The launch of the Lion King happened yesterday, 19th July, and people look to have been having fun. When I walked by the Abbey Cinema, at the Guildhall, there were giant jungle animals drawn in chalk outside.
The foyer had been turned into a jungle with monkeys swinging from the netting. This 2019 film is aremake of the 1994 Lion King with clever computer animations.
In the video above the Queen’s men, and the Vintners and Dyers teams, make a toast to the Queen at the end of the five day annual swan upping census.
The census ends at Abingdon Bridge where a crowd had been waiting in the rain.
Some people found places to shelter during the wait.
There is no set time for their arrival. It takes as long as it takes and the swan uppers arrived at about 5:30 pm. They had caught and inspected 147 swans (if my hearing is correct) and that meant they were kept busy.
They deserved their drop of rum after all their efforts to count and maintain the swan population.
Here are a few pictures from Dave showing the Kingfisher Canoe Club Youth Section at TryaBoat night where there was a great turn out
For reasons well known in the local community, the last 2 years have been extremely difficult for the club. Their “home” has been restricted to the two temporary box trailers at the lock.
Dave says thanks to all the general public who have supported them through these difficult times. There Is light at the end of the tunnel.
As part of their French course work at John Mason School, a party of students are on a three day visit to the Dunkirk and Boulogne areas of Northern France.
Their first stop was to visit the Operation Dynamo museum. They then made pilgrimage to the Commemorative Memorial by the beach.
During their course work it became evident six soldiers from Abingdon died during the operation to evacuate 330,000 troops from the beach head in May and June 1940.
At the memorial their teacher gave a brief description of each of the six soldiers after which two of the students, Megan and Chloe, laid a wreath and six named crosses on behalf of the teachers,staff and students of John Mason School.
Thankyou to Steve for this report.