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This is the East Oxford Community Centre. It's the hub of the community and lots of groups are located here, including: | This is the East Oxford Community Centre. It's the hub of the community and lots of groups are located here, including: | ||
| − | *[http://theoarc.org.uk | + | *[http://theoarc.org.uk Oxford Action Resource Centre] (OARC) - upstairs. |
| − | *[http://catweazleclub.com | + | *[http://catweazleclub.com Catweazle Catweazle Club] - downstairs, weekly. |
| − | *[http://oxfordgreenprint.com | + | *[http://oxfordgreenprint.com Oxford Green Print] - upstairs in OARC |
| − | *B.K. Luwo | + | *B.K. Luwo - a women's organisation started by women from Northern Uganda (see [https://youtube.com/watch?v=m-HNtdFcPTQ youtube.com/watch?v=m-HNtdFcPTQ]) |
| + | *[http://oxfordlindyhoppers.co.uk Oxford Lindyhoppers] | ||
| + | *[http://www.facebook.com/groups/ox4lifedrawing/ OX4 Life Drawing] - Formerly known as East Oxford Life Drawing. A public art group for art enthusiasts meeting several times a week. | ||
| − | Ed Pope is compiling an [https://mappingthepast.edpopehistory.co.uk | + | Ed Pope is compiling an [https://mappingthepast.edpopehistory.co.uk on-line archive of performances at the Catweazle Club], which has taken place nearly every Thursday in EOCC since the autumn of 2005 |
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| + | The buildings round the back yard have housed, among other projects, Bloomin' Arts (see Oxford Mail 15.8.2016 "Blooming 1970s Creativity"), its successor from 1977 Fusion (see [http://livewell.oxfordshire.gov.uk http://livewell.oxfordshire.gov.uk]), and the Oxford Claimants Union (for an oral history see [http://vimeo.com/11237122 http://vimeo.com/11237122]) | ||
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| + | The building was formerly the Cowley St John Boys' School built in 1871 (architect Charles Buckeridge).<ref>On Foot In Oxford No.12 East Oxford, Malcolm Graham 1987</ref> | ||
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| + | "The East Oxford Community Centre and Oxford Action Resource Centre, plus the Claimants Union - I remember how we defeated the Poll Tax by good organisation and campaigning, 1990." -Tim Murphy | ||
== Before then? == | == Before then? == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:35, 19 October 2019
This is the page for East Oxford Community Centre.
2017
This is the East Oxford Community Centre. It's the hub of the community and lots of groups are located here, including:
- Oxford Action Resource Centre (OARC) - upstairs.
- Catweazle Catweazle Club - downstairs, weekly.
- Oxford Green Print - upstairs in OARC
- B.K. Luwo - a women's organisation started by women from Northern Uganda (see youtube.com/watch?v=m-HNtdFcPTQ)
- Oxford Lindyhoppers
- OX4 Life Drawing - Formerly known as East Oxford Life Drawing. A public art group for art enthusiasts meeting several times a week.
Ed Pope is compiling an on-line archive of performances at the Catweazle Club, which has taken place nearly every Thursday in EOCC since the autumn of 2005
The buildings round the back yard have housed, among other projects, Bloomin' Arts (see Oxford Mail 15.8.2016 "Blooming 1970s Creativity"), its successor from 1977 Fusion (see http://livewell.oxfordshire.gov.uk), and the Oxford Claimants Union (for an oral history see http://vimeo.com/11237122)
The building was formerly the Cowley St John Boys' School built in 1871 (architect Charles Buckeridge).[1]
"The East Oxford Community Centre and Oxford Action Resource Centre, plus the Claimants Union - I remember how we defeated the Poll Tax by good organisation and campaigning, 1990." -Tim Murphy
Before then?
Cowleyroad.org is a DIY community history - help us write it!
Do you know more about this business, or remember what was at this address before? Do you have any old photographs or memories to share? Please add them to the site! Here is a how-to guide.
References
- ↑ On Foot In Oxford No.12 East Oxford, Malcolm Graham 1987
