I read in the Herald and then saw on the BBC local website that the Abingdon Country Market is to close after 65 years.
The 90 minute Country Market in the Roysse Room on a Friday Morning used to bring in the crowds, but not so much any longer.
In recent years The Country Market stall at the Farmers Market has been far more popular. So we will see next Friday at the Farmers Market whether they are still there.
I hope so, and they are just moving with the times.
The World Cup Cupcake stall opened outside Cancer Research UK at 10 am this morning and were almost sold out when I visited an hour later.
Just a few cakes left to show.
Due to an administrative error there were two Town Criers about in town today.
As far as I know they were never both in the same place at the same time, and did not come to blows. Their duties included announcing:
The Local Excellence Market, organised by Choose Abingdon, was in town today.
The Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames, Angela Lawrence, and Councillor Hermann Matheson, were selling wrist bands for next Saturday’s Music in the Park where Angela will be singing the lead in Rule Britannia.
Yvonne, a chocolate artist from Chocolate Tree, was getting people to create their own chocolate decorations.
Q Gardens, up on Milton Hill, are the largest fruit farm in Oxfordshire, and they also grow a lot of veg. They had a fine display of seasonal asparagus.
Designs in Glass helped restore some of the heraldic panels during the refurbishment of Abingdon County Hall. On display they had ornaments, and some of their modern window designs.
More local excellence will be featured next time there is a Local Excellence Market.
On the Market Pace in Abingdon throughout today there was a fun day to raise funds to get Rosie, a local girl, a disability bicycle.
It was a big event that took up all of the Market Place, and it was well attended. Those taking part included:
A frog man riding a bicycle for sponsorship.
Peppa the Pig.
A bubble man
Abingdon School of Dance
There were even some horses giving lots of rides, and stalls with games and people with buckets collecting money.
A lot of the time it was lovely and sunny, which was good after the thunder and lightening and heavy rain we had yesterday.