Monday Morning Milkshake

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Willowshake
In October 2017 Willow Shake opened in Stert Street and today they moved to larger premises in Bury Street. They have been decorating over the last few weeks.

Inside there is a check floor like an American diner, a sofa, and some wood tables and chairs. The one table outside will be added to in time.
Willowshake
They serve milkshakes in a huge number of flavours, as well as smoothies and hot drinks. Lots of people stopped to take a look at the new place, and quite a few came inside to say how good the new place looked.

Stickies

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During the nineties & noughties, there was a nightclub in Abingdon called Strattons. It was also called stickies because of the sticky carpet – from people drinking and dancing. It closed 9 years ago and the Results gym expanded into the space.

Strattons was so called because it was off Stratton Way.

Before Strattons there was an eighties nightclub in Abingdon called Charters. Charters was so called because it was part of the Charter – next to the Malthouse Surgery

The City Daily Photo theme for August 1st is Sticky. There are more stickies here

Could there still be a twenties nightclub in Abingdon?

Abingdon Abbey Buildings re-open + Local Excellence Market

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Abingdon Abbey Buildings Reopen
Bryan and Tim were letting people know that the Abbey Buildings have reopened and had a special open day.

Bryan has been working hard on the lottery bid to improve access to the Abbey Buildings. The Town Council have given a grant of £25k towards the project.

Tim has been curator for 4 years and is returning to the USA next week. There is an interview with him in the video at the end of this post. Also in the video are Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers, and Oxford Waites.
Abingdon Abbey Buildings Reopen
The Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers started under the County Hall.

They then made their way to the Abbey Buildings like Pied Pipers, leading the crowds.

In the garden at the Abbey Buildings was a beer tent and a cake stall. There was free ice cream for children.
Abingdon Abbey Buildings Reopen
Here are Bryan Brown, chairman of trustees of the Abbey Buildings Trust; Cheryl Briggs, The Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames; and the Town Crier.

Members of the Studio Theatre Club were near the Unicorn Theatre where they will be performing Terry Pratchett’s Murder In Ankh-morpork from 17th-20th November. (16th November 2021 marks 50 years of Terry as a published author.) Tickets go on sale on 14th September. They will go as fast as tickets to the Truck Festival.
Abingdon Abbey Buildings Reopen
Performing in the Long Gallery were the Oxford Waites.

On the Markey Place was the first Local Excellence Market since legal Covid-19 restrictions were lifted.

The Love Beer brewery, from nearby Milton, had a stall for the first time.

Martin Wackenier also had a stall and sold over 20 of his 2022 Abingdon-on-Thames Calendars. Martin has just won the award for best photographer in Bucks and Oxfordshire in the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2021. Other Abingdon winners were The Tipsy Mercer (for best Bar), and Mostly Books (for best Bookshop). 3 winners is better than any other place.