Thanks to Peter Dann for this picture of the “Lunar Eclipse”. He says “I trust everyone got up at 3.30am this morning to see this!
Taken from just outside my back door.
The moon was higher in the sky than I expected so I failed to get any exciting background!”
Also thanks to Peter Delehar for a picture of “This morning’s super moon over Abingdon.”
Peter said “I thought it would be bigger and redder!“
Abingdon Carbon Cutters have their apple crusher, press and pasteuriser in the Community Space in Bury Street.
It is a chance to make your own apple juice, or join in with community apple juice making. Many people are donating surplus apples and windfalls, and coming along to lend a hand.
In this short video, Samantha Bowring explains the process of apple cutting, crushing, and pressing; then apple juice bottling and pasteurising.
You can borrow the complete kit for £10 a day (£15 a day at weekends) or book a slot between Sept 21st & Oct 3rd in the Community Space in Bury Street precinct. More information at Abingdon Carbon Cutters.
Abingdon has been turning pink in preparation for the annual Splash of Pink Day organised by Against Breast Cancer – an Abingdon based charity.
Shops joined in by competing in the shop window competition…
Third place went to Rosie’s Tea room,
Second place to Robert Stanley,
The winner’s award was presented at the end of a day of activities on the Market Place.
As always, the cup cake stall was very popular, as was the design a cup-cake stall.
The weather could not have been nicer in late September. You could feel the force at times, and people were just throwing £5 and £10 notes into the collecting buckets.
Otto (pictured above), and Harvey, search dogs from Buckinghamshire, came to let people know that they are trained to locate missing persons.
There was music from the group BMW, Abingdon Operatic, Abbey Sax, and Abingdon Community Choir.
Entertainment also included Ashnah Tribal belly dancers …
TheFlyin’ Aces street dancers, Strawberry Fayre Majorettes …
and Mr Hemmings Traditional Abingdon Morris dancers. There were also appearances from some well known cartoon characters who look much bigger in real life.
Having danced round Daleks earlier in the year, Traditional Abingdon Morris Dancers danced round Storm Troopers, from Star Wars, on this occasion. The sky is the limit as far as they are concerned.
And the prize for the shop window competition went to …
Masons, for their double front shop at 20 and 22 Bath Street.
These bales of hay, stacked near the Tythe Farm estate in Abingdon, could be seen earlier in the month with the spire of St Helen’s Church in the distance.
Harvest Festivals are not as traditional looking as they used to be.
Canned fruit – not this year’s harvest of apples and pears – are more practical.
Last Sunday, St Helen’s Church, had their Harvest Festival. There were autumnal decorations round the church windows.
People also brought the harvest from local shops to be donated to the Abingdon Food Bank.
Abingdon Baptist church also had a Harvest service, with goods donated to the Abingdon Food Bank.
At Trinity, where I am a member, the Harvest will be this coming Sunday. Donations will go to the Asylum Welcome Food Cupboard in Oxford.
Last week’s church notices said … “The needs of refugees fleeing conflict and oppression and seeking asylum are as great as ever. Items specially needed are:- UHT milk; long-life fruit juice; tea and coffee; cooking oil; tins of vegetables, fruit, soup, fish, meat (preferably not pork); couscous; noodles; lentils; jam; honey; sugar; biscuits; crackers. As the Cupboard tends to receive much of its stock at Harvest, please see that items have a “use-by” date about six months on.”