The new stain glass windows in the chapel in Abingdon School were on view at Heritage Open Day for the first time.
The Town Crier called from the roof of the County Hall for the first time to check if he could be heard.
There seemed to be more houses open in East St Helen Street than ever, and more houses had their histories in their front window.
60 East St Helen Street and Twickenham House opened their doors for the first time for Heritage Open Day.
The weather was just about perfect
It was a chance to see new views not seen before of Abingdon.
Yesterday was fantastic – town was really busy and I heard so many positive comments about abingdon being a beautiful and historic town.
Well done Alastair, Hester and your gang – brilliantly organised.
Hear hear. There was a real ‘buzz’ in the town yesterday – it was great to be here and amongst it. I think that the improvements to the Nag’s Head garden/island have also made a huge difference to the attractiveness of the town and riverside.
But…… a big thank you to all of the people who organised and took part in the Heritage events. It was/is a great success. More today of course!
The last photograph illustrates that the Old Goal development is one storey too high. This is a lesson that we must not allow any development of The Charter to be so high that it dominates the rest of the town.