Send pictures or stories for this blog to backstreet60@gmail.com. All gratefully received. As are comments. Please also let me know if you want anything removed.
For more information about Abingdon try the town portal …
Abingdon-on-Thames has key contacts, news and events on what’s happening in the town. It also allows access to Town Council information, Abingdon County Hall Museum, and lots of history pages: people and places.
Wikipedia also has much to say about the UK’s oldest continuously inhabited town and some of the strange customs that go on here.
Where pictures are taken from other sources, I use a creative commons or attribute the British Newspaper archive or whoever gave me permission. I am in the process of checking all pictures not taken by me over the years for possible copyright issues, and removing those where there is any doubt. Please let me know at backstreet60@gmail.com if any are found and I will remove them immediately.
There are links to many other Abingdon sites in the Links Page. I prefer to link to standard web sites rather than Facebook if possible.
About Me:
Pseudonym: Backstreeter. I live in what was formerly called Back Street.
Record of blog system updates
18/6/2020 – Major Update – Bring blogs together in one place (blogger and wordpress) and use latest wordpress version
Import data from 2 bloggers and previous wordpress held at abingdonblog.co.uk/wordpress/ into wordpress v 5.4.2 at abingdonblog.co.uk/wp2020.
Twenty Twelve theme
Add css to place the banner picture and comments.
Add side widgets for search, archive, and categories.
Add Askimet plugin – rejects spam comments
Add Loginizer plugin – rejects multiple attempted logins
Add Statcounter plugin – counts visits Add Classic Editor – allow edit posts like old way
28/6/2020 – upgrade php version
Upgraded php to 7.4. It was left at 5.4 to keep abingdonblog.co.uk/wordpress working. Redirect any traffic to /wordpress/ to /wp2020/ using .htaccess redirect. If the old version is ever needed then remove redirect, clear images and files from cache, then revert to php 5.4.
26/10/2026 – Migration from legacy hosting package
Migrate website from legacy hosting package from previous host (acquired by 123-reg) to standard 123-reg hosting package with built in SSL
28/10/2026 – Update to latest wordpress version
Import data from abingdonblog.co.uk/wp2020 into wordpress v 7.1.3 at abingdonblog.co.uk/wp2026 and configure like old version.
Add Classic Widgets – allow set up side widgits like the old way
Add Private Site – allow easy disabling of blog to visitors before deployment
Redirect from abingdonblog.co.uk/wp2020 to abingdonblog.co.uk/wp2026