Monthly Archives: March 2015

Mothers Day

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Mothering Sunday
Walking up West St Helen Street I met a friend carrying two white packages tied with a pink ribbon.
Mothering Sunday
Many people had the same idea, this Mothers Day, of visiting Patisserie Pascal. They sold over a thousand croissants, not to mention all the flans and gateaus and breads.
Mothering Sunday
After a busy Saturday there were still a fabulous selection of flowers on sale at Fabulous Flowers on Sunday.
Mothering Sunday
At Trinity Church we had a Blessing for the Flowers, followed by the distribution of flowers, where baskets of pink carnations were given out by the children to the ladies of the church. (The poster is from the Radley Village Notice board, near the station. The Radley Church probably has their own way of celebrating Mothering Sunday which as a church event has a long history.)

Destruction of Old Riverside Trees Opposite Nuneham Park Boathouse

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I got an email 3 days ago from M … “On going on my regular Abingdon to Oxford Thames path walk last Sunday I was shocked and upset to see that all the old riverside trees from opposite Nuneham Park boathouse for some miles upriver have been cut down to stumps. Parts of the lovely river walk resembled a war zone or nightmare landscape. Cut branches and trunks had been left lying beside the path, some with buds that will now not develop and underfoot the mud has been churned up by the heavy vehicles that must have been used to do this. I have searched local papers and looked online to find out why this has happened but have been unable to find anything. I do not know if you know anything about this but feel that I cannot be the only person who has noticed or think it deserves a comment.”
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I spoke with a dog walker, today. He said walking through these trees used to be so magical, but now they have been destroyed it looks quite bland. He says the trees overhanging the river need chopping back from time to time but not like this. People were shocked.
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A lot of the trees are now stacked ready for collection.

Unit 2 Closing

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Unit 2 Closing
It is mentioned in the planning application about opening a restaurant at 1-3 Bury Street that Unit 3 is potentially soon to become vacant. A Closing Down notice has now appeared in the window.

From 4 dedicated card shops, a few years ago, there will soon be just the one in Abingdon. Although increasingly, other retailers offer greeting cards.

Red Nose Day in Abingdon

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Thanks to Derek for the Oxfam pictures …
Red Nose Day
The district manager of Oxfam started off in Banbury and cycled round all the Oxfam shops in his patch for Red Nose Day. He can be recognised by the cyclist outfit.
Red Nose Day
The staff of Oxfam in Abingdon all entered into spirit of the day which involves making people laugh then asking them for their money.
Red Nose Day
Since starting about 25 years ago Red Nose Day has raised over a billion pounds for charity.
Red Nose Day
Elsewhere in town Stevo, The Accousic Jukebox, was playing requests from Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Tom Waites and others songsmiths not usually known for their comic touch.