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World Book Day

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The Postbox topper on the Market Place has been changed to celebrate World Book Day on 2nd March 2023. As Abingdon has three bookshops, it is well placed to support children in choosing and owning a book.

Mostly Books is among 59 bookshops nominated to become Independent Bookshop of the Year.

The Bookstore has been serving customers for nearly twenty-five years in Abingdon – since November 1998. I see they have, local author, Steve King’s book, ‘Now I grow Oranges’, in the window.

World Book Day primarily aims to encourage children to read books, but there is nothing to stop adults from getting a new book on World Book Day. There are £1 books available, especially for World Book Day.

There is also W H Smith.

Boats, Bus tickets and sunset

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The day was chilly. No stalls on the Market Place. But later, a couple of boats from AV Boats on the River Thames took out some hardy people.

We caught the bus to Oxford to buy art materials that used to be so much better at Prices – a much-missed shop. Bus tickets are currently £2 as part of a government-financed scheme to get people onto buses.

Then for a walk as the setting sun shone through the clouds behind St Helen Church.

Work on Abingdon Bridge to begin in March

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Work will begin on strengthening the first arch of Abingdon Bridge in late March. A notice has gone up in the Thames Street car park to say no parking from 20th March to 27th April.

The bridge was reduced to a single lane with traffic lights from May 2021 to November 2022 to protect the arch and allow exploratory work. I would expect the traffic lights to return during the repair work.