Blue seems to be the 2007 colour for winter lights

near the Black Swan in Bath Street.

round a tree outside Old Abbey House.

Stert Street

a shooting star on Abingdon Bridge.

and over the Old Abbey Buildings – a blue blue moon.

There has been a steady stream of concrete lorries to the Co-op site today – thirty five are expected in total.

There has also been a steady stream of concrete, poured into a framework, to create the first floor and the structure below.

This was one of the final events of Oxfordshire 2007 (celebrating Oxfordshire’s 1000th birthday). The large moveable puppets were created by students at Abingdon and Witney college.

TV cameras were there.

The puppets enacted the history of Abingdon. This puppet threatened everybody with his wonky arm. He came to Abingdon to do raping and pillaging and pull down the Abbey.

The story was all told from the viewpoint of some space age teenagers from the year 3007

and ended with wizzy sparks, and balloons.

After the performance, because there is no storage at the college, the puppets will be destroyed. So if anybody has a room or a spare garage and would like to save one of the poor puppets, better contact the college ASAP. A lot of work went into creating them.

Here are a few more pictures of the winter lights in Abingdon (towards the northern end of town)…

Robert Stanley opticians.

Abingdon and Witney College – art department.

Abingdon United Football Club.

St Edmunds Church

Campion Road.