A chap called Russ sent a leaflet to all the neighbours in East St Helen Street showing a picture of East St Helen Street bedecked in flags in 1902.
All the neighbours have recreated the scene without any council help. One of them told me it means more doing it yourselves.
The Open Air Pool re-opened this morning and had its best first day for many a long year thanks to the lovely weather.
The first Salter’s passenger boat left at 11:30 this morning to Oxford. There was a queue waiting and most seats were taken.
On the Market Place the Church in Abingdon were celebrating Pentecost (the church’s birthday) with children’s activities.
Trinity Church had a summer fair outside and inside today. I see next week we at Trinity Church will be joining Abingdon Baptist Church for a Jubilee Service followed by the Ock Street Jubilee Party.
I have also been asked to mention this evening at St Helen’s Church there will be a concert at 19:30 with the Isis Chamber Orchestra
Haydn – Symphony No. 26 Lamentatione
Bartók – Divertimento
Crusell – Clarinet Concerto No. 3
Haydn – Symphony No. 98, Bb major.
Back in mid march, during the last time we had a spell of warm weather, this blog captured two swans in the middle of love making.
It is good to see that they now have a family.
Hans Christian Andersen went a bit far calling them ugly ducklings .
The sun has been out for a couple of days and people have been out in summer clothes.
For the first time today people could walk through the undercroft of the County Hall.
I have never seen it looking so light and bright.
There are now uplights in the pavements round the building, some of them in the new pavement at the front. I look forward to seeing it at night with the lights on.