The bus stop beside the Newbury Building Society at the top of West St Helen Street is used by people from South Abingdon getting off in town.
The getting on point is 40 yards round the corner by the Foyer.
It looks like it has been knocked into a direction sign.
For a few weeks I’m working within sound of Bow Bells, and have started to seek out places in London associated with Abingdon. First place I found is the church of St Mary Abbots …
A noble knight who was given lands in Kensington (after 1066 and all that) had a son who was taken seriously ill. Faritius, Abbot of the Abbey of St Mary at Abingdon, helped cure the boy, and as a result the grateful knight bequeathed the church in Kensington, and much land, to the abbey.
Abingdon Abbey established a parish in Kensington, dedicated to St Mary. The church, opposite Kensington High Street Tube Station, has been rebuilt since, but is still called St Mary Abbots – the ‘Abbots’ being in memory of Faritius and his successors. I believe it has the tallest steeple in London at 278 feet. (Trinity in Abingdon is 128 feet. Not sure about St Helens.)
My wife has been organising the raffle for the Arts Festival Ball at the weekend. All the money raised goes to help run the arts festival. As always Abingdon Businesses have been very generous donating prizes. They include:
Added Ingredients
ASK
Beyond Bubbles
Boots the Chemist
Co-op (Midcounties)
Fabulous Flowers
Kitsons Restaurant
Mostly Books
Prices the Stationers
Rosie’s Cafe
Smiths the Chemist
Tangerine
Vineys
WH Smiths
The snow has gone but love is all around.
Look in any shop window …
Happy Valentines Day.