Drop-in

Makespace Oxford, the Oxford Poetry Library and Lula’s Ethiopian and Eritrean Restaurant welcome you to The Community Works to visit our home in the city centre. Join us for spiced tea, cake, explore the library, gallery, play space and meet some of the Makespace team and our resident artists.

An exhibition exploring the fascinating history of Oxford's western and south-western parishes will on display on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th September.

St Thomas’s was home to Oxford’s breweries, to its boating and barge communities, and to those who built the railways. Neighbouring St Ebbe's was the site of Oxford's gasworks and its cattle market, and had more pubs per square yard than any other part of Oxford. Both parishes had a reputation as the most lively – some might say disreputable – in the city. In the later 20th century St Thomas’s and St Ebbe’s were cleared, and their close-knit communities dispersed. However, a surprising number of historic buildings remain to remind us of this rich history, and there are many people still living in Oxford and beyond who have strong and fond memories of the area.

The exhibition is free and viewable from 10am to 10pm on Friday 13th September, and from 9am to 10pm on Saturday 14th September.

Accessible access via Beckets Street