At the Albert Park work has begun on a project to trim back some of the trees, particularly the Leylandi.

Those along the left hand side are now gone so this scene passed a few hours ago into Abingdon history.

Chain saws were also out at South Avenue. Very dangerous work.

I did not hang around for a second picture – least I put him off his stroke.

Only one builder seems to be doing much work in Abingdon at the moment and they have three developments on the go.

Not too much visible has happened at the Old Gaol. But planning permission went through a few weeks ago, and that includes demolishing the swimming pool directly ahead.

Elsewhere there is work in progress on the Drayton Road development.

As to the flats that have replaced the old ambulance station… According to my Springfield Drive correspondent, they were ‘For Sale’ one day, and ‘All Sold’ the next .

Here is a rare picture of me on the Market Place dressed as a banana. The Abingdon Fairtrade Group and the Co-op were staging a ‘Go Bananas for Fairtrade’ event.

Add your own caption to this one. It’s beyond me.

A lot of community events in Abingdon today. There was the two swap shops, the Alzheimers Jumble Sale at the Baptist church, and the Foyer and the Fairtrade stall on the Market Place. If people can send pictures I’ll include them soon.

But the biggest event of the day was probably the Railway Show, at the Vale of White Hourse Leisure Centre.

Enthusiasts came from far and wide to lean over and watch.

There were two models of Abingdon Station on view. This one by Brant Hickman appeared in the 1996 edition of the Railway Modeller, and was last seen in Abingdon in 1997. More of this layout can be seen on Brant’s website.

Brant was asked back because a second Abingdon layout is under construction. This is to a larger scale (00 rather than N), and involves consequently more work. Details of its progress can be see at Abingdonbranch.co.uk.