The County Hall, an iconic building in Abingdon, once served as a Court Sessions Hall

covered market

and down below a cellar for storage. It currently houses The Abingdon Museum.

The building has required major maintenance and updates at roughly 50 year intervals. The last was 60 years ago. The next major maintenance and updates could be about to happen after a successful £2M bid to the Lottery Fund. Described as ‘Erection of external lift tower and associated accessibility works, internal alterations and general refurbishment of building‘ the plans goes before the District Council Planning Committee early in July. To see the Planning Application go to Planning Public Access and Search application 09/00922/LBC .

Hello, Abingdon, Here’s our progress at the West End Allotments since my earlier pix.

There’s now peas being picked, and the long view shows the potatoes and the bean sticks ready for the runner beans; also the courgettes..

They say there’s a waiting list for allotments, but there’s plenty of unused land here!!

John

In one empty shop there is a display showing the winning entries of a School Anti-Litter poster competition

The winning entry says… Rubbish + Bin = Clean Town

Bloom displays are out.

Empty shops look tidier, but a little emptier without the covering screens. Why hide the truth!

There are signs of a new broom in the area…

It’s Independent Booksellers Week from 15th – 22nd June…

In the window of The Bookstore are some flutterbooks for Independent Booksellers Week. They also have their own event: An Evening with Kate Adie next weekend at the Cornerstone Theatre in nearby Didcot.

I could not get my normal view of our other Independent Bookseller, Mostly Books, because there is a new planter in the way.

Featured in the Mostly Books window are the Amazing Books For Boys Event , the Children’s Food Festival, and a Very Hungry Caterpillar…