Jubilee Bunting and Palm Crosses

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Soon after Midday, on the Market Place, a group from the One Planet Abingdon centre were making a length of bunting to be used during the Jubilee celebrations in June. Other lengths of bunting have been made under the County Hall, but today was warm and sunny.

A group of cyclists were just setting out on a ride.

Martin had been invited to put a stall up and will be back again selling pictures of Abingdon and beyond on the Monday Market.

People were emerging from St Nicolas Church with palm crosses.

It is Palm Sunday.

Market Place this morning

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The Town Crier was on the Market Place announcing a Beer Festival at the Abbey Buildings this weekend.

Members from the Abbey Baptist chapel, next door, were also out on the Market Place to let people know about their activities. They have a Good Friday Service at 10:30 am and an Easter Sunday Service at 10:30 am.

The Church in Abingdon also has a Good Friday procession and united service on Good Friday. The procession will leave Abingdon Library at 11.45 am, proceeding through the town centre to St Nicolas Church for a service at 12 noon.

New Fabulous Flowers Archway

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Fabulous Flowers have a new archway into the shop. It incorporates rainbow colours and bows. Very clever.

Meanwhile, the finishing touch has some blue and yellow and Easter lambs.

There are real lambs for anybody walking near Abingdon Lock.

Following my pictures from Albert Park yesterday, Daniel sent a link to an aerial view of the park showing Albert from above, face to face, and all the way down to the ground.

Walk round the Albert Park

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Albert Park is a 19th-century formal park with green spaces and trees, and a statue of Prince Albert near the top. Today there was sun and shade and forsythia was flowering.

There was also bird song and blossom. The park is surrounded by large houses, Abingdon School, St Michael’s Church,

and Trinity Church, all from Victorian times. Through these trees, as well as Trinity can be seen the more recent bowling clubhouse.