The exhibition “Exercise your Eyes” is on until Thursday this week, and features the work of students on the Abingdon College art and design foundation course, most of whom will be leaving Abingdon next year to go to places like Bath, Kingstone, Goldsmiths, Falmouth, Wimbledon…

Anyway it was a very exciting exhibition, and there was far more than can be included in a blog. But here are some of the works.

PCP stands for Peachcroft Posse. The artwork was done as a summer project three years ago in the basketball court near the Peachcroft Centre.

Peachcroft is an extensive housing estate on the northern edge of Abingdon near to Peachcroft Farm, and built from the 1970s.

Here is the well publicised youth shelter. Today was its last day, and it is not to be seen there anymore. It was set up near the basketball court as a place where young people could hang out, but hanging out in numbers has sometimes led to problems. And today it has been taken away.

There are two books out about Abingdon this month.

The one pictured here, at the museum shop is called “Pride of Place”. It is a history of the Abingdon County Hall written by Peter Gale who works at the museum.

This second book “Cameos of Abingdon” is in the window of the Book Store in the precinct. It has many contributors.

Football does bring us together probably more than anything.

The town went eerily quiet from 4 until 5 45 PM while the football was on.

After the game tooting horns were to be heard. The picture is taken of the Cross Keys down Ock Street.