Monthly Archives: April 2015

Photographic Matters

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Abingdon Portraits
Martin Wackenier has had a love of photograhy from an early age. As well as running a photography business for the last five years, he has started a project to capture The People of Abingdon with 2000 images.
Abingdon Portraits
The Abingdon Camera Club annual open competition is now open with two categories: Adults and Under 16s. Winning entries will be displayed in the Community Shop.

My brother in law can’t use his old camera anymore – because of muscular dystrophy, and has given me the Pentax camera with lens filters, flash gun, telephoto lens, and camera care kit. All wonderfully kept. I put a B&W 35mm film in on Sunday, and wasted the first shot on the ceiling, but can’t wait to see the results of the other pictures in 3 or 4 weeks time.

Abingdon Freewheeling Cycle Festival 2015

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The Abingdon Freewheeling Cycle Festival took place today, on a cool Sunday in April. There was a road closure, on High Street, to allow more stalls than ever before.
Abingdon Freewheeling Cycle Festival
Cycle rides, free for everyone, were setting off from Abingdon Market Place at regular intervals from 9am to 1:30pm – with about thirty rides in total. They ranged from 5 mile family rides …
Abingdon Freewheeling Cycle Festival
to 40 mile fast rides, or 50 mile off road orienteering courses.
Abingdon Freewheeling Cycle Festival
The last ride was a 10-15 mile Retro Fun Ride.
Abingdon Freewheeling Cycle Festival
New this year was a Shoretrax woodern track for the BMXers and Mountain Bikers.
Abingdon Freewheeling Cycle Festival
The Abingdon-on-Thames Town Crier was both Master of Ceremonies – calling riders to order at the start of rides, and festival mascot – he appears on the cycle festival leaflets and fliers.
Abingdon Freewheeling Cycle Festival
There were many cycle related stalls, food wagons, live groups playing music, and massages.

Swimathon

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Swimathon
At the White Horse Leisure Centre this weekend there are people taking part in a sponsored Swimathon to raise money for Marie Curie cancer care, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings.

Most of the participants are talented young swimmers, either swimming in teams, or doing an individual distance. There are also adults of varying abilities,

I went along, and swam my target distance, despite swallowing half the pool. Thanks to people who sponsored me!

Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council Candidates

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Town Council Candidates
As the sun goes down on the four year term of the current Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council there are some names I was suprised to see missing on the list of candidates for the next four years (Julie Mayhew-Archer, Lesley Legge, Alison Rooke, Iain Littlejohn):
Town Council Candidates
Standing to serve the town for the 2015 to 2019 term are:
Town Council Candidates
That makes 53 candidates going for the positions of 19 town councillors:
* 18 Conservative
* 4 Green
* 5 Labour
* 19 Lib-Dems
* 3 Independents.

The development of the Guildhall as a major asset for the town centre will be very important in the next four years, and it belongs to Town Council. The Town Council, among other things, runs the museum, half the town’s play parks, the cemeteries, and Markets. It runs various Community events, and is consulted, by the district and county council, on matters affecting the town.