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T is for TT Jewellers and Throwing Buns on the Market Place #AtoZAbingdon

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T is for TT Jewellers and Throwing Buns
I have been doing an A to Z of Abingdon on both Twitter and Instagram. Today was ‘T is for TT Jewellers and Throwing Buns on the Market Place #AtoZAbingdon’.
T is for TT Jewellers and Throwing Buns
The Abingdon Museum are preparing for their reopening. They have a trial using councillors and museum friends this week to make sure the booking system works – people will be able to book slots.
T is for TT Jewellers and Throwing Buns
It was the Monday Market today and the town was busy. Pandora have their Last Day tomorrow as they are closing down.
T is for TT Jewellers and Throwing Buns
Martin was selling his prints and postcards of Abingdon (mentioned in last week’s blog comments). Martin is very active on Facebook, where there are a number of active Abingdon pages and groups.

Ice Creams and Burgers and face coverings (Abingdon and Wantage style)

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Igloo Deserts
It is good to have a new ice cream parlour in Abingdon. Igloo Deserts and YourBurger share the same premises on Bath Street. The Ice Cream parlour is new this summer. YourBurger has been there for longer.
Igloo Deserts
It is over the road from Masons who have been busy selling the components for DIY face coverings this summer.
Igloo Deserts
A charity shop in Wantage (Abingdon’s closest neighbour town in the Vale of White Horse) has taken face covering to a new level.

Nursery Shop open

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New Ownership
The Nursery Shop is open and full of colourful stock. The big sale earlier in the year was not a closing down sale, as I reported at the time, but the sale of an ongoing business to a new owner.
New Ownership
Their clothing is ethically made from organic sustainable sources. There is also an online Nursery Shop.

Delight as turf cut at new site to save canoe club

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Turf Cut
Delighted to see that work has begun on a new home for the Kingfisher Canoe Club. The club has battled hard and long since being evicted from the army rowing club land on Wilsham Road. A previous plan had fallen through at Rye Farm Meadow, nearby, but finally they gained planning permission to build a timber framed canoe storage and changing facility on Abingdon Lock Island.
Turf Cut
In April 2020, mid pandemic, they got the welcome news of a National Lottery / Sport England grant of £36,000. This is in addition to grants from many local and national organisations, and from the club’s own fund raising activities. Their April press release details all the donors.

This will ensure the sustainability of a club that, over the last 45 years, has taught many people locally to use canoes.
Turf Cut
Their new home is close by some of the best white water on the River Thames.