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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 | ||
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? == | == Before then? == |