What's on in and around Oxfordshire, September 15 -22

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).

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.

Wildlife talk: The World of Bats. Watlington Town Hall, 7.30pm. Speaker: D Endacott. Live bats on display! Admission: Adults 2, Children 1. Contact: F Danks 01491 613524.

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

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, September 16:

Autumn bazaar: Oxford and District Mencap at Templars Square, Cowley Centre, Oxford, 9am-2pm.

Table top and car boot sale: Steventon Village Hall, 9am-noon. For local scout group. 01235 831283.

Coffee morning: with stalls and light lunches, Salvation Army, Albion Place, St Ebbe's Street, Oxford, 10am-12.30pm.

Autumn fayre: in aid of Radley Dog Rescue and Buckland Cat Sanctuary. Headington Quarry Village Hall, 1pm.

Scouts rummage sale: St Mary and St John Church Hall, Cowley Road, Oxford, 2pm.

Rambling club walk: Oxfordshire Way and Ridgeway: Lewknor and Pyrton, 15 miles. Meet Cripley Road near Oxford Rail Station, 9am.

Coffee morning: with nearly new sale, Parish Hall, Chapel Lane, Enstone, 10am.

Jumble sale: Merry Bells, Wheatley, 10am-noon.

Oxford Fieldpaths Society walks: meet Buscot National Trust car park 10am and 1.30pm. Figure-of-eight walk using Thames Path. Approx five miles each walk. Monring via Kelmscott, afternoon through Lechlade. Opportunity to visit Kelmscott Manor after walk. 01865 553800. Jumble sale: West Oxford Animal Rescue, Seacourt Hall, Botley, 10-11.30am.

Coffee Morning, light lunches, stalls: Salvation Army, Albion Place, St Ebbes, Oxford, 10am-12.30pm.

Autumn bazaar: Abingdon Hospital, 10am. Admission 50p, includes coffee and biscuits.

Harvest flower festival: St Leonard's Church, Sunningwell, 10am-6pm, Sun 10.30am-5.30pm. Tea and coffee available. Also Sun 6pm, Harvest Festival Evensong.

Living History: The Siege of Sulgrave, Sulgrave Manor, near Banbury, 10.30am-5pm. Also Sunday. 01295 760205.

Craft demonstrations: Steam Threshing Weekend, Cogges Manor Farm Museum, near Witney, noon-5.30pm. 01993 772602.

Advice centre: Dr Evan Harris, Oxford West and Abingdon MP at The Bear Room, The Guildhall, Abingdon. Tel: 01865 245584 for further information.

Jumble sale: Scout Hut, Ashhurst Way, Rose Hill, Oxford, 1pm.

Jumble sale: 22nd Oxford Sea Scout Group, Meadow Lane, Donnington Bridge, Oxford, 2pm. Indian Summer Fete: Wheatley Primary School After-School Club, in scool grounds, 2-4pm.

Jumble Sale: Bletchington village hall. 2pm.

Scouts' reunion: 75th anniversary celebration of 28th Oxford (Littlemore) Scout Group at Headquarters, Fairlie Road, Littlemore, 2-9pm, all past and present members and helpers welcome.

Garsington Church fete: Garsington Manor Gardens, 2pm. To be opened by John Mortimer. Free car park.

Bishop of Winchester's Palace Site, Witney: Heritage Open Days, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 September. Open from 2-4pm each day, disabled access. 01993 814114 for further information.See also page 14 for round-up of county events.

Sunday, September 17:

Table top and car boot sale: Recreation Hall, Long Hanborough, 9am. 01993 830833.

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

Car Boot Sale: Souldern recreation field (adjacent to B4100 between Bicester and Banbury), 10am.

CTC Wantage Section cycle ride: meet Wantage Market Square, 10am. All day, 40-50 miles. 01235 764257. Fungus Foray: Warburg Reserve Visitor Centre, near Henley, Oxon, SU 720880, 10.30am. Leader: A Brickstock. Bring a packed lunch, x10 hand lens and book. Joint event with Reading Fungus Group. 0118 942 5073.

Working Woodlands Open Day: noon-5pm. Parking at Horspath Road Recreation Ground or for disabled users at Brasenose Farm, off the south bound carriageway of the Eastern Bypass, opposite Curry's Superstore, Cowley. Further details 01865 715830.

Car boot sale: 22nd Oxford Sea Scout Group, Meadow Lane, Donnington Bridge, Oxford, 1pm.

Horticultural show: Wolvercote Horticultural Society at Wolvercote Village Hall, 2-4pm.

Cogges Manor Farm Museum, Witney: Small Engine Preservation Society demonstrations. Museum open noon to 5.30pm. 01993 772602.

Digi-Day: get ready for the next wave of monster madness to sweep the country Digimon. Borders Bookshop, Magdalen Street, Oxford, 2-4pm.

Morris Motors Athletic & Social Club Limited: Ballroom, Country & Western, Daytona. Admission: 4 for members & pensioners, all others 5. Tel: 01865 778476. _____________________

Monday, September 18:

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

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

Oxford Pedestrians' Association meeting: Every third Monday of the month, Oxford Town Hall, 7pm, pre-meeting 6.30pm. 01865 766368.

