Up the road at Preston Road Community Centre the fun day continued.

Many of the societies that are active at Preston Road or thereabouts had stalls to show what they do. Patricia Hobby, the Mayor, opened this inside part of the proceeding.

Here is one of Abingdon’s firemen giving an acrobat from Oxford Circus school a lift.

There were also demos of martial arts, and boxing.

Refreshments were provided by Waitrose and the W.I.

Most of the new play area in South Town Parks has been open for a while, but the Chair of the Vale, Alison Rooke, was there to open the refurbished basketball court. This work has been possible thanks to a grant from WREN.

Not everybody quite understands the rules of basketball yet, but it will come.

There was also entertainment and amusements….

Two swans and three cygnets got caught this year by the swan uppers down near the Margaret Brown Gardens.

The swans were weighed and health checked, and the cygnets ringed before being released.

Their work done, for another year, the swan uppers rowed the last stretch by St Helen’s Church…

then they performed the Royal Toast by Abingdon Bridge.

For the first time Her Majesty the Queeen was there to watch the start of the Swan Upping near Windsor.

Like every year the citizens of Abingdon were there at the end.

Until Sunday there is a Fun Fair in Ladygrove Meadow – thats the land next to the River Ock off the Drayton Road and next to Hartwells.

Its runs until Sunday. This fair happens in years when the ground is not flooded.