Monthly Archives: March 2012

Taking steps for Fairtrade in Abingdon

2 Replies

Fairtrade Market
The first Market Place event of the year was a Fairtrade market. Waitrose were there showing a range of their products and offering free samples.
Fairtrade Market
The Co-op were there selling Fair Trade products like 99 Tea with 20% off.
Fairtrade Market
Skinny Hippo were there with some of their Fairtrade craft products.
Fairtrade Market
The Mayor received a certificate to say that Abingdon is officially recognised as a Fairtrade town.
Fairtrade Market
We are currently into Fairtrade fortnight and  there is a national event called “Take a Step in Fairtrade fortnight (Feb 27th – March 11th). You can register a step if you like at online.

About 60 Abingdon people wrote the Step they are going to take for Fairtrade on a board on the Market Place. This young lady is going to try to find Fairtrade Ice Cream.

“Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world.”

Abingdon links in London – 3. Statue of St Edmund Rich of Abingdon

4 Replies

Millwall and St Edmund
After work today I went sightseeing in Millwall.

Millwall is best known to me at least for the Football Club, Millwall F.C. who now play in Bermondsey and have not played in Millwall for some time.

But if you look on the bus map of Millwall above, you will see the purpose of my visit – to view St Edmund’s School and Church, and a statue – in honour of St Edmund Rich of Abingdon.
Millwall and St Edmund
My first view of the church was a little disconcerting. The notice on the property alongside says “DANGER – ANTI CLIMBING DEVICE – Treated with Anthrax.” Then I read the small print … “and a dose of British sense of humour.”
Millwall and St Edmund
I am not sure how a church in Millwall, Isle of Dogs, London has managed to get such a superb memorial to St Edmund of Abingdon.

A church called St Edmund’s was opened in Millwall in August 1875, replacing a church called St Edward’s.
Millwall and St Edmund
The current building looks a far more recent addition. So having done my sight seeing and not been able to explain the association with St Edmund of Abingdon I returned to Mudchute Station on the The Docklands Light Railway to return from whence I came. By the way – the Mudchute in question was a huge pile created when Millwall Dock was dug out in 1860.