Knowl For Sale

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Knowl For Sale
The Knowl, Stert Street, in Abingdon is for sale. It has been been a mental health rehabilitation and recovery residential care home for over 20 years. The care home has moved to another Abingdon location and the historic building is looking for a new occupant.
Knowl For Sale
Thomas Merrifield has it on the market for £800,000 and say this is ‘a unique and rare opportunity to acquire a Grade II star listed former care home with 15 bedrooms, 4 bedroom annexe, numerous receptions and shared communal facilities located in the heart of Abingdon town centre. The Knowl represents a landmark building within Abingdon due to its striking period architecture and substantial appearance.’

The Knowl also features on the town portal – Abingdon People and Places.

Art Weeks and Open Garden

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Art Weeks and Open Garden
We managed to get to a few art week venues in Oxford last weekend, and from this weekend Oxfordshire Art weeks is coming to Abingdon. That includes St Ethelwold’s House where there will be Tea, Textiles and an Open Garden.
Art Weeks and Open Garden
In the Open Garden are Irises – like Van Gogh painted;
Art Weeks and Open Garden
Buttercups, Campion, and Bluebells – in wild flower islands;
Art Weeks and Open Garden
and Rhubarb, Runner Beans and Rosemary – in the vegetable patch.

Old Rubbish (archaelogy) and New Rubbish (green bin, black bin, and food waste)

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Rubbish!
At the County Hall Museum in Abingdon there is an exhibition running from April 6th to 30th June called Rubbish!.
Rubbish!
Part of the exhibition asks what discarded items from the past tells us about past societies.
Rubbish!
The exhibition also looks at how we deal with our new rubbish. There is a video about the process used by the incinerator at Ardley which produces energy from non-recycled (black-bin) rubbish for about 53,000 homes, and how the residue of ash and metal can be re-used.

An information board explains how our recyclable (green-bin) rubbish is separated and recycled. Another board explains how our food waste is used to produce methane and that generates power, and how the residue is used as fertiliser.

There are a lot of information boards, and so I will need to revisit to read it all.

May Cinema in Abingdon – From Avengers Endgame to Rocketman via a Dementia Friendly Film

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Cinema in Abingdon
To let people know what is new at our new local Abingdon Cinema, The Abbey, I will be doing a monthly roundup. The full listing is at https://theabbey.ac. Here is a short synopsis of new films thanks to Jennifer:

Avengers Endgame– From FRI 17 MAY

The sequel to Avengers Infinity War is coming to the Abbey Cinema. After smashing all box office records for opening weekend this movie is tipped to be the biggest movie of all time! Can the remaining superheroes defeat Thanos and save their friends?!

Hell Boy – FROM SUN 12 MAY

Hell Boy returns for the third instalment from the graphic novels by Mike Mignola. Caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, Hell Boy battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge.

The Sisters Brothers – From SUN 12 MAY

Starring John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix and Jake Gyllenhaal in this Western movie based In 1850s Oregon, the infamous duo of assassins, Eli and Charlie Sisters, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally.
Cinema in Abingdon
Us – FRIDAY 11TH MAY – HALF PRICE TICKETS

If you’ve seen the 2017 horror movie ‘Get Out’ then you’ll love ‘Us’. Brought to us by the same director Jordan Peele this nail biting horror follows the story of a family’s serene beach vacation which turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them! Will they survive their family holiday?!

Wonder Park – From SAT 11 MAY

Family feel good movie Wonder Park tells the story of a magnificent amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive. All Wonder Park screenings are Family Showings which means everyone can come for the same price as a child at just £7.25 per ticket!

WED 22 MAY 11AM – SPECIAL Dementia Friendly OZ

On Wednesday 22nd May The Abbey Cinema have partnered with Dementia Friendly Abingdon to screen their first Dementia friendly movie – The Wizard Of Oz. If you know someone that has Dementia and would like a trip out to the cinema then this is the screening for them. It is open from 10am to allow time for tea, coffee and cake before the movie starts at 11am. Everyone is welcome and carers are free.

MAY HALF TERM

Cinema in Abingdon
Secret Life Of Pets 2 – SHOWING DAILY FROM FRI 24 MAY

The second instalment from 2016 blockbuster The Secret Life Of Pets. Max and friends are back with new adventures, following their secret lives after their owners leave them for work or school each day. The perfect family film for this half term holiday.

Rocketman – SHOWING DAILY FROM FRI 24 MAY

This epic musical fantasy is about the uncensored human story of Reginald Dwight and how he become the much loved Sir Elton John. Starring Taron Egerton, Richard Madden, Brice Dallas Howard and Jamie Bell.