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On-Street Parking changes

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Town Centre Parking
In Abingdon Town Centre some new bays have been painted for the residents parking scheme.

It currently costs residents £100 a year for a permit to park in the town centre spaces, but that will soon be going up to £120.
Town Centre Parking
New play and display machines will be coming in March 2017 to replace the current ‘obsolete’ machines. The new machines will allow payment by telephone, credit cards, and coins, but won’t support the current card based system whereby residents can get a day’s parking for visitors for 40p. New scratchcards will be used instead, allowing 25 days visitor parking, and an additional 25 days at a cost of £20.

Other people using the on street parking will be charged 50p for an hour, up from 40p, and 80p for 2 hours, up from 60p.

Churchill Retirement Living

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Churchills
Churchill Retirement Living will be building retirement apartments on the site of the old Bellinger car dealership.

It is not going to be the new home of Harley Davidson, Oxfordshire, who recently moved from their showroom in Wootton. They have moved instead to Nuffield Way – on the Abingdon Business Park.

150th and 10th church anniversaries

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St Michaels
The church of St Michael and All Angels was consecrated on 25 January 1867 by Bishop Samuel Wilberforce and will be celebrating their 150th Anniversary on 25 January 2017 with a Sung Mass at 7.30 pm led by the Bishop of Dorchester. I look forward to getting a guest blog from Colin who is going to the event.
St Michaels
Another church in Abingdon celebrating an anniversary is the Vineyard Church. They do not meet in the Vineyard as the name would suggest. They have been meeting at Preston Road Community Centre for ten years now.

Wonderful ways to exercise on a bright frosty Saturday morning in Abingdon

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Frosty Start
A frosty but bright start greeted us in Abingdon-on-Thames this morning. There are lots of wonderful ways to exercise beside the River Thames on such a morning. A gaggle of geese start us off with a gentle stretch.
Frosty Start
The more energetic 5km park run begins at 9:00am and sets off at a gallop down the farm road by Rye Farm.
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Then there is rowing
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and cycling …
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and walking. Dog walkers stride or amble the circuit across the weir, and back along the other bank – possibly much further.
Frosty Start
The possibilities are almost endless … games of tag, stretching, sit-ups, press-ups, lifting, and tree tugging etc. etc. etc.