The Abingdon Jazz Festival kicked off at the Unicorn Theatre this evening. The evening began with Gilad Atzmon who people said was very good. We were there at 8:30pm to see The Heavy Dexters and they were great fun –
very entertaining. There is a lot more on tomorrow and Sunday. The main programme is at http://www.abingdonjazzfestival.org.uk/ There is also a fringe festival at the Roysse Room tomorrow.
The Knowl, Stert Street, in Abingdon is for sale. It has been been a mental health rehabilitation and recovery residential care home for over 20 years. The care home has moved to another Abingdon location and the historic building is looking for a new occupant.
Thomas Merrifield has it on the market for £800,000 and say this is ‘a unique and rare opportunity to acquire a Grade II star listed former care home with 15 bedrooms, 4 bedroom annexe, numerous receptions and shared communal facilities located in the heart of Abingdon town centre. The Knowl represents a landmark building within Abingdon due to its striking period architecture and substantial appearance.’
The Knowl also features on the town portal – Abingdon People and Places.
We managed to get to a few art week venues in Oxford last weekend, and from this weekend Oxfordshire Art weeks is coming to Abingdon. That includes St Ethelwold’s House where there will be Tea, Textiles and an Open Garden.
In the Open Garden are Irises – like Van Gogh painted;
Buttercups, Campion, and Bluebells – in wild flower islands;
and Rhubarb, Runner Beans and Rosemary – in the vegetable patch.
At the County Hall Museum in Abingdon there is an exhibition running from April 6th to 30th June called Rubbish!.
Part of the exhibition asks what discarded items from the past tells us about past societies.
The exhibition also looks at how we deal with our new rubbish. There is a video about the process used by the incinerator at Ardley which produces energy from non-recycled (black-bin) rubbish for about 53,000 homes, and how the residue of ash and metal can be re-used.
An information board explains how our recyclable (green-bin) rubbish is separated and recycled. Another board explains how our food waste is used to produce methane and that generates power, and how the residue is used as fertiliser.
There are a lot of information boards, and so I will need to revisit to read it all.