Local Excellence Market

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This morning, the local excellence market in Abingdon was decorated with flags celebrating the Lionesses, who will play in the Euro 2022 final against Germany on Sunday 31st July 2022.

That is tomorrow as I write.

On the Hampshire Gluten Free Co stall, there were Go Lionesses Doughnuts!! Thank you to Paul for this picture. He and his fellow market organiser have been at every England game and will be at the final tomorrow at Wembley.

The kick-off will be on BBC One at 5 pm (British Summer Time). We will be Beyond Bubbles if England win.

Other newsworthy stalls at the market were Abingdon Distillery, which opens its distillery and shop in Coxeters on Thursday.

There was a new stall selling replica Morland Plaques. The plaques can be purchased ready to paint or painted in traditional colours or other ways.

Sections of West and East St Helen Street re-tarmacked

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Sections of West St Helen Street were re-tarmacked last Friday.

The longest section of new tarmac was down near St Helen’s Church.

This Thursday the paving machine was back laying fresh tarmac along East St Helen Street. A couple of rollers smoothed the surface.

The work was along a stretch of carriageway at the lower end of the street, not including the residents parking.

Traffic was kept off the road, giving pedestrians a rare chance to see East St Helen Street without cars.

North Abingdon Developments

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Former Primary School teacher and Abingdon Mayor Pat Hobby has a road name on The Kingsgate Estate.

The new Aldi store is progressing well but does look like a long line of grey when viewed from the Wootton Road.

Beyond the Aldi Store and new Kingsgate Estate the cycle / pedestrian way ends. No thought seems to have gone into improving this crossing – so close to the new developments. Cycles must join the road and pedestrians cross the road at a place (near Mallams) where a young man was killed, by a speeding driver, not so long ago.

Also see if you can spot the bus stop.

Here is new BUS STOP near the Abbey Fields Estate for comparison.

New turf and shrubs are being planted.at the the new Abbey Fields Estate. Sprinklers are used.

The re-channeled brook is dried up and stagnant there has been so little rain.

The developments will help pay for a full A34 junction at Lodge Hill. The last update I heard was that the full plans could be published in September.

In Botley, another place where houses are close to the A34, there is a 50 mph.

Books from Abingdon People

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People sent in poems about Abingdon and the poet Andrew Jamison selected the final ten and wrote the foreword. The book Ten Poems about Abingdon sells at £5 and all profits go to The Abingdon Bridge charity – supporting young people. The book can be found at The Bookstore, Mostly Books, Abingdon Museum and Abingdon Bridge. It will appear at Abingdon Library.

Jenny Gould will be at Abingdon Library this Thursday talking about her book No More Good Girl. Jenny is a psychotherapist and married to Mike. They live and are well known in Abingdon.

Kevin Thomson is well known at Abingdon Drama Club and organises Abingdon Walking Tours led by himself and other actor friends. His children’s book is called Willy and Wally – The Windscreen Wipers.