Mass Unwrap

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Mass Unwrap
Members of the Abingdon Carbon Cutters (Cutting Plastic) group were encouraging people to unwrap produce outside the large Supermarket on the Marcham Road in Abingdon this morning as part of a Mass Unwrap.
Mass Unwrap
After removing single-use plastics from their shopping, customers could put purchases into their own containers, bags etc. The plastics were collected and returned to the supermarket. One lady brought back all the plastic packaging she had collected this year.
Mass Unwrap
The emphasis was on the unnecessary plastic, not the supermarket.
Mass Unwrap
The hope is to encourage the customers and the supermarket and its suppliers to reduce single-use plastics.

There has already been a huge reduction in the use of single use plastic shopping bags.

Ride and Stride

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Wild West Hendred to Abingdon
Ride and Stride was happening all around, and beyond, Abingdon today. It was a chance to visit and go inside some unique historic churches – including eleven in Abingdon. It was also a chance to see the beautiful countryside around Abingdon and some lovely village churches; and get exercise while raising money for the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust.
Wild West Hendred to Abingdon
All Saints Methodist Church, in Abingdon, may not look very historic.
Wild West Hendred to Abingdon
but they have reason to thank the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust for a grant towards their recent refurbishment. So they had a notice thanking striders.
Wild West Hendred to Abingdon
In Dry Sandford you will find St Helen’s Church in the parish of St Helen Without. They need to raise money to repair their roof. After a lightening strike in 1961 the roof was incorrectly repaired and they now need £500,000 to repair it properly – a huge amount for them. You can read more at http://www.sthelensdrysandford.org. I expect they will be asking the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust to help.

Extinction Musical Chairs on the Market Place

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On the Market Place today the sun was shining and the Abingdon Extinction Rebellion group were playing Musical Chairs.
Extinction Musical Chairs
All they needed were some players with animal masks, a table and chairs, some musicians with drums, and a human with a white mask. The players had a meal and started dancing round the table. The human then ate a lot of the food and removed one of the chairs
Extinction Musical Chairs
When the music stopped the players sat down for the next meal, but one of them could find no chair
Extinction Musical Chairs
and lay down as if dead.
Extinction Musical Chairs
The game continued until the end. The human was the last one living but did not live for long.

Downton Abbey at the Abbey Cinema

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Downton Abbey
The red carpet was out at the Abbey Cinema in Abingdon for the first showing of the Downton Abbey movie.
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey was a very successful TV series that followed the dramatic events at the Downton Abbey stately home from 1912 to 1925, through six series and Christmas specials. The movie takes up the story in 1927. Like many other stately homes Downton Abbey had been downsizing. Then they are told that King George V and Queen Mary plan to visit and call their ex butler out of retirement to put on a good show to impress the royals.
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey will be on at the Abbey Cinema for the next couple of weeks followed by Mrs Lowry and Son. The full program is at https://theabbey.ac