Thankyou to Steve for these pictures, and the story….
Richard, the lock keeper, was married yesterday afternoon at St Helens Church.
The Happy Couple left the church by Environment Agency patrol launch for a short trip upstream to the lock.
They were followed by a flotilla of boats, and at the lock friends and relations greeted them with a shower of confetti.
So from this day forward, through high waters and low, in wet weather and sunshine, we wish them all the very best.
The Mayor of Abingdon, Councillor Margaret Crick, cut the tape to re-open the South Abingdon Children’s Centre this afternoon. Margaret is also one of the trustees of the new charity Carousel that will be running the centre, alongside some services for Caldecott School.
There were displays by the Abingdon Health Visiting Team, Carousel Cooking Club, Inspiring Minds, Downs Syndrome Oxford, and Citizens Advice Abingdon showing some of the services that will be available when the centre starts opening regularly from September 17th. More information on the Carousel website.
Like other Children’s Centres previously run with finance from Oxfordhire County Council, the centre closed when that funding was withdrawn in 2017. The charity Carousel has grants from the County Council, and Abingdon Town Council to help run the centre for at least three years.
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This picture was taken from the Causeway of a field that has been cleared next to Abingdon Town Football Club ground. The field is now being used for additional football pitches by the youth training programme. This is part of the plans from the new management team at the club.