Work continues round the museum. This is how the lift shaft looked two weeks ago.
A lot has happened in two weeks.
The lift will have 3 stopping positions …
Undercroft, pavement, and right down to the basement.
Three stop lift
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Didcot Rangers without Rangerettes
A group of scantily clad young men came through town on Saturday collecting money for one of their good causes. Last time I pictured the Didcot Thong Rangers in Abingdon it was back in November 2008 when they were pulling a truck for Breast Cancer research. This time they are raising money to help a baby with Meningitis. With them were some young ladies on roller scates – the Rangerettes – on a 16 Mile Rollerskating Challenge Didcot-Abingdon-Didcot. I was too slow to catch the Rangerettes.
Taking steps for Fairtrade in Abingdon
The first Market Place event of the year was a Fairtrade market. Waitrose were there showing a range of their products and offering free samples.
The Co-op were there selling Fair Trade products like 99 Tea with 20% off.
Skinny Hippo were there with some of their Fairtrade craft products.
The Mayor received a certificate to say that Abingdon is officially recognised as a Fairtrade town.
We are currently into Fairtrade fortnight and there is a national event called “Take a Step in Fairtrade fortnight (Feb 27th – March 11th). You can register a step if you like at online.
About 60 Abingdon people wrote the Step they are going to take for Fairtrade on a board on the Market Place. This young lady is going to try to find Fairtrade Ice Cream.
“Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world.”
Abingdon links in London – 3. Statue of St Edmund Rich of Abingdon
After work today I went sightseeing in Millwall.
Millwall is best known to me at least for the Football Club, Millwall F.C. who now play in Bermondsey and have not played in Millwall for some time.
But if you look on the bus map of Millwall above, you will see the purpose of my visit – to view St Edmund’s School and Church, and a statue – in honour of St Edmund Rich of Abingdon.
My first view of the church was a little disconcerting. The notice on the property alongside says “DANGER – ANTI CLIMBING DEVICE – Treated with Anthrax.” Then I read the small print … “and a dose of British sense of humour.”
I am not sure how a church in Millwall, Isle of Dogs, London has managed to get such a superb memorial to St Edmund of Abingdon.
A church called St Edmund’s was opened in Millwall in August 1875, replacing a church called St Edward’s.
The current building looks a far more recent addition. So having done my sight seeing and not been able to explain the association with St Edmund of Abingdon I returned to Mudchute Station on the The Docklands Light Railway to return from whence I came. By the way – the Mudchute in question was a huge pile created when Millwall Dock was dug out in 1860.