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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:
*[http://theoarc.org.uk|Oxford Action Resource Centre] (OARC) - upstairs. *[http://catweazleclub.com|Catweazle ClibCatweazle Club] - downstairs, weekly, since 1995! . *[http://oxfordgreenprint.com|Oxford Green Print] - upstairs in OARC *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|on-line archive of events that have taken place 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 http://livewell.oxfordshire.gov.uk]), and the Oxford Claimants Union (for an oral history see [http://vimeo.com/11237122 http://vimeo.com/11237122]) 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> "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? ==