A Thursday night in Abingdon Town Centre

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A Thursday night
Thursday night in Abingdon Town Centre and at the first anniversary of the re-opening of The Crown and Thistle a band were playing in the barn.
A Thursday night
Further down Bridge Street at the Broad Face jazz players were performing.

Elsewhere less musical works were in progress …
A Thursday night
Below High Street a ‘deep excavation’ has been dug by Cappagh Browne working on behalf of Lanes Group plc. for Thames Water “to improve your sewerage network.”
A Thursday night
A lot of new scaffolding has recently been erected on the High Street.
A Thursday night
And outside residences, the smaller, black, ‘non-recylable’  wheelie bins are waiting for their contents to be taken away and dumped in landfill or burned at the new Incinerator at Ardley in North Oxfordshire.

Christmas Extravaganza +

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Christmas Extravaganza
The Christmas Extravaganza road signs are there for the parade at 11:45am on Saturday, 29th November 2014.

Once the parade is over there will be entertainment in the Market Place and Bath Street, and traffic can flow normally. Entertainment will include a mix of Bands, Choirs, Dancers, Street Entertainers, and Punch and Judy. The Christmas lights will be switched on at 5:30pm followed by Fireworks.
Christmas Extravaganza
To coincide with the Abingdon Christmas Extravaganza Day there will be free parking all day in all Abingdon’s car parks.
Christmas Extravaganza
There are also other events that coincide with the Christmas Extravaganza Day:

  • Fair Trade Christmas at St Ethelwolds House 10 am to 6 pm
  • Ruby’s Vintage & Retro Fair at The Guildhall 10 am to 4 pm
  • St Helen’s Church Christmas Market  10 am to 12.30 pm
  • Our Lady’s Abingdon Christmas Fayre 10 am to 1 pm

Views from the River Bank of Cygnets, Missing Boats, and Steel Girders

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Views from the River Bank
Four cygnets, in their grey and white feathering, are still with mum and dad on the River Thames in Abingdon. They will probably stay together until mum and dad start thinking about next year’s brood.
Views from the River Bank
On Nags Head Island the hire boats of the Abingdon Boat Centre – normally to be found stood up on oil drums during the off season – are nowhere to be seen.

The Abingdon Boat Centre say on their web site “Please note that our boat hire season has ended earlier than normal this year as we are planning to renew our efforts to have the site redeveloped.

Our vision for the site based on our own original scheme for redevelopment includes a new chandlery, workshop, improved boating facilities and a restaurant at first floor level.”
Views from the River Bank
Just across the river, work on the last phase of the Old Gaol is well underway, and the new structure for one of the new ground floor restaurants is outlined by steel girders.

Five Years of Trinity Learning

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This evening at Trinity Church there was a look back at Trinity Learning – a project with the aim of finding ways in which the church can use its time, talents and space to enhance the quality of life those working in local schools – both students and staff.
Five Years of Trinity Learning
One of the more visible results of this has been the ‘Hello Abingdon’ community magazines produced by children from local schools for the last 5 years. The Oxford Health NHS trust magazine ‘Insight’ recently featured some of the reporters from Thameside School who came to report on Abingdon Community Hospital.

Trinity Learning recognises the pressure schools are under and seeks to provide a place of calm and reflection for students and teachers with projects such as Experience Easter and Prayer Spaces.

They also give work experience to students, help boost students’ confidence in planning and producing assemblies, help with the R.E curriculum, and have produced a lot of resources that can be used in and beyond Abingdon.

To find out more visit Trinity Learning.