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Saturday of May Bank Holiday Weekend

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Saturday
The Mayday Bank Holiday weekend began with  a slight frost. Mist floated over the water of the River Thames, below Abingdon Bridge.
Saturday
On the Market Place the 10th Abingdon (St Helen’s) Scout Group had a table top sale.

Last weekend the district scouts held a St George’s Day parade at the European School in Culham. Gone are the days when there is a parade in Abingdon every year since the merger of Abingdon District and Didcot District in April 2012.
Saturday
There were two buskers on the Bury Street Shopping Centre, one playing the lute, and the other the flute.

As the day progressed people looked up to the skies at the roar of aircraft arriving, or practising for the 2014 Abingdon Air and Country Show. It is at Dalton Barracks, tomorrow (May 4th).

The Saturday before Christmas and a Harpist at Eileen

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The Saturday before Christmas has come, and gone, and it was a rainy day.

Large puddles formed in a number of places on the town’s roads.

Unlike previous Saturdays, I did not see any fairs or markets. So it was a pleasure to look in at Eileen on bath Street, where Pervin, International Harpist, was playing Festive music for the customers. I gather she plays every year at Eileen in Sumertown, then Eileen in Abingdon, as a seasonal special.

There was also champagne and chocolates.

Abingdon Organ finds new home in Sheffeld

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Abingdon Yarn Bombing
The old Compton Cinema organ, which has been resting in the Guildhall for many years, completed its journey to a new home in Sheffield last Wednesday.
Abingdon Yarn Bombing
It was last played in Jan 2009 . So, the Abingdon Organ Trust, who owned the organ, took the decision to transfer ownership of the organ to a trust who specialise in the restoration and celebration of cinema organs.

The Penistone Cinema Organ Trust are the new owners of the organ and are well into their programme of restoration of the pipework. The men who collected the organ console were visibly excited about reuniting the console with the pipework and have grand plans.

Thanks to Iain for the Report and Pictures.