Next to Father Christmas is Kate Garraway who turned on the Christmas Lights this year.
There was a good turn out for the parade and switch on.
The theme for the shop fancy dress was Pantomime and the following shops were dressed up…
The Book Store
Dorothy Perkins. Lesley legge in the middle was not in the competition.
The Finishing Touch
The Nursery Shop
Oxfam 
Lewis Baker were the winners.
And winner of best shop front was The Finishing Touch.
The evening ended with fireworks.
It rained later in the day but there was mist at first.
Just a few other dog walkers were doing the round of the park.
The big leylandii clearance happened earlier this year. Prince Albert can now be seen from all sides.
Trinity Church viewed from across Abingdon School Playing Field. The school carpark was full with staff cars and a couple of minibuses. No cars parked on the road anymore since the new regime of clamping introduced earlier this year.
The Christmas Extravaganza is on this Thursday. Kate Garraway, formerly of Fitzharrys School in Abingdon, will be turning on the Christmas lights at 7pm. They were delivered last night – all ready for their late night installation. Very cold it was too. The windscreen of my car was frosted both on the inside and the outside by morning.
Just before the launch of the Abingdon Partnership, there was an awards ceremony for businesses in Abingdon Town Centre that had done well in a recent Disability Access assessment. High Street and Stert Street were the first shopping areas to be assessed.
I could not picture all the recipients but here are a few…
The 90p shop.
Helen and Douglas House and Mostly Books.
Prices the stationer.
After that pre-event came the Launch of the Abingdon Partnership to which a lot of local businessmen were expected.
On the display board is one of the ideas the partnership have already been looking at: the improvement of the Stratton Road end of Bath Street. Unfortunately I could not stay for that event as I had a School Governor meeting to attend – so look forward to reports of how it went.