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Recycling Christmas Trees in Abingdon

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Recycling Christmas Trees
Yesterday the Christmas lights were removed from Bury Street, and the Market Place Christmas Tree was cut up into pieces.
Recycling Christmas Trees
Today people brought their Christmas trees to the Market Place to have them recycled, along with the Market Place tree.
Recycling Christmas Trees
The trees are shredded by Town Council outdoor staff, using equipment lent by TVF. The TVF Hire Centre is along Audlett Drive now, and no longer along Ock Street.

The mix of woodchip and pine needles can be used on paths such as the Ock Valley Walk by the Green Gym.
Recycling Christmas Trees
The young tree in the foreground will be re-potted, and put in a quiet corner of the old cemetery, and could well see another Christmas Day in 350 days time.

Crocodile Lock

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Crocodile Lock
The channel behind Abingdon Lock has been cleared and landscaped over the winter. One of the helpers has been secretly working on his own pet project – a fallen tree trunk has been turned into a crocodile .
Crocodile Lock
There are a lot of fallen tree trunks around Abingdon Lock. What if they all turned into crocodiles?

College Hedge is gone

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Hedge Cutting
Today they were chopping down the big hedge that has grown up in front of Abingdon and Witney College to reveal the refurbished building behind.
Hedge Cutting
Thanks to Helen and Craig for separately letting me know.

Craig said “You might want to get down to Abingdon College this morning – those hideous conifers are coming down!“.

By lunchtime, when I got there, it was nearly all gone.

Beware ! Uneven Footway

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At the far end of the Wootton Road in Abingdon a “Beware ! Uneven Footway” sign has appeared near Abingdon and Witney College.

Chestnut tree roots growing under the footway have cracked and lifted the pavements creating a trip hazard.