Sad news in the window of Established, the Hairdressers on Stert Street ….
One of their hairdessers died suddenly 30-6-2011. Ian was a gentle guy who took meticulous care cutting hair.
The other staff have added the message “Always in out thoughts”.
At West Waddy , the architects at 60 East St Helen Street, until Thursday from 1pm – 4pm, there is an exhibition of the work of student architects from Brookes University. It is a well presented exhibition in a beautiful riverside building.
The brief for architectural students was to design a Lido and Spa in Abingdon for the 21st Century.
The Abingdon Open Air Pool / Lido has survived when many others have closed after their heyday before the 1970s. The brief asked students to cater for “contemporary society, in particular the young and families. It should accommodate the early morning serious swimmer, the lunchtime and after work swimmer, school groups, weekend families, summer tourists,
evening socialisers, and winter enthusiasts.”
The exhibiton showed a range of work – all very creative and theoretical but I am not sure it will give SOLL leisure – who currently run the pool – many practical ideas to help make the pool a more popular venue.
The winning design showed a glass bottomed pool projecting out towards the river and fields beyond.
The Revd. Paul Smith of St. Michael’s and St. Nicolas celebrated 10 years of ordination in style at St. Michaels. (Thanks to John for the picture).
Meanwhile at Trinity we were very glad to welcome back Revd. Richard who has been quite seriously ill. Revd Richard will hopefully be back to full strength and leading worship from September.
At the Armed Forces Open Day, there were a lot of stalls and information displays – some from the local community like Waitrose giving away lots of freebies, and some from the army giving the local community an insight into army life.
(Thanks to Iain for sending the picture of the smoke above and the one of rifle practise below). He says… ” There was a fantastic demonstration from the 12th Logistic Support Regiment, who have recently returned from active service in Helmund Province, of the sort of tactical maneuvers they are required to deploy in the field. The crowd were clearly impressed, with the close proximity of the smoke canisters adding to the experience, and expressed their appreciation by joining in with a chorus of ‘happy birthday’ for Private … who has just participated in the exercise.
My children were particularly excited by the opportunities to practice some of the martial arts, past and present. They loved the archery and the chance to become a sniper and fire a gun with ‘real bullets’.”
There were also cuddly animals,
amusements like these human hamster balls
and the archery Iain mentioned.
Thanks to the regiments at Dalton Barracks for another well organised event. Every accident was well planned. Money raised went to army charities.