Monthly Archives: September 2010

We mark the passing of an age with this picture of black bags on West St Helen Street …

According to the Trash Disposal Timeline it was in, or around, AD 200 that the Romans set up the first refuse collection service – two men would walk along the street collecting rubbish and throwing it in a wagon.

That has culminated in the current age of over packaging where black bags containing everything from the remains of the Sunday lunch to polystyrene  and crisp wrappers and grease from the chip pan are mixed together, and put out under cover of darkness in a black bag for collection some time the next day.

Black Bags
We mark the passing of an age with this picture of black bags on West St Helen Street … This will be the final time they are collected in this way.

Wheelie bins are the future.

Two Caldecott Landmark Trees

New Team Vicar
For as long as I have known there has been a grand colonade of trees along Caldecott Road. Most are Lime trees but there were some Chestnut trees near the bottom – the last of which was felled a week or so. Young trees have been planted nearby to replace the others.
New Team Vicar
Nearby, on St Amand Drive this large conifer was probably already established when Caldecott House stood on this site – the home of Doctor Barnardo’s from 1945 to 1971. In 1972 the Barnado’s Home was demolished and the present estate built. The giant tree has recently turned brown and could also be facing the axe.

New Team Vicar starts today at St Nics and St Mikes

New Team Vicar
Revd Paul Smith has taken over as the new team vicar for St Nics and St Mikes. There was an inauguration service at St Helen’s last night. And he led the 9:30 sung mass at St Michael’s and the 11:30 Holy Communion at St Nicolas today. Both churches have been making and are making adjustments in preparation for his arrival to make the churches more accessible.

(The alpha course banners are out again as can be seen at St Nic’s. This annual course, into the meaning of life, is led by a few different churches in Abingdon. It begins with a meal at The Dil Raj Restaurant – Monday 27 Sept – tomorrow – 7:30 pm )