The Green Gym were out last weekend digging up thistles from the newly created wild flowers area in the Abbey Meadows.
They came with thick gloves to uproot the prickly thistles.
Thousands of thistles were taken down and disposed of.
The Green Gym will be promoting their activities at Fun in The Park next weekend, then tackling Himalayan Balsam for most of the rest of June. Their website and full programme is available here.
The Community Ambassador for Abingdon was interviewed on the BBC Oxford Kat Orman show. Dave was appointed a year ago by Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action (OCVA) to help the voluntary and community groups in Abingdon. OCVA help put volunteers and people wanting to volunteer together, and are there to offer advice and networking and training for community groups.
The picture shows Dave with Kat Orman in the studio. Also there is Linda Bains (Community Ambassador for Wantage and Grove).
You can hear the interview at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02n542n#playt=1h09m37s
The AGM (Annual General Meeting) of Abingdon Hydro takes place this Friday evening. There are 370 members of this community enterprise, so far, who have invested £675,000 in the scheme to generate electricity from the water at Abingdon Weir. More funding is still required, and the share offer has been extended
The next few months are likely to be crucial with some important decisions to be taken. The intention is to build the Hydro in 2015 to generate electricity.
During the AGM new Directors will be elected to join existing Directors; the annual accounts will be approved; and there will be a chance to ask questions.
This alleyway was blocked off to prevent young people making a quick getaway from the police at Reynolds Way shops about ten years ago. It features in a documentary about Young Reoffenders in the UK – filmed in Abingdon.
Whereas the number of young people getting into a life a crime is dropping, there are young people in their twenties already into a cycle of repeat offending.
They are the feature of The Documentary The UK’s Young Reoffenders: Rule Britannia (which contains bad language). This documentary could have been made in many towns but they found willing participants here.