Monthly Archives: June 2012

Biggest Ever Local Excellence Market

Local Excellence Market
There were a record 33 stalls at the Local Excellence Market organised by the Abingdon-on-Thames Chamber of Commerce, and all week there have been notices up to advertise the event.
Local Excellence Market
The Mayor, Monica Lovatt, walked through to have a look around on the way to Abingdon School where today is prize giving.
Local Excellence Market
The Veg Van was there. It will be stopping weekly at the Northcourt Centre on Friday, 8.15 – 9am, selling local produce. It will do other stops if there is sufficient demand for an area. More details at Cultivate Oxford
Local Excellence Market
There were a mix of chamber members, and stalls from the Farmers Market such as the cheese man.
Local Excellence Market
There were also craft stalls such as the The Pathway Workshop. This young lady was painting one of their signs before taking it home.

40 years of Bingo

40 years of Bingo
There is Bingo every Tuesday at Preston Road Commuity Centre, and has been for many years. Doors open at 7pm. Eyes Down at 8pm.
40 years of Bingo
The bingo was started by Abingdon Boys Football Club (now called Abingdon Youth Football Club) at Tatham Hall ( now called the Northcourt Centre) in the 1970s, and moved to Preston Road when the football club moved from Box Hill Recreation Ground to Southern Town Park. Bingo was a useful fund raiser for the football club and when they decided to stop running bingo, Preston Road Community Centre Association took up running the bingo to help raise funds for improvements to the centre.

This evening was the AGM of Preston Road Community Centre Association.

Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust – Foundation Trust Consultation begins in Abingdon

Be Part of Our Future
In the Roysse Room at the Guildhall this evening Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust came to do the first of a series of consultation events as they plan to become a Foundation Trust. Next consultation is at Faringdon on Tuesday.

Last November the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust merged to form this trust with four hospitals: John Radcliffe, Churchill, Nuffield Orthopaedic, and Horton General.
Be Part of Our Future
Becoming a Foundation Trust will give the trust more control over their own affairs within the NHS but they need members – some of whom will be staff, and some members of the public. It is easy to become a public member. Just go to Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust and fill in the form. Members of the public will elect most of the people on the board of governors. Members can even stand to become governors if they have the time.

It was an interesting evening, with some interesting questions from members of the public.

I did not see any councillors there but the town council had their own meeting at the same time to discuss the proposed reduction of the number of district councillors in Abingdon from 14 to 10. That will mean ward boundaries will need changing and possibly the number of town councillors will need reducing from 21 to 20 or 15. The town council also discussed The Guildhall in a secret session.