Monthly Archives: April 2011

Seven Ages of Britain comes to Abingdon

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Sixth Age
Last night on Channel 4 there were some good shots of Abingdon on a program called SEVEN AGES OF BRITAIN .

In the Sixth Age 1350 – 1530 AD: Bettany Hughes ended the program in Abingdon where she spoke about the building of Abingdon Bridge by the Fraternity of the Holy Cross. The Fraternity of the Holy Cross (fraternitatus siue gilde sancte crucis) was abolished by Henvy VIII along with Abingdon Abbey. Most of the power of the Fraternity passed to Christ’s Hospital (a charity) in 1553. And Christ’s Hospital are still going strong with Almshouses in Abingdon. They may be the only remaining charity in Britain that run a park for the public good – that is Albert Park.

Experience Easter

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Thanks to Rosemary for this …
Experience Easter
450 primary-aged school children, accompanied by almost 100 adults, took a journey back in time at Trinity Church, to Jerusalem at The Passover. They not only heard the story of the first Easter, but experienced the events of that week through a series of workshops.
Experience Easter
The event was organised by TrinityLearning, a project set up by Trinity to help improve the quality of life in our local schools, and was staffed by forty volunteers from churches all over Abingdon.

Morning mist soon gone

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First Thing
March 2011 was the driest since 1953. It was also within the top 15 Marches for sunshine in the last century. April began with seasonal showers but has now settled and we have just had the warmest day of the year. The mist on the river was soon gone.