Abingdon New builds starting in October 2015

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Abingdon New builds
The Google Street View Camera last visited the Drayton Road in April.
Abingdon New builds
Six months later, trees have been cut down, and building supplies have been delivered to a field off the Drayton Road. For many years it was used by horses. Very soon it will be used for houses.
Abingdon New builds
The Google Camera drove by 65 Oxford Road in June 2015. The trees had already been cleared.
Abingdon New builds
In October, concrete has been poured into a mold cut from the soil – outlining the new build.

Abingdon Runaway Fair and Stratford Mop Coincide

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Abingdon Runaway Fair
The Runaway Fair was in town today. There were not quite so many attractions as usual, but that could because some of them have been enticed away to the big money of the Mop Fair in Stratford-upon-Avon – a fair like our Michaelmas Fair where people traditionally found employment.
Abingdon Runaway Fair
In days gone by people got their annual pay after harvest and went to find their next year’s employment at the Michaelmas Fair. The Runaway Fair, a week or two after, was the chance to escape a bad employment and find something better. Stratford has a traditional Runaway Mop in a week or two.

Stratford is similar to Abingdon in being a riverside town with traffic problems. Like Abingdon, they have had discussions about finding somewhere else, other than the town centre, for the annual fairs. Their District Council even put it to the vote in 2004, and 68% of those responding said it should remain at its current location.

Golden Leaves at St Helen’s Wharf in Abingdon

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St Helens Wharf
A crew from Abingdon Rowing Club take a breather before rowing another punishing mile.
St Helens Wharf
Two longboats pass closer than the width of the River Thames at this point would allow.
St Helens Wharf
They are making room for all the anglers on the other bank where a match is in progress.
St Helens Wharf
By midday St Helen’s Wharf has brightened. The rowers and anglers are gone. The golden leaves remind us that time, like a river, so quickly passes by.

Abingdon Country Market – New Venue at the Charter Day Centre

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Abingdon Country Market
Abingdon Country Market have found a new venue. They are now open on the 2nd Saturday of each month in the Abingdon Charter Day Centre.
Abingdon Country Market
The next date is Saturday 14th November 2015. Their cake and produce stall also takes part in the quarterly Local Excellence Market.

Country Markets have grown out of the markets established by the Women’s Institute in 1919, but have always been different from the WI in that men are fully part of the team.
Abingdon Country Market
They were renamed from WI Markets to Country Markets in 2004 but still operate under the same principals – selling local homemade baked goods, preserves, garden-grown fruit and vegetables. They also show case the skills and talents of local craftsmen and artists. .
Abingdon Country Market
The WI are celebrating their centenary this year, and the Oxfam window wishes them a Happy Birthday.