Local Showcase

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Local Showcase
Limited Edition ‘Abingdon’ pottery is still available at ER Goffs. The next batches will say Abingdon-On-Thames so buy them while you can.

Local Showcase
Paul, President of the Abingdon-on-Thames Chamber of Commerce, and Manager at ER Goffs, organised another local business showcase on the Market Place today.
Local Showcase
The latest member of the chamber is a bit more than a local company. Subman came to promote Subway on the trading estate.

Local Showcase
Town Council members were promoting  jubilee events. There is a link on the side for the detail but here is a quick rundown …

Saturday 2 June –
1pm – Fun in the Park and Dance Festival
Evening – Jubilee Dance

Sunday 3 June
10am – Civic Service
12.30pm – Street Party – Ock Street
6pm – Bun Throwing
7pm – Proms in the Park and Firework Display

Monday 4 June

10.30am walking tours
11.00am 12.00 or 2.00pm – County Hall Museum tours
4pm Gates Open – Big Screen – Queen’s Diamond Jubilee BBC Concert (Join National)
10:15pm – Lighting of the Beacon (Join National)

Tuesday 5 June
Morning – Big Screen – Service of Thanksgiving (Join National)

J D Wetherspoons Planning Application

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J D Wetherspoons plans
JD Wetherspoons have put in a planning application for a change of use of 25 High Street
J D Wetherspoons plans
from post office to public house.

Planned hours of opening are 7 am to 1:30 am.

The proposed seating area for customers extends into what was the old sorting office and so is about three times the size of the area where we used to queue for stamps.

Wetherspoons say in their application that this change will “increase shopper/visitor footfall in this part of town and re-introduce life and vibrancy to a prominent building that is currently a ‘dead’ unit.”

The full plans are at … VWHDC Planning

Abingdon prepares for only the second ever Diamond Jubilee – Victoria & Elizabeth II

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Diamond Jubilees Compared
In the last 24 hours Union Jack flags have been put up in the town centre and along Ock Street. Some are on buildings.
Diamond Jubilees Compared
Some are on Lamp Posts.
Diamond Jubilees Compared
In two weeks time there will be the first Diamond Jubilee celebrations since 1897. I have seen the old B&W pictures of the crowded Market Place and the parades along High Street during that  Diamond Jubilee.
Diamond Jubilees Compared
Queen Victoria was 78 when she celebrated her Diamond Jubilee (60 years). Queen Elizabeth will be 86.

Queen Victoria reigned for 63 years and is currently the longest ever reigning monarch.

In the library there is a display about the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubliee where the town council committee discussed whether to pay for a meal for a big celebration or create a lasting memorial. Nothing changes.