Beacon Peaceful School

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Beacon Peaceful School
Carswell Community Primary School was presented with an award on 27 February 2015 for promoting peace, and is only the fifth school to be recognised as a Beacon Peaceful School.

The people giving the award said “The school is noteworthy for its vibrant, dynamic look and feel. Highlights include: the Head Teacher’s commitment to ensuring that staff aren’t stressed. The school works in partnership with a local project that supports schools, Trinity Learning, and together they have developed a sensory garden. Other noteworthy features include the very cosy nurture room and their play-based curriculum to age 6. Pupils have developed the THINK approach to communication (see photo above) …”

T = is it True
H = is it Helpful
I = is it Inspiring
N = is it Necessary
K = is it Kind
…

New Optician and Save our NHS campaign

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Boots Optician
Boots Opticians opened just over a week ago in Bury Street. That brings the number of opticians in Bury Street to four – so it is quite a centre of excellence.
Save our NHS
Also on Saturday I spotted a group of people on the Market Place with a ‘Save The NHS’ petition. They want:
• To put a stop to privatisation of the NHS
• Make sure it has the funding it needs to provide high-quality healthcare
• Protect it from US health corporations by keeping the NHS out of the TTIP trade deal with America

The petition is also online: www.38degrees.org.uk/nhs.

39th Annual Abingdon Model Railway Exhibition

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Model Railway Exhibition
The Abingdon Branch line, as it looked in 1948, was on display on Saturday at the 39th Annual Abingdon Model Railway Exhibition. The branch line has been constructed over the last 10 years with the help of hundreds of photographs (many viewable at www.abingdonbranch.co.uk).
Model Railway Exhibition
Near The Abingdon Branch line was the Radley History Club, with their book “Radley People and the Railway”, together with railway memorabilia.
Model Railway Exhibition
Abingdon Area Archaeological and Historical Society were also there with pictures of Abingdon Station.
Model Railway Exhibition
The show was a mixture of railway layouts, modelling traders, and societies. There were 50 stalls in all. The cup for the best layout was presented, by Cllr Mike Badcock, Chairman of the Vale, to St. Ruth, which is based on Penzance station.
Model Railway Exhibition
The St. Ruth model depicts a typical day in September 1965, with a beach in the foreground, and houses rising behind.

Sydenhams take over F Knight & Sons

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Sydenhams
F Knight & Sons, on Ock Street, have been taken over by Sydenhams, a large family run business with outlets in Wessex – where Sydenhams proudly sponsor the Wessex Football League.
Sydenhams
According to their old website, Fred Knight originally opened as a small electrician’s shop on Marcham Road around 1960, and quickly grew as sons joined the family business. The shop eventually moved to larger premises, before moving to the current location on Ock Street in 2000, where Ballards used to be.
Sydenhams
In the last couple of years Knights have expanded, taking over all the buildings in the yard – that stretch to the River Ock – for the display and storage of timber and other building supplies.

Previously TVE Plant and Tool Hire, and Plastics Direct shared the yard.