The new house on Wilsham Road has been going up during the winter, and the huge roof beam lifted into position.
At Abingdon School the concrete frame of the new science block is being filled in with breeze blocks and insulation slabs.
Mayott House is having the roof put on.
The site for 159 dwellings in a field off the Drayton Road are still having an archaeological survey.
The best thing about giving blood is the cup of tea and selection of biscuits afterwards.
There are not as many people pre-booked as usual this Friday at Preston Road Community Centre so blood will be gratefully received.
For many of us this is a chance to give something back: I am only alive because I had a blood transfusion at birth.
It is the start of the road to the Abingdon Passion in 2016 and the first fundraising event took place on Saturday evening at St Nicolas Church …
1) There was a concert including 4 pieces by French composers culminating in the ‘Quartet for the End of Time’ by Olivier Messiaen, written and first performed when Messiaen was in a prison camp in the Second World War.
2) Tuesday March 24th, 7.30pm in Christ Church, Northcourt Road there will be a performance of “Inheritance” by the Riding Lights Theatre Company. A Passion play with a difference! Tickets £10.
3) Saturday March 28th, 7pm in St Helen’s Church there is Come and Sing Fauré’s Requiem.
4) Antiques evaluation day on May 9th.
Thanks to Spike for the first picture that shows clearance of the Abingdon Hyrdo site is already well underway. The Hydro will generate Hydro-electricity from the Thames alongside Abingdon Weir
Since Wednesday Volunteers from Abingdon Hydro have been clearing the site. Three trees have been felled and a lot of undergrowth cleared.
The large hollow dead tree nearest the weir had no evidence of bats, and came down fairly easily, but volunteers are putting up bat boxes on alternative trees, to provide a bat habitat, just in case.
Transporting the firewood from the site is not easy as the nearest place for vehicles is the Abingdon Health and Well being Centre on Audlett Drive – over the foot bridge and 50 metres along a footpath.