Troops from Dalton Barracks were there to remember those who died in past and present conflicts.

Stan Bradford, the president of the Abingdon Royal British Legion said he wanted to thank the people of Abingdon for one of the biggest turnouts he had seen over many years.

These are the Abingdon veterans leaving the war memorial (with thanks to Abingdon walks for the picture).

And afterwards, individual came to look at the wreathes, or leave their poppies in the strips of grass.

There were poppies on sale today – these are at the Information Centre at Old Abbey House. There is a late push because Abingdon was late getting poppies this year. The Abingdon Herald has the full story (…)

There was dancing on the Market Place to publicise CEROC (Modern Jive) Classes every Tuesday Night at the Guildhall from 8-11 PM.

Abingdon Day Centre for Older People had open house today. Coffees were being served. This chap was doing a good job getting people through the door. But it was not quite the best coffee in Abingdon – as he claimed!!!

In reality, the proposed museum lift did not make the front cover of Private Eye, but on Page 14 of Private Eye this week there is an article about the proposed changes to the County Hall. Private Eye were not impressed by the size of the new lift and asked Abingdon “Why not leave the Town Hall alone?“

Normally the way to report a pot hole or a missing pavement is to ring or write to the local Oxfordshire County Council highway depot near Drayton, or report it on the County Council’s own problem reporting web page.

There is also an independent web site called fixmystreet.com where you can mark on an online map where the problem is, add details and upload a picture. I’ve just tried it out so I’ll let you know if it works…

Next time I passed that way it was 9 days later, and it had been fixed. So well done fixmystreet and the County Council