Today began with street parties (Exbourne Road pictured).
There were also after church parties (Abingdon Baptist Church pictured). At church, it was a day to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of the Queen and Pentecost (the church’s birthday).
Then at 5 pm in Abingdon, there was a bun throw. Here are pictures with rhymes to capture this event.
Abingdon Bun Throw – 70th Jubilee
The crowd has taken every space.
They overflow the Market Place.
Sons and daughters, dads and mums:
Chant as one: We want buns!
Councillors and civic graces
Look down upon the sea of faces –
St Nic’s church bells start to ring.
Dignatories start to fling.
Currant buns dot the sky,
Speeding up from on high.
One plummets down. You nearly catch it,
Someone taller leaps to snatch it.
A wild bun hits you on the head,
And bounds to someone else instead.
One final bun falls a tumbling.
One last try, no more fumbling:
You’ve got a 70 on that bun.
I have to say, ‘That is well done!’
Thank you Backstreeter for the wonderful photos of the last four days. They have let those of us who have had to work some of or all of the Jubilee, to see what was going on.
Totally agree about excellent coverage. Many thanks, Backstreeter!
Yes, thank you so much. Brilliant rhyming! You should send this page to the museum for their archives. Excellent photos throughout the weekend to keep us informed. You’re doing a grand job!
Did you get any pictures of the Abingdon Airfield event in the end?
Hi Michael,
I will have to log on Facebook to see what Martin has there. I haven’t been on Facebook yet.
Martin has some brilliant pictures of the bun throw and the first 2 days at the Meadow Festival but I could not find anything at the Xplosive event. So that post may not appear now.
Alastair, an excellent, comprehensive set of the event. The whole Jubilee was very well covered, thank you.
Particularly appreciated by those of us who don’t live in Abingdon anymore, thank you.
Good to see a lack of upturned umbrellas at the bun throwing. that was always a beef of mine.
Haven’t been umbrellas for at least the last two bun throws, so good that that is sorted.
What I don’t quite get is the look of glee on faces as people at the end have literally a dozen or so buns? What do they want or need so many for? I get the fun is in the catching…bit after you’ve caught one…throw the rest on?
Perhaps they like to say “oh, didn’t you get any? I got 10!”