Primary Times Oxfordshire May 2017
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WHAT’S ON WHERE<br />
Dappers and Flappers:<br />
Family Jazz Dancing<br />
Upton House and Gardens, OX15 6HT<br />
www.nationaltrust.org.uk<br />
11.30am Stretch and shake by bringing your<br />
kids along to Dappers and Flappers where the<br />
dance teachers will show your family how to do<br />
some real 1920s dancing together.<br />
T: 01295 670266<br />
Duxford Air Festival<br />
IWM Duxford, CB22 4QR<br />
www.iwm.org.uk<br />
9am Experience the thrills in the sky above,<br />
and enjoy the fun on the showground below<br />
at the Spring Bank Holiday Duxford Air<br />
Festival.<br />
Common People<br />
South Park, OX4<br />
www.commonpeople.net<br />
10am A family friendly festival organised<br />
by the makers of Bestival. From pop stars to<br />
underground legends, theatre and spoken word<br />
to our the Kids Area and some special Oxford<br />
touches. Tickets available for individual days or<br />
whole weekend.<br />
27 <strong>May</strong> – 4 June<br />
Lemur Week<br />
Cotswold Wildlife Park, OX18 4JP<br />
www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk<br />
10am As Lemurs are now one of the most<br />
threatened groups of mammals on the planet<br />
we are hosting a week of fun activities and<br />
keeper talks to help raise awareness and funds<br />
for Lemur Conservation in Madagascar.<br />
T: 01993 823 006<br />
Knights and Princesses<br />
Week<br />
Odds Farm Park, HP10 0LX<br />
www.oddsfarm.co.uk<br />
10am Celebrate the opening of the new Fort<br />
with shows, crafts and much more!<br />
T: 01628 520 188<br />
Gnometastic<br />
Waterperry Gardens, OX33 1JZ<br />
www.waterperrygardens.co.uk<br />
Help the gnomes in the gardens who have<br />
forgotten their names. Find all eight gnomes<br />
and their names to claim your prize in the garden<br />
shop. Cost £2 per child. T: 01844 339254<br />
28 <strong>May</strong><br />
Boggling Building Science<br />
Roald Dahl Museum, HP16 0AL<br />
www.roalddahl.com<br />
11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3pm Get hands-on<br />
with us as we investigate how places are built.<br />
We’ll be making bridges, building towers and<br />
creating places for both human beans as well as<br />
animals. Cost £2 per person. Suitable for ages<br />
4+. Booking essential. T: 01494 892192<br />
Teddy’s Train ride<br />
Bucks Railway Centre, HP22 4BY<br />
www.bucksrailcentre.org<br />
10.30am Children with a Teddy go free! T: 01296<br />
655720<br />
Classic Car Rally<br />
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway,<br />
OX39 4ER<br />
www.chinnorrailway.co.uk<br />
10.30am Come and ride the trains and see a wide<br />
selection of classic and vintage cars on display.<br />
T: 01844 353535<br />
Board Games and<br />
Medieval Medicine<br />
Museum of the History of Science,<br />
OX1 3AZ<br />
www.mhs.ox.ac.uk<br />
2pm Join us in road-testing novel board<br />
games and discover medicine in the medieval<br />
Islamic world. Suitable for ages 7+.<br />
T: 01865 277280<br />
Young Farmer’s County<br />
Show<br />
Earth Trust Centre, OX14 4QZ<br />
www.abingdon.gov.uk<br />
10am There will be main ring attractions,<br />
rural craft demonstrations, trade and food<br />
stands, a farm animal corner and a fun dog<br />
show for all the family to enjoy.<br />
T: 01865 407792<br />
28 – 29 <strong>May</strong><br />
Roman Gladiators<br />
Chiltern Open Air Museum, HP8 4AB<br />
www.coam.org.uk<br />
10am Watch provincial gladiators in action<br />
as a team of criminals, barbarians and<br />
other prisoners of war, disgraced soldiers<br />
and thrill seekers fight for the entertainment<br />
of the crowds and the Emperor.<br />
T: 01494 871117<br />
Teddy Bear’s Bank<br />
Holiday<br />
Leighton Buzzard Railway, LU7 4TN<br />
www.buzzrail.co.uk<br />
10.30am Fun with bears, and accompanied<br />
children who bring their bears for a ride will<br />
travel free. T: 01525 373888<br />
29 <strong>May</strong><br />
Swishwiffling<br />
Storytelling Walk<br />
Roald Dahl Museum, HP16 0AL<br />
www.roalddahl.com<br />
12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm Join Chip<br />
Colquhoun on a family storytelling walk<br />
around Roald Dahl’s home village, and up to<br />
Angling Spring Wood. There will be plenty of<br />
swashboggling stories including local folklore<br />
and stories told to Roald Dahl by his mother<br />
when he was a chiddler. Cost £3 per person.<br />
Suitable for ages 4+. Booking essential.<br />
T: 01494 892192<br />
Open Day<br />
Pitstone Green Museum, LU7 9EY<br />
www.pitstonemuseum.co.uk<br />
11am A Rural Life Museum with many exhibits<br />
relating to farming and country life.<br />
Bus Rally<br />
Bucks Railway Centre, HP22 4BY<br />
www.bucksrailcentre.org<br />
10.30am Annual heritage bus rally.<br />
T: 01296 655720<br />
Witney Music Festival<br />
Cogges Manor Farm, OX28 3LA<br />
www.cogges.org.uk<br />
11am A fantastic day of brilliant bands and top<br />
local musicians. Tickets £6.50 adults, £4.50<br />
children. T: 01993 772602<br />
Bank Holiday Open Day<br />
Oxford Bus Museum, OX29 8LA<br />
www.oxfordbusmuseum.org.uk<br />
10.20am Free vintage bus rides.<br />
T: 01993 883 617<br />
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