In four days time a toy shop in Abingdon is to close. From what I can tell their other four branches, including the one at Didcot, are doing OK. The toy shop opened three years ago but trading conditions cannot be easy with work ongoing in the Abbey Shopping Centre.
Best wishes to them, and hope to see them, or another toy shop, in Abingdon before too long.
On the Market Place in Abingdon today and until late is the 4th Free Music Festival “Yeah Baby”. First picture shows the Blind Dogs Blues Band (from Sutton Courtney, Drayton, and Wantage).
For the first time there is a beer stall on the Market Place – so a bit of a trial.
Money is being raised for the Festival Charities which are all on the Yeah Baby Website
Florian Stoermer ran a Marathon and a half, ending on the Market Place soon after noon, and raised over £2,000 for the charities. The sun is warming up now. The early rain is gone.
There will be lots more bands through the day.
I hope Mostly Books archive the posters that appear in their window. They make an interesting history of Whats been On in Abingdon since 2006.
There is Wife after Death by the Abingdon Drama Club this week, and Yeah Baby 4. The Glorious Art of Peace, and The Lost Forest of Bernwood is next.
Round the other side of Mostly Books I see “It’s been 25 years. Have you found Wally Yet”
Wally is to be found in a number of shops in town as part of a competition running this month. For example …
Wally’s making lovely things on Bath Street, but not in the ‘Fat Elephant’. Where might he be?
I did see a report recently about the inter school olympics in Abingdon.
Another less publicised event, last weekend, was the church olympics in the Albert Park – where St Helen’s, St Nicolas and St Michael’s churches held a picnic and Olympics challenge in Albert Park.
The Rector of Abingdon, the Revd Dr Charles Miller, can be seen trying his hand at the javelin.
There was also a picture of Clare, the Revd Jane Baun and Tony from St Nicolas Church sharing a high-five after winning silver in the jug-of-water race.
Thanks to Tony, for the report. He says “The sun shone.”