Abbey Fish Ponds bucks the trend

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Abbey Fish Ponds
On Wednesday, there was the first ‘ordinary’ meeting of the town council since the Mayor Making.

The first real debate was about council nominees to 4 outside community groups that had not been decided at Mayor making. They were…

1. Earth Trust
2. Fair Trade Group
3. Abingdon and District Twin Town Society (ADTTS)
4. Abbey Fish Ponds

For the Earth Trust both Conservatives and Lib-dems put forward a candidate. The vote was 10 to 10 and the Mayor cast his deciding vote for the Conservative nominee – continuing the trend of the mayor Making.

For the Fair Trade Group it was said that the new council’s policy on Fair Trade needed to be decided and there was to be a discussion later on that. So that was postponed.

It was said by the Conservative leader of the council that no town council representative was wanted by the twin towns society ADDTS where the council nominee was sometimes seen as an irritant.

Abbey Fish Ponds
On Abbey Fish Ponds the leader thought no representative was needed, but others argued that that it was useful for a councillor to be involved in the wildlife space run by BBOWT (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust) at the Abbey Fish Ponds – to help mediate with neighbouring houses who sometimes encroach. At the vote 2 Conservatives voted with the Lib-Dems to nominate a councillor to the Abbey Fish Ponds and then a Lib-Dem candidate was elected – bucking the trend.

A company with a long history

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Nuffield Press  has been put into administration.
Nuffield Press
Nuffield Press began printing the Morris Owner in 1925 from the original Morris Motors factory in Cowley.  They were originally called the Morris Oxford Press and renamed as Nuffield Press in 1942.
Nuffield Press
They began printing Morris and MG periodicals from the original Morris Factory in Cowley – a building that looks as if it has been converted to housing.
Nuffield Press
Nuffield Press are now located in Abingdon down the bottom of what is Nuffield Way,  and part of the Nuffield Centrum, and adjacent to what was once the MG Works.

Since the 80’s Nuffield Press has diversified away from the Motor Industry into magazines, catalogues, brochures and college prospectuses.  They are a good company with a solid reputation and plenty of history – according to comments in the trade journal Print Week , but times are tough for printers

More Mediterranean Abingdon

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Lemon Grove
The restaurant at 5 The Square has been sympathetically painted to tone in with the neighbours, and two lemon trees placed in front. The food appears to come more from the southern Mediterranean with dishes like Falafel, Kafta Meshwi, and Cous Cous Merquez. The premises was previously Salinas who did Moroccan and Lebanese menus.