Monthly Archives: October 2015

Local Excellence Market and Halloween

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Local Excellence Market
This morning on Abingdon Market Place there was a Local Excellence Market.
Local Excellence Market
This is a quarterly market where local food producers, craftworkers and retailers sell their goods in Abingdon Market Place. There were more craft stalls than ever before, and it looked one of the biggest local excellence markets I have seen.
Local Excellence Market
There was a Halloween Theme going on in shops and shop windows. At Sue Ryder, the staff and volunteers had dressed up in style.
Local Excellence Market
Mostly books was ghostly books for a day.
Local Excellence Market
Abingdon Library had bats, pumpkins, and monster books on display.

Museum at Night

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Museum at Night
There was a warm welcome for all at the 6pm-9pm Museum at Night event at Abingdon County Hall Museum.
Museum at Night
Members of the MG Car Club were there in numbers, parked on the nearby Market Place.
Museum at Night
Exhibits include an MG.

MGs cars were once made in Abingdon.
Museum at Night
There was also a performance by the Abingdon Town Oompah band led by Steve Rich.
Museum at Night
This was a tribute to Abingdon’s twin town Schongau, in Bavaria, who have an excellent brass band.

Abingdon Town Centre is the first Business Improvement District in Oxfordshire

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Business Improvement District
The result of the Abingdon BID proposal has been announced. 58% of the votes cast were in favour, with 73% of the rateable value of the votes cast. The proposal needed to receive 50% or more votes in favour, with more than 50% of the rateable value of the votes cast.
Business Improvement District
Pictured above are some of the leaders of the BID proposal.
Business Improvement District
The BID lasts for 5 years and with an income of £800,000 from businesses, and likely additional income from other sources, the work to make the BID a success begins here…