This evening Mr Hemmings Traditional Abingdon Morris Dancers met at the Royal British Legion for the start of winter practises. New members are welcome and by starting now there is the good chance to learn the traditional Abingdon steps before the season starts in earnest in April or May of 2020. 8pm every Monday. Women and men are welcome.

Earlier in the day the Runaway Fair was running. Pre-school children enjoyed the rides during the day. There followed a lot of rain and so the fair was tidied away earlier than in previous years.

It did produce the once in a year experience of buses having to negotiate the tight bend and parked cars and funeral bollards between East and West St Helen Street.