The Easter holiday starts this weekend and children have two weeks off from 6th – 22nd April. Abingdon’s new cinema, The Abbey, will be screening some new, family-friendly films: Missing Link and Peppa Pig’s Festival of Fun. The Dumbo film should also be on soon.

In the animated film Missing Link, Myths and monsters investigator, Sir Lionel Frost, sets off on an adventure to the Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature – Mr. Link.

Peppa Pig is celebrating 15 years of entertaining children and there will be ten brand new episodes, making up an hour for little ones to spend with Peppa and her family.

Then coming soon is Dumbo 2019.

Ian Wiper, Managing Director says: “Dumbo is the first of several fantastic live action Disney remakes to look forward to this year, along with Aladdin and the Lion King. The ticket demand has already been huge.”

As well as the Passion Play this Saturday at 2pm, there is also the Abingdon Horticultural Society Spring Show from 2pm until 4pm. The entrance fee for non members is £1. There will be a plant stall and refreshments will be available.

Members compete in classes for Spring Flowers, Baking, Photographs and  Handicrafts, and there is a special section for young people to enter a range of exhibits.

It’s that time of the year when the clocks go forward, but more important than that everyone in Abingdon has been finding ways to thank the person who brought them into the world, and I don’t mean the midwife. Happy Mothers Day

In Abingdon there are a wide variety of shops where we can get gifts, cards, and flowers for our mums – like Finishing Touch shown above. Restaurants also had a busy day.

I am hoping the weather on Sunday 14th April will be good. It will be a big day in Abingdon, and so a good day to visit the town for anybody needing an excuse.

360 boats from across the UK will race  against the clock  on the River Thames in the annual Head of the River event organised by Abingdon Rowing Club. The majority of club members and many of their family members volunteer a huge amount of time before, during and after the event to plan, set up, supervise and clear up.

The Upper Thames Patrol (the water-borne Home Guard in WW2) will be at Abingdon Lock for The Thames at War re-enactment event. There was a display at the Community Free Space last weekend.

The Abingdon Cycle Festival is also on that day.

It will also be Palm Sunday.