The Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames, Councillor Cheryl Briggs, was at the Abingdon Community Fridge today at Hadland Road Community Centre, helping the volunteers.
The fridge is free for all to use and fights food waste by redistributing surplus food from local businesses and members of the community.
The helpers first set out everything that has been donated and then open the doors to the public.
The Radley Lakes Trust will oversee projects to improve pedestrian access to the Lakes, to manage important wildlife habitats, and to provide signage and information for people who visit the area.
Trustees at the launch in the Silk Hall, Radley College, on 25th September 2021 (left to right: Andrew Ashton, Mike Wilson, David Fraser, Lynda Crowley, Richard Dudding, Roger Thomas.)
Lynda Crowley, Chair of Radley Parish Council and a trustee, said,‘I am delighted that Radley Parish Council will be supporting the work of the Radley Lakes Trust. When we did our Radley Neighbourhood Plan a few years back, taking proper care of the Lakes emerged as a major concern of local residents. Now, we have a locally based Trust which can fulfil those aspirations, I am very excited about the future.’
We are back in Abingdon after a week away. The X2 bus driver at Oxford Station said that a lot of petrol stations in the area have run out of fuel. He put it down to panic buying. The Vineyard Service Station was not selling fuel this morning.
There are signs in the Vineyard warning that the road will be closed on 4th October for the Womens Cycle Tour. The Cycle Tour begins in Oxfordshire on Day 1, starting in Bicester. The race will head south to Culham and Abingdon, then north to finish in Banbury. The route through Abingdon is Bridge Street, Stert Street (wrong way), Stratton Way, Bath Street, and Wootton Road.
Also on 4th October, Abingdon Street Fair will shut High Street, Ock Street, and part of Stratton way. The signs, this year, make it the Longest Street Fair in the UK – 1½ mile !
Leanne sent me pictures from Abingdon Market Place on Friday.
Radley College have been going round primary schools as part of ‘Music Flood: Primary School Music Week’. This involved musical performances and workshops in primary schools in Abingdon, involving over 2000 students, to help get music making back into schools.
The final event was a mass performance on Abingdon Market Place.