Author Archives: Backstreeter

Flood Damage to Tesco Path


The footpath leading away from Tesco, which becomes unusable during floods, has been  damaged by the force of the recent floods in January and February. Currently there are notices to warn people of the unsafe surface.

The asphalt surface is cracked into large pieces, where it has been swept aside.

P.S. I haven’t been that way since mid February, when the damage probably happened.

Abingdon Artists’ 2024 Spring Exhibition


The Abingdon Town Crier was out and about this morning, spreading the news of the Abingdon Artists’ Spring Exhibition held at St. Helen’s Church from Monday, March 11th to Saturday, March 16th.

This evening there was a members view for the artists and a guest. The exhibition showcases a great variety of local artistic talent and each member can exhibit up to three pictures. Paintings and cards are on sale.

Susie is exhibiting for the first time and has been creating angels with acrylic/gouache and crystals. She finds it therapeutic and hopes others will find comfort in her pictures.

Val has a folky style that is easy to recognise. There is a lot of humour in her work.

The raffle prize was painted and donated by Leilani. Raffle tickets are £1.

Celebrating Mothering Sunday


Mothering Sunday is a day that used to be more about religion. People would visit the church where they were baptised. Now it’s more about celebrating mums in general. At Trinity Church today, the junior church helped make and give out flowers to the women in the congregation, and to men to take home to wives or mothers.

They had extra flowers to share with people who can’t come to church.

One Planet Abingdon Focus on Waste Reduction


There was a One Planet Abingdon stall on the Market Place today. The focus from January – March 2024 is Waste Reduction. On the website https://oneplanetabingdon.org/green-forum/ there is a survey on Waste Reduction which takes about 5-10 minutes to complete. They also have four waste reduction challenges people can take on.

Their base in the County Hall basement is open from Thursday to Saturday and most Sundays. There are homemade cakes, teas and coffees, soup, friendly volunteers happy to chat, displays on sustainability, an eco-library, and board games and puzzles.