At the back of the old post office there is the E R plaque.
The ER letters also appear on most of our old post boxes – like this one pictured on Bath Street.
ER (for Elizabeth Regina, Latin for “Queen Elizabeth”) also appeared regularly on stamps.
ER may not be used quite so regularly nowadays but 60 years have gone by since Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne.
On Wednesday evening the Vale of White Horse District Council will vote on whether to change the name of Abingdon to Abingdon-On-Thames.
The motion will be decided during the same meeting that the council decides the budget for next year – so it could be a long evening.
The council say “there is no requirement for any public consultation” but they did issue a press release inviting the public to submit any views.
As a result they have 6 people responding in favour, including Nicola Blackwood MP who favours the “opportunity for Abingdon, to brand itself“.
There were 7 against.
The Comedy of Errors is on next week: from Wednesday to Saturday (with a Saturday matinee), performed by The Studio Theatre Club at The Unicorn Theatre. The picture shows one of the two pairs of long-lost identical twins (Dromio x 2). You will have to go to a performance to see the other pair (Antipholus x 2) in this William Shakespeare play of mistaken identities, and farce…
Dromio 1 to Dromio 2 …
“methinks you are my glass, and not my brother:
I see by you I am a sweet-faced youth.” (Act 5, scene 1)
The Abingdon Arts Festival Ball was last night at the Guildhall. The Band were “Swingtime” and they had three singers, an American crooner who also played cornet.
A young lady who also played a horn I think …
And an excellent new singer who performed for the first time with the band.
George Haslam conducted and played clarinet.
Food was provided by Abbey Foods, and there was a raffle with prizes donated by local businesses. Donating prizes must be a bit of a strain on balances at straightened times like these but despite that lots of people were very generous.
At first most of the dancing seemed to be of the Strictly Come Dancing variety. Balls are a chance for some people to practise their foxtrot and cha-cha-cha, but there is always room for disco dancing – it is all that some of us know 🙂 .