On Saturday there was an opening event at Pandora. They really opened at the busy time before Christmas.
So they waited until now to have such a launch event. The Pandora Abingdon Facebook page has more.
Pandora Launch Event
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Very Good of Sir Terry Wogan to visit Abingdon Twice to see friends
There was a large queue outside the Bookstore when Terry Wogan came in November 2009 to sign his autobiographical book ‘Where was I?!”
I heard him say on BBC 2 National Radio beforehand “look forward to seeing you at Abingdon. I will be at the Abingdon Bookstore at around 12:30 this afternoon and remember … it is the rare unsigned ones that raise all the money but anyway I’m looking forward to seeing all my friends there.”
He was back 5 year later in November 2014 to sign copies of his book “The Little Book of Common Sense: Or Pause for Thought with Wogan”.
It was Very Good of him to visit Abingdon twice, and to support his friends at the Bookstore and meet lots of his Old Friends who knew him through the BBC Radio 2 Radio morning show.
Thanks to Malvin for the first two pictures.
Here We Come A-wassailing in Caldecott
Next to the Local Excellence Market, this morning, campaigners, intent on saving the Oxfordshire Children;s Centres from closure, were asking people to pledge not to vote for ANY County Councillor who votes for the closure of the Childrens Centres in next week’s budget meeting.
At South Abingdon Children’s Centre this afternoon there was a Wassail. It was the second year this event has taken place.
The children;s centre was open for activities and free refreshments. It often acts as a Community Centre as well as a Children’s Centre.
Outside in the grounds of Caldecott School there was dancing by the Vale Islanders and Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers.
Mulled apple juice was heating on an open fire in the forest school area.
and down in the orchard area a traditional wassail poem was recited to the apple trees.
Trees were festooned with ribbons and hung with toast for the birds to feed on. Then everybody made a loud noise to awaken new life in the trees.
The loudest noise came from the Vale Islanders who have obtained a couple of muskets.
The Black Swan @ Abingdon
No, not a new pub, but a genuine black swan
I first saw him on December 5th in South Abingdon on the gravel pit lake nearest to the Marina and he is still there and very much at home with the mute swans (of which there are 2 large families) and a wide variety of other water birds.
(Many thanks to Elizabeth for the report.)