Democracy on the Market Place

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Democracy
This picture shows a traditional scene, where four of Abingdon’s five candidates for the 1945 parliamentary election are seen holding simultaneous meetings on the Market Square (from a Picture Post currently on sale in Ebay).
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Opposing sides in the 2016 Referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU had opposing tables on the Market Place this morning.
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The Vote Leave campaigners one side …
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the Vote Remain on the other. It is good to see the normal political groupings forgotten during this single-issue campaign. Behind the Remain table are local Conservative MP, Nicola Blackwood, and members of other parties and independents

2nd Abingdon Sea Scouts – Fund Raising Walk

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Sea Scouts
John Gledhill, the Leader of the 2nd Abingdon Sea Scouts, will be attempting to walk the entire length of the Ridgeway National Trail on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (20th, 21st and 22nd May) – a distance of 86 miles to raise funds for his scout troop. The JustGiving page is at: https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/2ab-ridgeway-challenge

The 2nd Abingdon Sea Scouts are a Royal Navy recognised troop of 10 – 14 year olds. Leaders aim to provide the young people with opportunities and challenges that many wouldn’t get elsewhere. The money raised, as well as money raised by scouts themselves over the summer, will enable them to visit, and take part in scouting activities, with a scout troop in Italy.

(photo taken at Clubs and Societies Day)

Artweeks – For Your Walls, and Identity

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There are a number of Abingdon venues open for Oxfordshire Artweeks this week. St Ethelwolds has art from Berlin in an exhibition called ‘For your walls’.
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Downstairs the work of Walter Lindner (1936-2007) is being exhibited –
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finishing 6pm this Sunday (22nd). Simon, who runs the exhibition, is a fan and wants to make Walter’s work better known.
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Upstairs in the Sanctuary are some other Berlin print makers including one by a ‘German Banksy’.
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Meanwhile this coming Saturday at  Mind, in the Charter, from 10am – 1pm there is a second chance to see their exhibition on Identify, and even create artwork yourself.
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Using sculpture, painting/drawing, photography and the written word, the exhibition looks at who we are, what we know about ourselves, how we acquire our identities and what happens when we lose a positive or coherent sense of self.

Two Gambling Shops Close

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Gambling Shops Close
The Stan James betting shop in Abingdon’s High Street appears to have closed. The Stan James online business was taken over by Unibet, who now own the name. I read that the remaining 80 UK betting shops need to be renamed in the near future.
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Another local gambling machine shop is also closed until further notice.

The government has increased the tax on gambling machines. It is now at 20% for machines taking more than 20p bets, 25% for machines that allow bets of £5 and over.