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Abingdon Blog Summer 2018 Slideshow
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Monthly Archives: August 2018
Field cleared for Football
This picture was taken from the Causeway of a field that has been cleared next to Abingdon Town Football Club ground. The field is now being used for additional football pitches by the youth training programme. This is part of the plans from the new management team at the club.
Shed Oxford Community Workshop
On Sunday we went to The Abbey at Sutton Courtenay, and saw Mike Moon in the grounds. Mike is well known in Abingdon and, in his time, has Chaired the Vale accessibility group, and the Abingdon Fair Trade group. He now Chairs The Shed Oxford which is a workshop where members do their creative hobbies, while doing repair and renovation work at the Abbey in lieu of rent. The Shed has an open day on Saturday September 8th 11am to 6pm. Visit shedoxford.wordpress.com.
We had a good time looking round the Abbey. There was supposed to be a Garden Party but it was raining.
So instead there was food, drinks, music, and a raffle in the great hall, with a roaring log fire.
There were also tours round the Abbey. Although old enough to be an Abbey it would probably have been demolished if it has been an Abbey when Henry VIII was about. At that time it was a place where well off clergyman could stay and entertain. It only got the name Abbey in Victorian times, and is now run as a charitable trust. More information at www.theabbey.uk.com.
The Green Co-op Lorry
The Co-op lorry is the biggest vehicle that regularly travels down East St Helen Street.
The sharp right into West St Helen Street can be made more difficult by traffic, or cars parked in strange places on the road.
The Co-op in West St Helen Street was built with a loading lay-by in front. There are occasions when a car is parked on this lay-by, causing the lorry to wait and on occasions cause a tail back. The lorries arrive at all hours laden with 300kg cages on wheels that are pushed into the co-op storeroom. The friendly store staff often help the lorry driver.