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Abingdon Works Car Show – 2013

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The Abingdon Works Car Show was on today in Rye Farm Meadow
Abingdon Works Car Show
The show celebrated the days when a lot of wonderful cars were made in Abingdon-on-Thames. The event was run in conjunction with the MG Car Club and Abingdon Rotary Club. But it was not all about MGs. Rileys are being admired in this picture.
Abingdon Works Car Show
The Abingdon works fire engine was there, as well as a modern day fire engine from Abingdon-on-Thames Fire Station.
Abingdon Works Car Show
This MG has a numberplate that almost says Abingdon Works.
Abingdon Works Car Show
Today was the day that Andy Murray won Wimbledon for the first time. The previous time a male player from these isles won the competition cars like these were on the road. The one in the foreground has done nearly 450,000 miles, although the clock does not show quite that much,as it starts again every 100,000 miles.
Abingdon Works Car Show
Such a hot day – a lot of the cars had their bonnets up, and on the other side of the River the open air pool and water feature were packed. The Rotary and all the MG Car Clubs made us proud of our Abingdon heritage.

MGB 50th anniversary celebration – 10 MGBs on display in Abingdon

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Eve of MGB 50
MGB enthusiasts and retired workers from the MGB production line in Abingdon  will be meeting at Blenheim Palace for the 50th anniversary of the MGB tomorrow.
Eve of MGB 50
It was first launched in September 1962 and ceased production in October 1980.
Eve of MGB 50
This afternoon ten MGBs assembled on the Market Place in Abingdon, and others were to be seen driving, or parked, in town today.
Eve of MGB 50
The last MGB to be produced, painted bronze, is on fairly permanent display at Abingdon Conty Hall Museum.

A double treat for MG fans

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MG Car Rallys
MG fans were able to enjoy not just one but two MG Rallys on the Market Place today – and what a glorious day it was. In the morning there were about 50+ MGs who spent the weekend in Abingdon, supporting local hotels and businesses, and visiting Kimber House and other local sites, before driving off to Bletchley Park.
MG Car Rallys

First time I’d seen one of the new MG6s
MG Car Rallys
or any of these Rover Built MG Super Cars.
MG Car Rallys
The second Rally a few hours later brought a dozen or so Y series MGs built in Abingdon from 1947.
MG Car Rallys
They were here to celebrate their 65th anniversary.

2012 will also be the 50th Anniversary of the MGB, and the MG Car Club want to gets lots of ex MG workers together for the MGB50 event.

Have you got the unclaimed lottery ticket?

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Unclaimed Lottery
If you have the numbers 9,21,35,38,46,49 on a lottery ticket bought in Abingdon and the date says 18 Dec 2010 it will be worth £956,813.
Unclaimed Lottery
The national lottery have not said where it was purchased exactly, “because if it was bought in a small community we could compromise that person’s anonymity“. But I suspect the unclaimed ticket could well have come from this Abingdon newsagent.

The National Lottery have recruited the MG Car Club to drive a 1954 MG TF, 1959 MGA, 1965 MGB and 1972 MG Midget round to let people know of the unclaimed ticket. They will be going to the following places on Tuesday 15th February…
8.30am – Didcot Parkway
9.30am – Wantage
10.30am – Abingdon
11.15am – Finish at MG Car Club

I was wondering whether to set up a petition requesting the money go to local good causes if not claimed by June.