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Half Term at Abingdon Museum

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Half Term
Half term is here again, and Abingdon County Hall museum has a craft workshop on Tuesday for children to explore the world of monsters and myths; and create masks, silhouettes and clay ‘Green Man’ models.
Half Term
The museum and Unicorn cinema will be good places to go if it is raining. The Unicorn is showing Coco, Early Man, and The Post.
Half Term
This dinasaur was created at a previous workshop. Each of the scales is a child’s work of art.
Half Term
The Friends of Abingdon Museum purchased a work of art, in 2017, for the museum showing ‘Early Spring near Abingdon’ by Davidson Knowles, a late Victorian artist. This detail from the fuller picture shows a River View and what could be Nags Head Island and Abingdon Bridge. There could have been some artistic license as I cannot see the Old Gaol.

EFES Second Branch

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EFES
The EFES Barbers has had a restyle. There is also a new notice in their window that says ‘Second Branch at 9 Market Place by the Museum’
EFES
Meanwhile Re Style has been re-named as EFES Barbers. There is a notice in their window that says ‘Second Branch at 17 High Street.’

They were always two branches of a close family business. 17 High Street came first, and 9 Market Place came soon after. The other two Turkish barbers trading in Abingdon are independent operators. Perhaps using the same name will make that point for anybody who was confused.

Insalubrious Dog Bin Spectacle

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Dog Bin Overflow
Geoff says ‘This is an all too typical sight in the Long Furlong area of North Abingdon. Complaining to Biffa, the Vale or local Councillors may or may not resolve the immediate problem but long term they all have proved themselves incapable of organising a schedule that prevents this insalubrious spectacle.’

Cloud Making in Abingdon

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Cloud Making
The smoke free life van is a regular visitor to Abingdon Market Place. They offer free sessions, as well as a free supply of Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
Cloud Making
Our local Oxford Vapours shop will also help switch you from cigarettes to vaping where you can start with the same amount of nicotine as your cigarettes and then reduce.

18mg – The highest strength that we stock (highest legal strength is 20mg, though it is now uncommon) is recommended for anyone smoking 20 or more cigarettes a day.

It should be everyone’s aim to reduce their nicotine strength to the lowest dosage possible. 
Cloud Making
When you get down to a 3mg or a 0mg dosage you can still make bigger clouds than was ever possible with cigarettes – in lots of different flavours.