something here to interest and inspire everyone and all free of charge.
Be a tourist for the day and look at your city with fresh eyes, find out more about its history and even how it works. Catch a ride on an authentic Oxford vintage bus to the Oxford Bus Company’s depot or visit the Oxford Fire Station or the City Works and meet the people who keep our city running and safe. Or go on-site to see the exciting new developments at the Ashmolean Museum and Islamic Studies Centre. Climb up church towers or down the Conveyor Tunnel at the Bodleian Library - let your curiosity take you behind-the-scenes in all kinds of places. Step outside the city centre and visit the newly restored former Regal Cinema in East Oxford or be inspired by an Eco-home. Follow a guided walk, see an exhibition and then why not relax in one of the many beautiful gardens.
Click here to download a leaflet.
Oxford Open Doors is organised by Oxford Preservation Trust in partnership with Oxford University.
Saturday 13 September 2008
10 am-6 pm
St Frideswide's (Botley Road) and St Margaret's (Binsey)
RIDE-OR-STRIDE
St Frideswide's and St Margaret's will both be open all day on Saturday 13th September, 10 am-6 pm, as part of the "Ride-or-Stride" to raise money for the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust.
If you are able able to spare an hour or more to help man St Frideswide`s, to greet cyclists and walkers, please sign up in church.
Sunday 14 September 2008
2.30-4.30 pm
WOCA
Low Carbon West Oxford - drop in session
Find out more about Low Carbon West Oxford (LCWO) and the project that has already won £20,000 and could go on to win £1 million in the Big Green Challenge.
Our drop-in session on Sunday 14th September from 2.30 to 4.30 pm at West Oxford Community Centre is for any one who wants to find out more, get involved in, or share any suggestions about, LCWO and the Big Green Challenge project.
Members of LCWO Renewables Group will be there to answer your questions, hear your views, or simply have a chat.
Tea and coffee will be available.The kind of things we'd like to know from you about LCWO and the project are:
Sunday 28 September 2008
3.30 pm
St Margaret's (Binsey)
HARVEST THANKSGIVING - Binsey
Harvest Thanksgivingwith festal evensong at Binsey - 3.30 pm on Sunday 28th September.
Sunday 5 October 2008
10.30 am
St Frideswide's (Botley Road)
HARVEST THANKSGIVING - St Frideswide's
Harvest festival will be celebrated during the Parish Mass at 10.30 am on Sunday 5th October.
Sunday 5 October 2008
5.30 - 7.30 pm
WOCA
INTERNATIONAL HARVEST FESTIVAL - at West Oxford Community Centre
All welcome
FREE ENTRYBring a main course or pudding to share!
Please bring your own plates and cutlery too.
WOCA Management Committee Meeting
Wednesday 15 October 2008
The Low Carbon West Oxford - food group calendar launch
The calender is printed locally on recycled paper using waterless offset and vegetable oil based inks. The photos were taken on local allotments and the recipes were contributed given by local residents.
CALENDAR LAUNCH - October 15
The calendar will be launched at a talk by Mark Lynas and a Low Carbon discussion at the Corner Club, 16-17 Turl Street, Oxford, on 15th October (£3 entry, starts at 7.30pm).
CALENDAR SALES IN WEST OXFORD
The calendar is also on sale at: Tuscan Pots, Eggs Etcetera, The Jam Factory, and The Allotment Shop.
Leaving Fear Behind - Tipple for Tibet:
Wine and cheese evening with a cause!
Thursday 23rd October2008
7.30 pm
St Frideswide's (Botley Road)
St Frideswide's patronal festival - with Hertford College Choir and the Archdeacon of Oxford.
St Frideswide`s patronal festival will be celebrated with a High Mass on Thursday 23rd October at 7.30pm.
We always keep this feast on a weekday evening because many of our friends and supporters who aren't able to be with us on Sundays like to attend.
The preacher will be the Archdeacon of Oxford and Hertford College Choir will sing the mass. Put the date in your diary now..
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