On the Market Place yesterday there was a Market with a difference. A dozen young enterprise teams, each with a company name and business idea were selling their product – a bit like the Apprentice on TV.
Pictures here are Nascent, a young enterprise team from Larkmead School. They had produced and were selling a cook book called ‘Oh Crumbs!’ with some of their staff’s favorite recipes. It included among others: Mr Crowe’s simple sausage and pasta, Miss Dering’s Lentil Dahl, and Mrs’s Box’s Fruit cake. They are seen here with the Mayor Cllr Alice Badcock, who went to Larkmead a few years ago.
A team from Abingdon School had developed a line of mobile phone products
including speakers that amplified the sound of the phone without the need for any wires. They went under the name of Acc.ESS.
It was very good. I only got to know of the event when I happened to pass the Market Place late in the afternoon. The products that the teams had come up with were very interesting. I bought a few items and wish I had been able to buy something from every stall. I hope they all did well.
Glad to see Young Enterprise is still going – I did this myself back in the late sixties when i was at school – very worthwhile.
I wish I’d known this event was on, I would certainly have had a look at what was on offer and had a chat to them. On the subject of ‘what’s on’ it’s the model railway exhibition this coming weekend I understand.
Somewhat off-topic but I see quite a bit of maintenance work going on at the Upper Reaches, the car park entry bridge has had it’s coping replaced and new lights installed (all the old stuff is still at the bottom of the river). I’m glad someone is taking an interest in the place.
yes, my family and I are also really sorry to have missed it since we didn’t know about it.