Just one day left in February. Last time we had a leap year, I see from the Abingdon Blog that there mumblings about the new traffic lights installed at the far side of Abingdon Bridge. They did get moved.
The runner on the front of The Phone Book for 2012/2013, to be seen outside various houses in Abingdon, is Peter Radford … Sprinter … Bronze Medalist … Rome 1960 Olympic Games.
The Olympic torch will be carried through Abingdon on Tuesday 10th July. The route will not be quite so telegraphic as the map suggests.
Having celebrated the night before in Oxford the torch will come through Abingdon in the early morning before setting off down the A415 towards Wallingford, and after a long day on the road will stop for a celebration event at Reading.
In his previous shop, West End News, Peter Wiblin used to have a window full of posters advertising events in town. In his new shop, Abingdon News Plus, Peter has a smaller window, and to make up for that Peter has installed a screen running a loop advertising what’s on. I think he will charge for the service, but during March as an introduction the service is free.
I learned on the display that there is a plant / flower show at the end of March. That will be new for the blog.
Abingdon and Witney College have just done a show called Space Money. One student, Jemma, has created a blog detailing her involvement in the show. She says at one point …
Marketing Plan
This week, we have put together a marketing plan. This consists of all the different ways that we could market our performance out to the public. We thought of as many as we could from college radio to Jack FM and school newsletters etc. We also included the way that we would use sponsors to our advantage and the way they will help us keep our costs to a minimum…
Free Advertising at Abingdon News Plus deserves extra points.
A South American band with a large assortment of panpipes and a picture of Machu Picchu, were playing all day on the Market Place yesterday. Here is a short extract …