Start of the school holidays and Abingdon has finally got the snow most of the rest of the country seems to have been reporting in recent days and weeks.
We woke to the suprise of snow – which got deeper and deeper throughout the morning.
On the last Saturday before Christmas there were a fair few people in town – perhaps not wanting to venture further to places like Oxford or Reading on such a day.
The Mummers have collected £385.15 over two nights – for the Alzheimer’s Club . They took their mummers play, one evening around the villages and one night around the town.
Picture taken in the Punch Bowl thanks to Lesley – one of their groupies.
Church in Abingdon Carol Singers sang in the Bleak Mid Winter to the Farmers’ Market. Their most lucrative carol was “While Shepherds watched…” to the tune Ilkley Moor b’aht ‘at!
Money went to Christian Aid.
Pictures and Christmas greetings from John to all who view t’blog.
Work has been underway over the last few days to stabilise the war memorial. A special resin has been pumped into the soil beneath the structure to fill in the holes. This will hopefully mean a more drastic operation will not be necessary.
Work to refurbish the area around the memorial should now be able to go ahead.