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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.

Warning: 50th Anniversary of Ock Street Fire Station

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50th Anniversary of Ock Street Fire Station
There will be a 50th Anniversary Open Day at Abingdon Fire Station and they want photos, stories, memories etc, to form part of their display. They already have over 200 photos of past and current firefighters and incidents,and fire engines.
50th Anniversary of Ock Street Fire Station
The Borough of Abingdon was always very proud of their Fire Service. The Fire Station in Bury Street was built 100 years ago and this picture shows one of their engines.
50th Anniversary of Ock Street Fire Station
50 years ago they moved to the modern looking fire station in Ock Street.
50th Anniversary of Ock Street Fire Station
Nowadays the fire service don’t just attend fires. They are there on roads and rivers as the nearest we have to a National Rescue Service.

The open day on 27th September runs from 11am-3pm and will include a BBQ, lots of static displays, old memorabilia, Morris Dancing and bun throwing from the top of the drill tower.

Official Opening of TAB

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Official Opening of TAB
Sara Thornton , Thames Valley Police Chief Constable, officially opened The Abingdon Bridge’s (TAB) new office, in what was once the town’s Police Station. The opening coincided with TAB celebrating 21 years of working with young people in need of support in the town and the surrounding area. Further details of TABs services are available on their web-site

The event was attended by about 60 people including representatives from local churches, business supporters, local charities and young people using the services.
Official Opening of TAB
Seen here are Sara Thornton, Chris Bryan (Chairman of the Trustees), and Beverley Wheeler (TAB Manager and Lead Counsellor) at the ribbon cutting ceremony.
Official Opening of TAB
Also a picture of the celebratory cake! (Thanks to Steve for the Report and Pictures)

The 2014 Autumn Horticultural Show

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Thanks to Ian for a report on The Abingdon Horticultural Society Autumn Show held at the Northcourt Centre on Saturday 6th September.
Autumn Horticultural Show
He says “A wide range of flowers and vegetables were exhibited by local gardeners who obtained first class results, despite the strange growing season we all experienced this year.
Autumn Horticultural Show
The Mayor, Councillor Angela Lawrence, presented cups and awards to the many worthy exhibitors.
Autumn Horticultural Show
A large number of visitors and members enjoyed the displays of produce, cakes, preserves, and handicrafts.
Autumn Horticultural Show
The club was very pleased to see the high quality of the childrens’ entries and the excellent wines.

The Committee would like to thank all friends and exhibitors who worked so hard to make the day a brilliant success. If you would like to know more about us do contact Ian at ieshepherd@yahoo.co.uk”.