Town flag at half mast today for the passing of a Mayor

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Flag flying half mast
The flag is flying at half mast at the County Hall museum for Peter Spooner, an ex-Mayor of Abingdon.
Flag flying half mast
He came to Abingdon with the RAF in the 1950s and made Abingdon his home. After leaving the service, he became an MG worker and then ran a newsagent and confectionary business with his wife at 129 Ock Street for 18 years until retirement. Those were the days when people popped into the newsagent for a paper and had a five-minute chat, so Peter must have known a lot about the town.

He was elected as a town councillor from 1983 – 1989 for the Ock Ward and became the Mayor of Abingdon from 1987-88.

He was often seen at town events and loved the town and its people. There is a blog picture of him on the Market Place in 2009 at https://abingdonblog.co.uk/?p=238.

Flag flying half mast
He also loved his garden and sent me these pictures in May 2012 to celebrate the Spring.

Details of the funeral are on the Town Council website https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/news/former-mayor-peter-spooner. With condolences to Peter’s family and friends.

Thank you to The Abingdon Herald (May 28th 1987) for the second picture and some facts. All Rights Reserved.

Freezing fog and twenty years of blogging

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Twenty Years
The overnight freezing fog left rime on cobwebs and trees this morning.
Twenty Years
The sensory garden at Carswell School was designed by Trinity Learning, a charity run by Rosemary Perrow for many years. It helped and still helps a lot of schools and children. Rosemary recently died, but her excellent work at Trinity Learning is carried on by Nicola.
Twenty Years
There will be a tabletop sale at Trinity on February 4th.

On Friday evening, the Church in Abingdon quiz took place at Peachcroft Christian Centre with eleven church teams. Trinity won it the last time, but Christ Church – Long Furlong won this time.

I mention those things because twenty years ago, I started blogging, and my first blog was the occasional blog about Trinity Abingdon. The Harry Dog Blog and Abingdon Blog came later in 2006.

Mayor’s Charity Lion King screening at The Abbey Cinema

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Saturday
The Mayor of Abingdon, Cllr Andy Foulsham, was promoting a fundraising event to take place on Saturday, 28th January. The Abbey Cinema is screening The Lion King, in which renowned actor and patron of The Archway Foundation Jeremy Irons voices the character SCAR. Donations to the Mayor’s charity fund for attending the event are £15 for adults and £7.50 for children. The money raised will be split between the Mayor’s charities Yellow Submarine and The Archway Foundation.
Saturday
Yellow Submarine is an Oxfordshire charity that believes people with learning disabilities and autism deserve to live life to the full.

The Archway Foundation is an Oxford-based charity that helps those suffering from loneliness.

The Abbey Cinema have many other films to enjoy at the Guildhall in the centre of Abingdon.