Il y a un exposition des magasins français dans la fenêtre de la pâtisserie Pascal – tous faits par la 6 e année de l’ école de Notre-Dame, Abingdon, pendant la Semaine du Français.
J’ai entendu dire que les élèves de Notre-Dame sont encouragés à parler en français lorsqu’ils font leurs achats dans Patisserie Pascal à East St Helen Street. Il est après tout un bon endroit pour essayer votre français.
(corrige les fautes s’il vous plait si le français est un peu mauvais)
This annual one day event takes place in the large gym of the Vale of White Horse Leisure Centre. There were 30+ layouts and plenty of interest for families and modellers alike.
At the far end of this layout is Rattlesnake Creek.
Hills and tunnels predominate on this layout.
Kuppla Yard had the best lighting effects – even more effective in a dark room
But if you didn’t make it and are tempted there is always Pendon Museum who were there at the exhibition with pictures and some models of houses, but their layout is far too big to move.
The Abingdon Museum Friends have been going for ten years. They have talks, outings, and social evenings, and have also helped raise funds for acquisitions for the museum. They seems to be doing well with over 20 new members last year.
Councillor Julie Mayhew Archer was there last night at the AGM to present a birthday cake with ten candles.
The evening involved a quick AGM (annual accounts, election of the committee, and what have you), then a short talk by the museum curator on the museum development project. The Heritage Lottery decide fairly soon whether to grant funds for the project to go to the build stage, so she could not add too much that was new.
There followed a talk with slides by Judy White about the restoration of the ceiling of the Lady Chapel in St Helens Church. The original paintings were done by the finest artists of the time and dedicated in 1391. They probably only survived the occupation by Cromwell’s men, when the church was a billet during the civil war, because they were so high up and hidden by candle soot. Much else was destroyed.
As to restoration… in Victorian times one vicar’s daughter scrubbed them with soda and touched them up herself. Then they were rehung out of order by another Victorian generation with nails that have split the wood and the most damaged ones were just thrown away. 600 years after their original dedication, in 1991, one of the most important restorations was completed and they were re-dedicated. Judy showed slides documenting the restoration, slides given her by Meineke Cox.
There has been no sign of life in this shop for a few days.