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Pictures of an Exhibition

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Pictures of an Exhibition
The Abingdon Artists Spring Art Exhibition 2018 is open at St Nicolas Church from April 9th – 14th (10.00 – 4.30 most days and late night Wednesday until 7.00).
Pictures of an Exhibition
Entry is Free but you can splash out £1 on a raffle ticket to win an original pastel ‘Seascape’ by Christine Russell. Runners up prizes are Art Materials and chocolates.

The Abingdon Artists have a programme of talks and demonstrations throughout the year; they also have a Tuesday afternoon group at Christchurch where people bring their own projects to work on; and a Friday morning sketching en plein air group.

More information at www.abingdonartists.org.uk. There will be more art as part of Oxfordshire Art Weeks for the Abingdon, Didcot & Blewbury area from the 19-28th May 2018.

Abingdon-on-Thames Treasure Trail

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Treasure Trail
A lot of preparation went into the Thames at War event, and quite some effort cancelling the event, including the Dunkirk flotilla. It would have been very good.
Treasure Trail
Instead, on Sunday, we did one of the Treasure Trails from the internet. We have already done Wallingford (sunny) and Headington (freezing cold). The Abingdon-on-Thames Treasure Trail (wet) route took us down familiar roads. In West St Helen Street where we live there were two clues. A rain-blurred letter meant we read Flood and Fire instead of Blood and Fire and we just could not find that clue.
Treasure Trail
We visited Abingdon Lock on Sunday 8th April to get three of the clues. There were a few people out walking.

I know one Abingdon person who joined the Oxfordshire Home Guard as a result of the Thames at War event, and put a lot of effort into getting kitted out properly. He will be hoping that it can be put on at another time. But the Oxfordshire Home Guard are likely to be at the Abingdon Air and Country Show on May 6th.

Fish and Chips to return to Abingdon town centre

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Singin in the Rain
There has been no Fish and Chips in Abingdon town centre since the Lemon Place and then Smarts closed.

Fish and Chips is a great British Institution, that has taken a battering over the last 40 years with the arrival of pizza, burgers, and kebabs. There will be Abingdon Fish & Chips, where the Chinese Kitchen closed last year. The new blue sign went up last week along with the pictures of Cod and Plaice and Scampi.