Health and Beauty showcased in Abingdon

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Local Excellence
There was another Chamber of Commerce showcase event on the Market Place today where the business theme was Health and Beauty.

Paul Townsend – Chair of Abingdon-On-Thames Chamber of Commerce, and  Heather Brown from the Choose Abingdon partnership were there – fine examples of health and beauty if ever I saw.
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There were about 8 businesses taking part… Acuabi are an Abingdon Chinese medicine and acupuncture clinic operating from Bowyer Road. They have an open day on 12th November when they are offering free taster treatments.
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The House of Colour helps analyse what colours suit you and complements your natural colours, and make a very colourful picture.  
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Beyond Bubbles were there with some of their Abingdon made soaps – normally to be found on Stert Street.  

New Notice Board at Reynolds Way shops

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New Notice Board
A new noticeboard has appeared at Reynolds Way shops, near the murals – a place where it hs always been difficult to display information about community events. The cost of the notice board was probably more than doubled by planning application costs. It is not that the district council are making money out of such community projects, but each planning application has to be fairly considered to find whether there are any objections that are against local planning regulations …

  • Letters asking for comments were sent out,
  • Documents needed compiling and loading to the internet,

New Notice Board

  • Site visits and an officer report had to be written and presented at the Abingdon area development control committee.

The planning application went through and so the noticeboard is now there, thanks to Sovereign Vale Housing and SARP.

To get your community information on that space, try dropping it in at …

Reynolds Way Notice Board, 52 Mill Road, Abingdon, OX14 5NZ.

Bags or Bins

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Most houses in Abingdon are served by wheelie bins as part of the recently introduced waste processing system.
New Bags
Other houses, like this one on Ock Street, have bags instead. They had a delivery  today – possibly only the second time this has happened.  They are mostly houses without rear access.

I would guess the projected cost of the bags will become more than the cost of the bins after a certain time. Therefore in the long run the bins become the cheaper, more environmentally friendly, option.
New Bags
A few door away, in the Brewery Development, wheelie bins have become a permanent feature  at the front. Here rear access is difficult but not impossible.

Spot the Difference – It’s back to normal

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Yesterday at KingsCraft
Yesterday at Abingdon Boat Centre .

High pressure brought warm air from the south creating an unseasonal week with a crowded Abbey Meadow over the weekend. Children were enjoying the water sprinklers and many parties were enjoying a picnic in the park. Even yesterday there was still a warm dazzlingly sunny day, but unfortunately it was back to school or work for most – so there were fewer people about to enjoy the boats.
Yesterday at KingsCraft
Today at Abingdon Boat Centre

But cooler weather from the Atlantic has now pushed out the remaining warm air and today was a grey day with light showers near the end, and it was getting dark much too early.

Tomorrow will bring wet and windy weather, and turn much cooler …

But we do have the Abingdon Marathon and Micahelmas Fair to look forward to – so long as it doesn’t rain too much.