Abingdon Museum: Guess the stairs to the roof

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Guess the stairs to the museum roof
It is half term week and the Abingdon Museum staff are expecting more visitors up the museum stairs.
fashions from 1066 to the 1980s
In the Attic Gallery there are models dressed in the fashions from 1066 to the 1980s. Inspired by a book on a millennium of fashion, Lisa Jayne Smith has dressed 110 models from Saxon and Medieval times through to the 20th century.

But how many stairs will you have to climb to visit the museum attic, or the museum roof? Find out in the following video. It also counts the number of stairs to the basement (12) and to the sessions hall (37).

Abingdon Artists Autumn Exhibition

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Abingdon Artists Autumn Exhibition
The Abingdon Artists Autumn Exhibition is on this week (29 October – 2 November 2024) at Christ Church barn on Northcourt Road.
Abingdon Artists Autumn Exhibition
The Abingdon Artists’ 2024 programme includes two exhibitions, outings,  Tuesday afternoon art group, Friday quick on the draw in Abingdon town centre, and a series of talks.

Clare Cross was demonstrating painting watercolours onto wet paper which causes the paint to blot and run and create effects. Clare is often on hand at the Tuesday afternoon art group to give advice to others on drawing and painting.
Abingdon Artists Autumn Exhibition
There is a raffle to win a painting donated by Richard Stoven, depicting the coast on Ireland’s wild Atlantic Way, painted in acrylics, mostly cobalt blue and burnt umber, with some transparent yellow and vermillion. Other blues are layered in the sea.

There are also many paintings and cards for sale by lots or artists.
Abingdon Artists Autumn Exhibition
Painting of Abingdon are always popular and this one by David Stone shows the Market Place in Abingdon.

More information is at http://abingdonartists.org.uk/.

Bakehouse Strummers Bring Joy to the Phab Club

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The Phab Club had a great time last night at Christchurch, Abingdon, thanks to the Bakehouse Strummers. The band play easy to sing along songs that sound good strummed on the ukulele – mostly from the early 1960s.

The Bakehouse Strummers got their name from “The Old Bakehouse” in Abingdon where one of their leaders lives and where they first met to play. They are usually busy over the Christmas period and will play at the Mayor’s Christmas Party for people over 75.

At the end, the audience called for an encore, which the band wasn’t used to. So they played again the song they started with – something good by Hermon’s Hermits

P.S. Hermon’s Hermits are on their 60th anniversary tour in 2024. From their early beginnings in Manchester in 1964, the band have chalked up 23 hit singles.

Clubs and Societies – Looking for a Speaker?

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Trinity Evergreens hosted a talk on Monday by Ann and John Ford, a couple whose lives have been taken over by their Morris Minors. The talk, called “Morris Minors in the Media”, began when they took a Morris Minor to a car show and discovered a business card on their windscreen asking if it could be hired for a film.

From that beginning, their interest in Morris Minors developed into a business, and they built up a collection of Morris Minors. They helped supply a fleet of 32 cars for the film “The Borrowers.” Their vehicles have been featured in commercials, fashion shoots, weddings, and TV series. Mr. Ford became friendly with Anthony Hopkins, and used to get him a newspaper and read him the news and drive the Morris Minor during filming of “Shadowlands.” They appeared with Fiona Bruce in Antiques Road Show.

Trinity Evergreens (at Trinity Church) have other interesting speakers booked for the upcoming year. There is a waiting list to join the club. Ann and John Ford are available for public speaking engagements. Try aandj.ford2019 at gmail.com or 07831 519 478. (The picture is from Clubs and Societies Day in Abingdon in 2023.)