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Mid October 2026

WMRA AGM - Wednesday 28th October, from 7pm

Please join us for our Annual General Meeting where we go over the events and issues of the year before hearing from a local speaker.

This year we will hear from two of our committee, Bryan Pickup and Helena Webster, who will talk on:

Walton Manor: understanding the past, appreciating the present and shaping the future

Where: Main Hall, d'Overbroeck's School, Leckford Rd

7pm - 9pm

We hope to see you there.

Local roadworks continue

179 Kingston Road works - St Bernards Road will be temporarily closed to vehicles (not pedestrians) from 26th October to 1st November with traffic control lights in place on Kingston Rd.

Adelaide Street works - closures may continue to the end of January

SSE works - although now finished in Walton Street, they are moving to Jericho Street and King Street

Achieving the Energy Transition - a talk from LCON

Two leading energy experts, Prof Jan Rosenow and Dr Donal Brown, will be talking about ‘Achieving the Energy Transition’ at this month’s ‘Promoting Economic Pluralism’ lecture at Makespace in north Oxford.

When: Thursday, 22 October, 7-9pm

Where: Makespace, 1 Aristotle Lane, OX2 6TP

Local Defibrillators

WMRA are starting some work in conjunction with the WI and the patient group at The Observatory Health Centre on local defibrillators. The national database includes ones that have been 'registered' but we would be interested to hear from anyone who knows of any machines that may not have been added to this list.

Please email us if you are aware of any units near you that you think may not have been included or if you would like for us to include a devices in our information gathering exercise.

The following devices are already registered:

Phil & Jim's School      St Margarets Institute            St Hugh's Porters Lodge

St Aloysius School       Maplethorpe Building            Farndon Court

Dixon Poon Building     45 The Crescent                     House of St Gregory & St Macrina

Kellogg College            St Anne's College               Green Templeton College

Keble Halls                 Mathematical Inst.             19a Cranham Terrace

Somerville College     Wenn Townsend             The Old Bookbinders

Oxford Synagogue       Blackfriars Priory

Posted - October 15, 2026