Allen sent in this picture of Trinity for the URC Calendar.
One of the most interesting photographic records of Abingdon in the 1950s and 60s has pictures of the winter of 1963 in Abingdon. They can be seen at http://www.aeolian-hall.myzen.co.uk/. Pictures are by Bernard Loach and Martin. The site is dedicated to telephone exchange equipment and early TV transmission equipment and aerials, and Abingdon.
On the left hand menu you can see among the electronics:
* Abingdon, 1950s
* Abingdon Ock Street Michaelmas Fair – Irvins setup
* 1960s Destruction of Abingdon
* Aerial Views of Abingdon taken in the early 1980s
* Abingdon Winter 1963
* Abingdon Lantern Slides
* Abingdon Miscellaneous
What a winter that was! I was part of a group in their late teens and early twenties on a weekend houseparty during which we built an igloo that a dozen of us scrambled into. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
As a pupil at Roysses we were asked to clear the iced pavements between the school entrance and Bath Street. I doubt if they would allow that today.
you know you’ve left childhood behind when snow becomes something to dread instead of enjoy.
When I live in Yorkshire, they used to say: “Aye, it looks grand on Christmas cards…”