The launch of the Lion King happened yesterday, 19th July, and people look to have been having fun. When I walked by the Abbey Cinema, at the Guildhall, there were giant jungle animals drawn in chalk outside.
The foyer had been turned into a jungle with monkeys swinging from the netting. This 2019 film is aremake of the 1994 Lion King with clever computer animations.
As part of their French course work at John Mason School, a party of students are on a three day visit to the Dunkirk and Boulogne areas of Northern France.
Their first stop was to visit the Operation Dynamo museum. They then made pilgrimage to the Commemorative Memorial by the beach.
During their course work it became evident six soldiers from Abingdon died during the operation to evacuate 330,000 troops from the beach head in May and June 1940.
At the memorial their teacher gave a brief description of each of the six soldiers after which two of the students, Megan and Chloe, laid a wreath and six named crosses on behalf of the teachers,staff and students of John Mason School.
Thankyou to Steve for this report.
South Abingdon Fun day was not scorching hot like last year. The zorbing, giant bubble wands and go karts all returned, but there were no cases of sunburn.
I helped a little on the Thameside Primary School and Nursery stall where we potted seeds, coloured pictures, and tinkered with tools on the tinkering table. We were promoting Thameside Nursery which has both 15 and 30 hour places available for September .
Refreshments were provide by Inspiring Minds who run lots of courses and activities in South Abingdon
The Rotary Club of Abingdon Vesper sponsor Saturdads at Preston Road Community Centre. ‘Designed for Dads, Uncles, Grandads or any other Male carer aged 18 and above with Children aged 4 years old to 11 years old. ‘
There were lots of other cutting edge activities at the Fun Day, which ran from 11-3. On the Kick Start stall you could cut small circles of wood and then decorate them. Kick Start run a club for 6-11 year olds.
At the first aid tent children could try out CPR on both the child and the baby dummies.
The South Abingdon Fun Day is organised by the Oxfordshire Play Association. They also run Saturdads.
The 5th Annual South Abingdon Play & Activity Day will take place on Saturday 13th July 2019 from 11am until 3pm at Southern Town Park. Entrance and Activities are FREE to ensure an Inclusion for ALL. It is organised by the Oxfordshire Play Association, and they hold similar days at different locations in Oxfordshire, including one at Dalton Barracks on July 27th.
Abingdon Town Council has organised a meeting with the Environment Agency (EA) at which the EA will update residents on their work in relation to Abingdon Flood Defences and their latest proposals for a temporary flood barrier. The meeting will take place in the Roysse Room at 7pm on Thursday 18th July 2019. The picture was taken in July 2007 at the bottom of Caldecott Road looking towards the Iron Bridge.