Oxford Philatic Society meeting: Methodist Church, Rose Hill, 7pm. 01235 529005.

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.

Amnesty International meeting: 58 Banbury Road, Oxford, 7.30pm. Meetings on third Monday of each month.

Kidlington Folk Dance Club: every Monday during school terms. Beginners and experienced dancers welcome. 7.30pm. Term Time. 6th Form Block, Gosford Hill School, Kidlington. 01865 372085. 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.

Abingdon Astronomical Society meeting: Methodist Church Hall, Dorchester Crescent, Abingdon, 8pm. Tel: 01865 725094 for further details.

Woodstock Society talk: Multi-Ethnic Britain, Speaker: Robin Richardson, Community Centre, New Road, Woodstock, 8pm.

Kidlington Camera Club: Meetings every Monday, Adult Education Centre, Kidlington, 7-30pm.

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

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

Tuesday, September 19:

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

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

University of the Third Age meeting: talk by Catherine Bearder A Bride in the Bush. Headington Community Centre, Gladstone Road, 2-4pm. Meetings on first and third Tuesdays each month. 01865 723995.

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.

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

Fencing session: Burford Blades Fencing Club, 7pm, equipment provided, all abilities welcome. 01993 702755.

Oxford Photographic Society meeting: Take Five five slides, five subjects of own choice, judged by members. Nurses Seminar Room, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford, 7.30pm. Visitors welcome.

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

Wantage Camera Club talk: Visitors welcome. Visiting Lecturer: Colin Fountain of the 'Cotswold Wildlife Park'. Methodist Church Hall, Newbury Street, Wantage, 7.30pm. Wantage Male Voice Choir meeting: War Memorial Hall, East Hanney, 7.30pm. New members always welcome. No audition required. 01235 768249.

Rehearsal night: Letcombe Singers rehearse for Christmas concerts Charpentier's Messe de Minuit and Holst's Christmas Day. Letcombe Regis Village Hall, 7.30pm.

Witney Historical Society meeting: At Langdale Hall, Witney, this month only. Usually at Corn Exchange, Witney. 7.30pm. Meetings on third Monday each month. 01993 771088 .

Dance classes: new dancers welcome for Square and Contra dancing at Catholic Church Hall, Sutton Courtenay, 8pm. First evening free. 01235 834778.

Samba dance class: Jericho Community Centre, 33a Canal Street, Jericho, Oxford, 8.15pm. Every Tuesday. 0794 6078581.

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

Wednesday, September 20:

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

Dialability Mobile Information Unit: Wheel Orchard car park, Goring, 10.30am-3.30pm.

Water Babies: second of 13 sessions for children aged four months to three years, in the learner pool with tuition. Ferry Pool, Summertown, Oxford, 11am-noon. For further information please tel 01865 552295.

Farmers' market: High Street car park, Woodstock, 9am-2pm.

Annual general meeting: Oxfordshire Mental Health Care NHS Trust at Multi-Function Room, Littlemore Mental Health Centre, Sandford Road, Littlemore, 12.30pm. All welcome. Time for informal chat after meeting.

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

Cherwell U3A Oxford meeting: Mr Brian Stepney talks on selling silver from a market stall. St Columba's Church Hall, Alfred Street, off High Street, Oxford, 2pm. Weekly meetings, tel 01865 242885 for details.

Weekly whist drive: King Alfred Drive Community Centre, Didcot, 7.30pm. Every Wednesday. 01235 816745. Ridgeway Speakers Club: Visitors welcome, The Guildhall, Abingdon, 7.30pm. 01235 850366. Meetings first and third Wednesday each month.

Oxford Ski Club meeting: Oxford University Press Sports and Social Club, Jordan Hill, Oxford, 7.45pm.

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.

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

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Thursday, September 21:

Thame Show: traditional farmers' show with craft stalls, food, produce,Thame Show Ground, all day.

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

Dialability Mobil Information Unit: Back Lane car park, Eynsham, 10.30am-3.30pm.

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

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

Wantage CTC pub night: meet Millbrook Square, Grove, 6.30pm, for ride to Trout at Tadpole Bridge, or meet 8pm at the pub. Lights required. 01235 772134.

Scrabble session: Small friendly group welcomes players of all abilities. Guildhall, Abingdon, 7pm. 01235 529607. North Oxford Folk Dance Group: Beginners and experienced dancers welcome, The Bowls Pavilion, Cutteslowe Park, Oxford, 7.45pm. 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 Waltz), Kennington Methodist Church, Upper Road, Kennington. 8.15pm. Organised by Scarlet Ribbons Round Dance Club. 01865 453744. Alternate Thursdays. Please tel to confirm dates.

Pig Bingo: 4th King Alfred Scout Group, Scout HQ, Springfield Road, Wantage, 8.15pm.

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September 22 - 23:

Windrush Flower Arrangement Club show: on the theme of Flowers Through the Ages, to celebrate the new millennium, High Street Methodist Church, Witney.10am-5pm. Crafts, plants, cake stalls. Admission 1.