Thanks to Elizabeth for noticing this one…
There were trees in Roysse Court last week.
They are gone this weekend – part of the town council tidying up the area to give it a new look.
Next to go is likely to be the fountain installed by the Cowley Concrete Company. The company manufactured concrete-framed buildings, bridge sections, bricks and even fountains, and traded in Abingdon from the 1920s to the 1960s.
This morning worshippers and clergy from various Abingdon churches followed a cross down the precinct to mark Good Friday, one of the most important days in the Christian Calendar – the day when Jesus had to carry his own cross and to be crucified.
There was a minute or two of solemn silence on the Market Place before the parade followed the cross to St Nicolas Church for a service or hymns, prayers, and reflections.
The Hinksey Outdoor Pool, off the Abingdon Road in Oxford, was open for the first time this morning from 8am. The water was lovely and warm and there were lots of swimmers taking advantage of this first chance for an open air swim in 2015. You would hardly notice it was raining.
The Friends of The Outdoor Pool have run a good campaign and got lots of publicity. With just a few days left they are now in the final push to try to secure the future of the Abingdon Outdoor Pool. IF GLL, the new pool operator, can run the pool as well as Fusion run the Hinksey Outdoor Pool then it will have a great future.
But if you can’t wait until then, details of the Hinksey Outdoor Pool can be found on their facebook page.
Strong Winds affected much of Abingdon on Monday and Tuesday. Branches and twigs were left strewn about, but as so often happens, the trees on soft land, near one or other of the rivers, fared worse.
After the wind, along the Mill Stream, and the banks of the River Thames, some trees were left leaning at a greater angle,
or even carried further from their original bank.
One tree, covered in ivy, near the bottom of Healey Close, by the River Ock, had been toppled over.