Down East St Helens Street towards St Helens Church (with scaffolding for the bells).

Along High Street towards Ock Street and Tesco.

Towards St Nicholas and the Abbey Gateway.

Trinity Church spire in the distance, The white building is the old BT telephone exchange now partly converted to flats.

Towards the Old Gaol (and River), and Didcot Power Station

The headquarters of Oxfordshire Age concern moved to St Edmunds Lane in Abingdon in 2002. Age concern, Oxforshire, is a charity with 100 members of staff and over 400 volunteers who aim to make a difference in campaigning and caring for elderly people.

There aims are to help elderly people to:

* lead happy, active and fulfilled lives as independently as possible (which may mean helping them find gardening help or home shopping)
* overcome the barriers which prevent them receiving whats rightfully theirs
* be their advocates
* communicate their needs in order to shape the policies and services of local and national agencies
* care for them, if they need extra help, in safe, secure and welcoming environments

This care home for the elderly in Ock Street is run by a charity called the Order of St John Care Trust.

Providing a home for elderly people, especially when it comes to people who are no longer able to live independently, is a very difficult thing to do well. Yet our carers are often some of the least well paid workers.

Age concern also also concerned for carers.

This years Spring Festival had a Tudor theme, since Queen Mary Tudor granted Abingdon a charter 450 years ago.

The town Crier announced that the spring festival opened the season of Abingdon in Bloom.

Children from Dunmore Infant School did the traditional Maypole dance

The Morris Men were also dancing,

and can been seen pictured with Peter Green, the new Mayor

The first picture is the Royal Mail sorting office on Ock Street. A lot of the postmen and women start their day early to get the main round finished by midday. They sometimes get complaints from people who expect their post delivered before leaving to work at 8:30 or 9.

Before the round starts they have to sort their letters and packages into bundles. So the day can start at 4 or 4:30.

Most use bikes and colourful jackets. This picture is taken from Tower Close looking to Ock Street.

The milkman also starts his day early. This van is turning from Victoria Road into Bostock Road. Far fewer people take milk deliveries than ten years ago.