Abingdon Town Band perform at Windsor Castle (third time)

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The Abingdon Town Band
The Abingdon Town Band had the honour of being invited back to Windsor Castle to perform on the Jubilee Garden Bandstand within the precincts of the Castle.
The Abingdon Town Band
The Musical Director of the Band, Steve Rich, said “The Band were excited and honoured to be invited back to Windsor in the Diamond Jubilee year of HM The Queen and of course during the London 2012 Olympics.”
The Abingdon Town Band
This was the Band’s third performance at the Castle after being invited to play there in 2010 when the Abingdon Town Band had the distinction of being the first non-military band ever to play in Windsor Castle
The Abingdon Town Band
The Band has a very busy year of engagements this year including the MG celebrations at Blenheim Palace and the Royal County of Berkshire Agricultural Show at Newbury both in September.

2012 Mayor of Abingdon’s Bowls Challenge

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I took a short break from watching the Olympics on TV to see some live sport on Friday in Abingdon …
Mayors Bowls Competition
The 2012 Mayor’s challenge bowls competition was taking place at the bowls club in Albert Park.

Normally the match is between the Mayor of Abingdon’s team, and the Lord Mayor of Oxford’s team. But this year the Lord Mayor of Oxford could not raise a team. So instead the Mayor of Abingdon’s team (which included the Mayor and some Abingdon town councillors and some standard players) played the Vale of White Horse (which included some Vale district councillors).
Mayors Bowls Competition
It was a close match. When I left, about half way through, the Vale team were slightly ahead.

Not all the councillors got the dress code exactly right, but they had come straight from work.

Nag’s Head Refurbishment Begins / Salter Steamer Landing Changed

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Nags Head Refurbishment Begins
As you enter Abingdon, the news board outside Goffs tells you … “Riverside Pub set to reopen doors.”
Nags Head Refurbishment Begins
Yesterday Spike sent me this picture from the river saying “Renovation going well and it’s fantastic to see all the metal shutters gone and life back into this historic Abingdon pub. Forecast to open mid September.”
Nags Head Refurbishment Begins
During the work, the landing stage for Salters Steamers has had to be moved to the Upper Reaches Hotel. This may be just until the landing area is made safe.
Nags Head Refurbishment Begins
On a warm summer’s day like today there were quite a few people swimming in the river, some out in the middle, who did not see the Salter’s Steamer to Oxford until very late.
Nags Head Refurbishment Begins
One of the strongest arguments put forward for keeping the open air pool, just a short distance from this shot, was that it would protect against drownings in the river.

Peace Vigil

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Peace Vigil
On Monday a dozen members of Abingdon Peace Group gathered at the War Memorial in Abingdon to mark the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan on August 6th 1945.

This vigil has been held in Abingdon every August for the last thirty years, and reminds us of the tens of thousands of people who died immediately, and the many more who died subsequently of the after-effects of radiation, both in Hiroshima and in Nagasaki which was bombed 3 days later on August 9th 1945.