Community to Community

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Christian Aid
The last week has been Christian Aid week. On Sunday we had a video at Trinity about Christian Aid. It showed a coffee growing area establishing a co-operative, with help from Christian Aid. It allowed them to process the coffee themselves and ensure they got a decent price for their work rather than most of the money going to middlemen.

Today a lady came round collecting door to door for Christian Aid. So I was quite happy to give thinking that our Abingdon community was working with another community to make this world a better place.

Kingfishers on Market Place

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ON Market Place
Friends of Radley Lakes were there. They were joined by Pat Shepheard Moon who donated a painting of a Water Vole to be raffled by the Friends.
On Market Place
Parents and staff of Kingfisher School were also there to sell things in aid of special equipment for the school. Kingfisher offers specialist help for pupils with special needs living in Abingdon, Didcot, Wallingford, Cumnor and surrounding villages. It was also a chance to have a bit of out of school fun together.

We only needed the Kingfisher Canoe Club and there would have been three Kingfisher groups. The third group were the army.

More About Free Parking

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Wilsham Road Free Parking
Every day except Sunday the Wilsham Road is an all day car park. There is just a five minute walk to town from this road. Parking there avoids commuters getting stuck in any early morning traffic jam into town, and it is free. But you have to feel for the residents who loose their scenic view across the river, and parking for their visitors.

Aunt Sally at the Anchor

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Aunt Sally
We went out for a drink and got to see an Aunt Sally match at the Old Anchor Inn between the Anchor Inn and the Cross Keys ‘C’ team. According to one member of the ‘C’ team they are better than the ‘B’ but not so good as the ‘A’.
Aunt Sally
This game is played in Oxfordshire and Berkshire pubs and involves two teams of eight players throwing six sticks each per leg. The largest number of ‘doll’s scored per team wins each leg.
Aunt Sally
If a player fails to score in a leg, it is called a blob.