VWHDC Freedom Parade

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VWHDC Freedom Parade
The Vale of White Horse District Council presented 3 and 4 Regiments Royal Logistics Corps with the freedom of the Vale from 2016.
VWHDC Freedom Parade
The regiments exercised this freedom with a parade through Abingdon on Saturday 1 October 2016, and were accompanied by the The Band of the Royal Logistic Corps.
VWHDC Freedom Parade
Oxfordshire’s Lord-Lieutenant, Tim Stevenson, inspected the troops as the Queen’s representative. And Councillor Mike Badcock was there as Chairman of the Vale of White Horse District Council. The regiments already had the freedom of the Town of Abingdon, and now have the freedom of the Vale.
VWHDC Freedom Parade
3 and 4 Logistic Support Regiments are based at Dalton Barracks in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The Regiments are responsible for a variety of logistical support roles, that primarily involve supply and transport and combat support.

The parade began at 10:50 from Ock Street Fire Station. The troops were inspected at the Market Place, and then went to the Roysse Room for refreshments.

Abingdon badminton group needs new players

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Thanks to Steffan for this
Abingdon badminton group needs new players
We’re a friendly group who have been meeting to play badminton each Wednesday evening for many years. Sadly, numbers have been down recently and we would be very much like some new members to join our group.

It’s much more about fun than competition and we welcome all ages and abilities. We tend to play doubles and use the traditional scoring system.

The sessions are from 8pm to 10pm on Wednesdays at John Mason school sports hall. People tend to arrive and leave when they can (so we normally start playing properly around 8:15). It costs £5 a session or £40 for 10 consecutive sessions, to cover the cost of renting the hall. If you’re interested in joining in, please just turn up.

Public Adventure Talks in Abingdon

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Thanks to Mike for this event, and Martin Hartley for the pictures …
Public Adventure Talks
World-renowned polar explorer Pen Hadow will be visiting Abingdon on Thursday 6th October to give a public lecture at the Amey Theatre. This is the start of a series of adventure and exploration themed public talks in Abingdon with the simple of aim of giving the local community the chance to hear some remarkable people. There are two events lined up at the Amey Theatre this Autumn; the first is Pen’s talk followed by a second talk from Everest mountaineer Stephen Venables at the end of the November.
Public Adventure Talks
All the information on Pen’s talk can be seen on the website www.horizonlectures.co.uk/ or facebook page www.facebook.com/horizonlectures

Mike will be on the marketplace next Saturday afternoon (once the Freedom Parade is complete).

Planning for housing need

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housing need
At North East Abingdon Community Centre this evening there was a second exhibition by the developers CEG who are planning to build 900 homes on fields north of Abingdon.
housing need
There were display boards to peruse, and questionnaires to fill in. The board also gave some feedback on what people have been saying at the first exhibition.
housing need
People appeared most concerned about good road infrastructure.

This comes at a time when the leader of the Vale of White Horse District Council is looking to put more housing into the local plan. He said yesterday, talking about unmet Oxford City housing need, “The work carried out by the Oxfordshire Growth Board has apportioned 2,200 of this unmet need to the Vale of White Horse district. Today I agreed that figure on behalf of the Vale and the Council will now work to address this as we develop our work on Local Plan Part 2“. So it is quite possible some of those 2,200 houses could be for Abingdon.