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Abingdon Heritage Open Day – Sunday

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The Sunday of Heritage Open Weekend has been much quieter since Fun in The Parks got moved to June.

After yesterday’s excitement there followed 3 walks and half a dozen open properties on Sunday.
Abingdon Heritage Open Day - Sunday
Patrick swapped roles from Town Crier to leading the Boundary Walk this year, leaving at 11am.
Abingdon Heritage Open Day - Sunday
There were 2 other walks at 2pm.

Both were a little over subscribed and an attempt was made to split them between a main walk leader and a smaller group following behind with another leader…
Abingdon Heritage Open Day - Sunday
Thanks again to Peter who sent more pictures after yesterday’s blog post. He visited Ruby’s Retro Fair. They had a good day so we hope to see them back in a few months.
Abingdon Heritage Open Day - Sunday
Peter also visited the ex Probation Office at 1-3 Ock Street.

Kemp & Kemp, the new owners, gave a very interesting talk, and tour showing how they had transformed the property.
Abingdon Heritage Open Day - Sunday
Also thanks to Rachel from the Camera Club who sent me some good pictures. I will try to put the pictures together into a better online album soon.

David has already put together a youtube compilation of pictures.

An Exhibition of Abingdon People who served in World War 1

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An Exhibition of Abingdon People
People have been working hard putting together an exhibition of people who served in WW1, alongside the 1914-18 Roll of Service. It is in the Community Shop, Bury Street. Some displays are are of families like the Hudsons …
An Exhibition of Abingdon People
and the Kings…

Other displays are of people by street. There is: East St Helen Street, West St Helen Street, Ock Street, The Vineyard etc.

This is mostly thanks to Elizabeth Drury and Jackie Hudson and the Library, but also thanks to people who have donated pictures.

The exhibition will be open next week from Monday to Friday 10-4. Then some of it will move back to the Library. This has been arranged as part of Heritage Open Days which is next weekend.

By the way the Vintage Music Fair, with the gold fly posters, has been organised completely independently of Heritage Open Days. The people organising it were told that Heritage Open Weekend was a busy weekend in Abingdon and decided to try staging an event at the same time. Hopefully it will mean there is something to please everybody.

Abingdon Russian Fat Cat Exhibition attracts National and International Media Interest

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Artweeks in Abingdon
For the next week there is an exhibition in The Barn at Stonehill House (OX14 4AA) called From Icons to I-Cats, showing contemporary Russian Icons alongside masterpieces of Russian Art with the cat, Zarathustra, added in various poses.
Artweeks in Abingdon
This exhibition has attracted a lot of interest from the media with features in:
BBC – Entertainment
The Independent
Huffington Post

Images of I-cats are available from: http://fatcatart.gallery.

Preview of Atom!

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Atom
The Abingdon Science Festival is only a week away. There is a display in the Community Shop Window
Atom
There is also a blackboard outside Mostly Books.
Atom
The event is called ATOM! and there are various events:

Converscience on Thursday 20th March at St Helen and St Katherine School. Robin Ince – commedian and host of R4s infinite monkey cage will host a light hearted science discussion.

Schools Science Fair in the Guildhall on 21st am.

A science “Hiring Fair” at the Guildhall on 21st in the evening.

Talk by Jim Al Khali from Radio 4 on quantum biology the evening of 21st in the Amey Theatre, Abingdon School.

Visualise : Magic and illusion family science show in Guildhall 22nd (several performances).

Science Market and science buskers all day in Market Square on 22nd.
Atom
It could be the first and only science festival in the world to have its own beer with Loose Cannon brewing ATOM!

More details on www.oxscifest.com/atom.