Trinity Autumn / Festive Fair

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It was raining hard outside, but inside Trinity Church Hall was the Autumn / Festive Fair – a very traditional event with bric-a-brac, Christmas decorations and cards, lots of marmalades, chutneys, jams, cakes, raffles, refreshments,…

There were two tombolas where you have to draw a ticket ending in 5 to win a prize, one run by Paul, who gets mistaken for Father Christmas at this time of year.

Another tombola and toy stall was run by the uniformed organisations who meet at Trinity.

They also had a game where you get 3 disks for 30p. Score 8 or more you get you money back. It took me a couple of goes to loose my 30p towards church funds.

It is the sort of community event where you meet people you haven’t seen for a while. One of them told me council staff had removed the dead cherry tree from the green at Longfellow Drive yesterday. It had been dead for two years.

Innocent of All Charges

The jury ,who sat through the three week trial, were unanimous in dismissing all the allegations.

Those allegations must have been like hell to live through for Paul T and his young family over fifteen months.

Before the allegations there was nobody worked harder for Abingdon than Paul T.

Christmas Began on 18th October in Abingdon

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The first Christmas Lights were being put up in Abingdon on 18th October. The job is done by a specialist contractor with a lot of towns to cover and so they spread the load to keep their workforce fully employed.

This year Stert Street has some new red and silver Christmas trees. One of them is above Oxfam.

Inside Oxfam Christmas is also well underway.

Relatives were canvassed in 1920 about a fitting memorial

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In 1920, the relatives  who had lost loved ones in the Great War were canvassed by Abingdon Borough Council’s War Memorial Committee about a fitting memorial. The preferred option was a Statue of a Soldier with 100 votes, a cross got 62 votes, and a monument 31 votes.

The memorial that was decided upon does incorporate a soldier.

On this wet Wednesday, before Remembrance Day, the Royal British Legion wreath remains from last year.

Either side of the monument turf has been placed – for poppies and crosses.