Looks like somebody tried to set light to the Charter Multi Storey Car Park in Abingdon last night. There is an area cordoned off just inside the entrance with the charred remains of traffic cones and other combustibles. As a result there is some soot and the White Horse is looking smutty, but the carpark is mostly undamaged and in use today.
It was raining hard outside, but inside Trinity Church Hall was the Autumn / Festive Fair – a very traditional event with bric-a-brac, Christmas decorations and cards, lots of marmalades, chutneys, jams, cakes, raffles, refreshments,…
There were two tombolas where you have to draw a ticket ending in 5 to win a prize, one run by Paul, who gets mistaken for Father Christmas at this time of year.
Another tombola and toy stall was run by the uniformed organisations who meet at Trinity.
They also had a game where you get 3 disks for 30p. Score 8 or more you get you money back. It took me a couple of goes to loose my 30p towards church funds.
It is the sort of community event where you meet people you haven’t seen for a while. One of them told me council staff had removed the dead cherry tree from the green at Longfellow Drive yesterday. It had been dead for two years.
The jury ,who sat through the three week trial, were unanimous in dismissing all the allegations.
Those allegations must have been like hell to live through for Paul T and his young family over fifteen months.
Before the allegations there was nobody worked harder for Abingdon than Paul T.
The first Christmas Lights were being put up in Abingdon on 18th October. The job is done by a specialist contractor with a lot of towns to cover and so they spread the load to keep their workforce fully employed.
This year Stert Street has some new red and silver Christmas trees. One of them is above Oxfam.
Inside Oxfam Christmas is also well underway.