People from some of the churches in Abingdon got together for an afternoon procession to celebrate Palm Sunday. They sang a song before leaving, and waived palm leaves.

Unfortuneately there were no real donkeys to be had today – it being a very busy day for donkeys, and so the procession was led by a young girl with a papier-mache donkey.

At the park they were led in singing by Ruth, the minister from Trinity. They also read the story of Palm Sunday.

The removal of the pedestrian crossings near Coxeters at the bottom of Stratton Way has made it more difficult to cross.

It does not make for pretty pictures, and the AbITs newsletter emphasises “During the work the shops, businesses and facilities in the town centre will be open as usual. Please continue to visit and show your support for the town during the improvement work.”

Shop owners are worried how this will affect their business. It is intended to make Abingdon more pedestrian friendly in the long run, but not necessarily more car friendly.

In town today there are a number of Easter displays but pride of place must go to ‘Spot’s First Easter’ at the Book Store

This painting by Oswald Couldrey was done in the late 1930s and shows children coming out of Carswell School in Conduit Road (from a postcard Copyright Abingdon Town Council).

The school recently had £1 million spent on it to provide new classrooms, an ICT suite, and an all weather pitch (Carswell School is the only school in Abingdon without a grass playing field and so desparately needed this). As you can see the nursery area is very colourful. Oswald would have approved.