On Monday Evenings there is Folk at the Anchor. People were singing when we got there at about 9.
(I’m sure that deer’s head was not there last time we visited. )
There were solos and sing-a-longs in the back room…
accompanied by guitars, mandalines and eukeles.
It sounded like a good way for folk to spend a Monday Evening
Work continues round the museum. This is how the lift shaft looked two weeks ago.
A lot has happened in two weeks.
The lift will have 3 stopping positions …
Undercroft, pavement, and right down to the basement.
A group of scantily clad young men came through town on Saturday collecting money for one of their good causes. Last time I pictured the Didcot Thong Rangers in Abingdon it was back in November 2008 when they were pulling a truck for Breast Cancer research. This time they are raising money to help a baby with Meningitis. With them were some young ladies on roller scates – the Rangerettes – on a 16 Mile Rollerskating Challenge Didcot-Abingdon-Didcot. I was too slow to catch the Rangerettes.
The first Market Place event of the year was a Fairtrade market. Waitrose were there showing a range of their products and offering free samples.
The Co-op were there selling Fair Trade products like 99 Tea with 20% off.
Skinny Hippo were there with some of their Fairtrade craft products.
The Mayor received a certificate to say that Abingdon is officially recognised as a Fairtrade town.
We are currently into Fairtrade fortnight and there is a national event called “Take a Step in Fairtrade fortnight (Feb 27th – March 11th). You can register a step if you like at online.
About 60 Abingdon people wrote the Step they are going to take for Fairtrade on a board on the Market Place. This young lady is going to try to find Fairtrade Ice Cream.
“Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world.”