Limited Edition ‘Abingdon’ pottery is still available at ER Goffs. The next batches will say Abingdon-On-Thames so buy them while you can.
Paul, President of the Abingdon-on-Thames Chamber of Commerce, and Manager at ER Goffs, organised another local business showcase on the Market Place today.
The latest member of the chamber is a bit more than a local company. Subman came to promote Subway on the trading estate.
Town Council members were promoting  jubilee events. There is a link on the side for the detail but here is a quick rundown …
Saturday 2 June –
1pm – Fun in the Park and Dance Festival
Evening – Jubilee Dance
Sunday 3 June
10am – Civic Service
12.30pm – Street Party – Ock Street
6pm – Bun Throwing
7pm – Proms in the Park and Firework Display
Monday 4 June
10.30am walking tours
11.00am 12.00 or 2.00pm – County Hall Museum tours
4pm Gates Open – Big Screen – Queen’s Diamond Jubilee BBC Concert (Join National)
10:15pm – Lighting of the Beacon (Join National)
Tuesday 5 June
Morning – Big Screen – Service of Thanksgiving (Join National)
In case you didn’t make it to the Chamber day you also missed Added Ingredients, Beyond Bubbles, Slade Legal, Cancer Research, BlueDoor Estate Agents, Paul Viney Photography, Dream Doors kitchens and not forgetting the Oxford Saxtet who serenaded us all on a dry, but not very sunny day.
This was a really good day with a wide range of Abingdon’s businesses. I must say a big thankyou to everyone that was there really early to help set up & to everyone that stayed at the end to help pack everything away.
Did any of you catch the news that the “on thames” suffix has been adopted by another town on the river?
Yes, Abingdon on thames now has the company of Staines on Thames in our select band of towns.
I think some of the cachet of the name just got lost.
A bit harsh on Staines David – whilst I don’t think it is on a par with Abongdon it does have done quite attractive bits, mainly down by the river. Unfortunately picked up rather a bad reputation due to Ali G
My apologies to Staines on Thames, and especially the Staines on Thames Massive. Big Up. Booyakasha!
But if Staines is so good why do they need to add the unnecessary “on Thames” to their name?
‘Staines on Thames’ makes it sound like someone’s dropped some dye in the river 😉
Extremely harsh on Staines, bordering on offensive
Terrible joke from Kat P, but then, what’s new