Ruby’s Vintage & Retro Fair was back at the Guildhall yesterday.
There was a lady doing retro hair styling. There was also lots of retro clothes for the ladies, fewer for the men – most that had stood the test of time.
Old schoolroom posters were on sale. The attraction of retro fairs is that we can see and buy objects that remind us of younger days, whether that be the 50s, 60s, 70s, or 80s.
The retro fair will be back twice more in 2014.
After Friday’s showers and a late rainbow, the floods are still going down.
Drift vegetation has been left along the fence of the Cricket Ground.
Revd Michael Hambleton’s new memorial bench is still underwater.
Bird foot prints mark the tow path.
Most striking is the smell – like when the tide goes out.
The Lock Keeper brushes off the mud from the weir. He has been kept busy removing obstructions, keeping the water flowing, and helping with stricken boats and people.
It shows again how important it is to have a man or woman on hand at every lock. (There are rumors that the EA need to save money and are again looking to cut the number of people manning the river.)
Thanks to Viv (in hi-vis jacket) and Peter for this report …
Due to the rising popularity of Abingdon Health Walks, 19 new walk leaders were trained yesterday at the MG car club.
MacMillan Cancer Care fund the national health walks scheme and the MG Car Club support MacMillan with coffee mornings so they came together to help Abingdon Heath Walks.
Viv says ‘Come and join us and find a new circle of friends while getting fitter. Health Walk leaders find circuits that use many of the local Abingdon paths. For more details see www.walkingforhealth.org.uk.’
The large house formerly used as a Nursery in Faringdon Road has new signs to make it more obvious that it is Wantage House.
Abingdon, Wantage and Faringdon are the three Market Towns in the Vale of White Horse District. Having all three town names in one address is something special. But I don’t know who will be operating from Wantage House and has put up those signs.