Monthly Archives: January 2011

Not on the pitch

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Boxhill Rec
At Boxhill Recreation Ground there are three football pitches used by the boys, and girls, of St Edmunds Football Club.
Boxhill Rec
Round the pitch area are four dogbins, the highest concentration of dogbins anywhere in Abingdon.
Boxhill Rec
There are also three notices – including this one next to the Workhouse wall – requesting

“DOG OWNERS
PLEASE EXERCISE YOUR
DOGS AROUND THE EDGE
OF THE FIELD
DO NOT USE THE PITCH AREA”

But before every match or practice the pitches need to be cleared of dog pooh so the children can play football there.

Beneath Boxhill Walk

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Boxhill Walk
This picture is taken at the junction of Boxhill Walk and the Wootton Road. The recent snow and ice have  taken off the surface to reveal what look like layers of concrete beneath.

In the housing estates, and the early dual carriageways, of the 1960s I remember seeing roads made from large concrete slabs with joins between.  I suppose they got ashphalted over. Concrete roads are far less common now.

Torchlight musical at Trinity Methodist Church

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Postponed Carols
At Trinity the Christmas Eve torchlight service happened this afternoon – the 9th January. There was snow and ice on Christmas Eve and it had to be postponed. The show consisted of scenes played out by the children as well as some solos by them.

(video removed after John’s comment)
Postponed Carols
The Salvation Army will also be holding a carol service – next Sunday, and next Saturday at 7 pm at St Helens Church – not postponed but planned – there will be a performance of Amahl and the Night Visitors. It is ‘a delightful seasonal opera (which lasts about forty minutes and is free)’.

The Gift Centre soon gets bigger

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Gift Centre
The Gift Centre moved to its new location a  few weeks ago. The main advantage of the new shop is that it has a wide staircase and lots more space upstairs. There is a lot of work to get it all ready and the framing workshop still needs kitting out.
Gift Centre
But in another week people will be able to go up the stairs to the gallery where pictures are being hung as we speak.

Any idea what artist did these four pictures. He achieved cult status on Radio Oxford, went on to television stardom, and now has proved himself an accomplished artist in acrylics and oils.