Two more of the trees at the top of the Old Cemetery in Abingdon have been felled. The trunk shows no obvious sign of disease so it could be that they have become inconvenient. They cast a shadow and dropped debry on nearby houses.
There was a fine colonnade of six of these trees at the top end of the Old Cemetery.
Now only two remain. What meets the eye now is a white wall one side, and new houses the other.
Thanks to Jan of the Literary Teapot Blog for this report …
As well as trees from groups such as the Scouts, Guides and Messy Church, there were trees from Abingdon Carbon Cutters, Abingdon Writers, Frend the jewellers (not real jewels, unfortunately) and Rosie’s tea shop (decorated with salt dough teapots!) There was also a prayer tree where people wrote on cards the names of people they would like the church to pray for.
All this support was very welcome and the result was wonderful: we raised over £500 for Oxford Homeless Pathways, and John Lewis High Wycombe generously added another £100.
Come rain or shine the Abingdon Market Traders are there on Mondays. Their banner wishes all their customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Also in the rain, at the far end of the precinct, at around 11 am on Monday, were the Christian Aid Carol Singers. Thanks to John for sending this one.
Following on from a video showing Christmas Lights south of the River Ock, here is a video with some of the lights north of the Ock, excluding the town centre.
The music this time is In the Bleak Mid Winter taken from an album called Bluegrass Christmas by the Kentucky All Stars. I got round nearly half of Abingdon north of the Ock, and found some hidden gems.
The video ends with a window in East St Helen Street.
2 shots before that is Bob the Snowman in our window in West St Helen Street. Bob came from the Lewis Baker shop where he had a leading role in their Christmas 2010 window display.