The shops have had them up for some time now. This picture showed Fabulous Flowers two weeks ago.
We put up the decorations three days ago at Preston Road Community Centre.
We put up the tree in Trinity Church today. That tree, bought in a sale in February about six years ago, paid for itself within two years. And it is easier than trying to hack the trunk of a real tree.
Just home left to do.
It was colder today on the first day of December with the mist/fog on the River Thames in Abingdon. (Mist turns to fog when visibility is under 1000 metres.)
One of the street lamps has a bluish colour like the new led Christmas lights. Perhaps this evening scene will look bluer and colder in five years as led takes over.
The across-street and lamppost lights in the town centre have changed this year.
Previously they were a mix of colours; the new ones are bluey white and more energy efficient.
The candle lights around the Market Place and curtain lights inside the museum remain unchanged. They are all organised by the town council out of council taxes.
The Bury Street lights are provided by the Bury Street Shopping Centre.
Richard Hawkins, the lock keeper at Abingdon, received the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal today at 2pm at the lock. He is one of only 3 Environment Agency staff on the Thames to be nominated for one. The medal was presented by Mark, the manager of the Upper Thames.
The medal was awarded for the lives Richard saved at the weir and lock.