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Preserving the last Giant Abingdon Tortoise

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Last Great Abingdon Tortoise
Search ‘Abingdon’ in the Guiness Book of Records and there are now more entries thanks to the longest loom band. Radley College  are also in there with the fastest Treadmill 100 miles team run.

There is also Most endangered animal and Rarest reptile. On further investigation this turns out to be `Lonesome George’ the giant tortoise Geochelone elephantopus abingdoni from the Pinta or Abingdon Island in the Galapagos Islands. George died in 2012 of natural causes.
Last Great Abingdon Tortoise
George can now be viewed at The American Museum of Natural History.
Last Great Abingdon Tortoise
They have done a Good Job ‘Preserving Lonesome George’ for future generations.

Pam St Clement signing copies of her autobiography ‘The End of an Earring’ at The Abingdon Bookstore

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Pam St Clement
Pam St Clement was signing copies of her autobiography ‘The End of an Earring’ at The Abingdon Bookstore on Friday 27th February.

Pam chatted and joked with a gathering of East Enders fans and readers of good autobiographies. She had time for everybody, and also at one point, by request, went briefly “in to character”. Pam is best known, to most of us, for being Pat Butcher in East Enders from 1986 until 2012.

Many Thanks for the pictures to The Abingdon Bookstore. You can see more pictures on Their Twitter Feed.

Terry Wogan and Local Excellence Market in Town

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Sir Terry Wogan was in town to sign his latest book. Not suprisingly there were lots of people about.
Terry Wogan
As noon approached a long queue formed outside the Bookstore.
Terry Wogan
to get signed copies of the book “A Little bit of common sense”.
local excellence Market
There was a local excellence Market in town today.
local excellence Market
As part of the Local Excellence Market. Abingdon Hydro were out telling people about the Share Offer. Abingdon Hydro is a not for profit company set up by local residents, to generate hydroelectric power from the River Thames by Abingdon Weir.
local excellence Market
Sir Terry Wogan kindly held a copy of the Abingdon Hydro poster I had to hand. The share sale is about a third of the way to the target, having raised £425,000.

Terry Wogan and The Reindeer at The Bookstore

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Terry Wogan
Terry Wogan will be at The Bookstore, Bury Street, on Saturday 22nd November, signing copies of his latest book  called ‘Little Book of Common Sense: Or Pause for Thought with Wogan.’
Terry Wogan
Ian, from The Bookstore, was busy creating a Christmas window display most of today.
Terry Wogan
With the lights, purple sheets, snow, and reindeer, he has created something to wonder at.