This years Spring Festival had a Tudor theme, since Queen Mary Tudor granted Abingdon a charter 450 years ago.
The town Crier announced that the spring festival opened the season of Abingdon in Bloom.
Children from Dunmore Infant School did the traditional Maypole dance
The Morris Men were also dancing, 
and can been seen pictured with Peter Green, the new Mayor
The first picture is the Royal Mail sorting office on Ock Street. A lot of the postmen and women start their day early to get the main round finished by midday. They sometimes get complaints from people who expect their post delivered before leaving to work at 8:30 or 9.
Before the round starts they have to sort their letters and packages into bundles. So the day can start at 4 or 4:30. 
Most use bikes and colourful jackets. This picture is taken from Tower Close looking to Ock Street.
The milkman also starts his day early. This van is turning from Victoria Road into Bostock Road. Far fewer people take milk deliveries than ten years ago.
OThis stone building at St Helens Wharf is now known as Fellows Court (or 60 East St Helens Street), and serves as offices for West Waddy, a well established Abingdon architect. But for a time in the 1700s the wharfside building was Tomkins Malthouse.
The Tomkins family, as well as being maltsters were also builders and bankers. A number of notable buildings by the Tomkins family are listed in Pepys visit to Abingdon.
One member of this family, Mr. Benjamin Tomkins, departed this life on May the 1st 1732, and bequeathed money to set up alms houses for four men and four women.
The interesting difference about the Tomkins Almshouses on Ock Street, when compared to the older Almshouses near St Helens Church, was the Mr Tomkins stipulated they were “FOR BENEFIT OF POOR DISSENTERS OF ABINGDON AND FOR BAPTIST MINISTERS.” The Tomkins were also well known baptists.
On the Icons of England Website you can nominate and vote for the Icon that best represents modern England, and among others nominations is CCTV. Britain is the most watched country in the world.
These cameras mounted on a disproportionally-large large-green posts may give the impression that George Orwell’s 1984 has arrived. However Big Brother doesn’t get it all his own way.
There are procedures to be followed.
The use of surveillance cameras is limited by the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act. The district council have this large public document detailing CCTV procedures.
1.1.4 The use of CCTV in the Vale is considered a necessary and suitable tool to help achieve a reduction in crime, reduce the fear of crime and improve public safety….
2.3.3 None of the cameras forming part of the System will be installed in a covert manner….
4.1.2 Cameras will not be used to look into private residential property….
Signs will be placed in the locality of the cameras. The signs will indicate:
i) The presence of CCTV monitoring;
ii) The ‘ownership’ of the system;
iii) Contact telephone number of the ‘data controller’ of the system….