Rolling Adverts at Abingdon News Plus

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Advertising at Abingdon News Plus
In his previous shop, West End News, Peter Wiblin used to have a window full of posters advertising events in town. In his new shop, Abingdon News Plus, Peter has a smaller window, and to make up for that Peter has installed  a screen running a loop advertising what’s on. I think he will charge for the service, but during March as an introduction the service is free.
Advertising at Abingdon News Plus
I learned on the display that there is a plant / flower show at the end of March. That will be new for the blog.
Advertising at Abingdon News Plus
Abingdon and Witney College have just done a show called Space Money. One student, Jemma, has created a blog detailing her involvement in the show. She says at one point …

Marketing Plan

This week, we have put together a marketing plan. This consists of all the different ways that we could market our performance out to the public. We thought of as many as we could from college radio to Jack FM and school newsletters etc. We also included the way that we would use sponsors to our advantage and the way they will help us keep our costs to a minimum…

Free Advertising at Abingdon News Plus deserves extra points.

What’s in a Name Change?

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Abingdon
Some time back Abingdon School dropped the School on their school signs.
Abingdon
Their website, abingdon.org.uk , says things like …  Abingdon is a leading independent day and boarding school with 885 boys…
The Coventry
Also what was Coventry Building Society, as seen on the photo fronting the County Hall,
The Coventry
is now The Coventry.

School and Building Society have gone for boldness in their brand name. In both cases I prefer the old name.

The official name change from Abingdon to Abingdon-on-Thames was voted through on Thursday. The Town Council have started to update their front page details on abingdon.gov.uk to say things like ‘Welcome to Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council … and Abingdon-on-Thames Visitor Community Information Centre …‘

In my heart, despite the official name change, I just want to keep saying Abingdon not Abingdon-on-Thames here on this blog.  That may change as I get used to the new name, but I suspect I will always prefer the name Abingdon to Abingdon-on-Thames and could not give a good reason.

Abingdon links in London – 2. Abingdon Green

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Abingdon Green
According to The Virtual London website … “Opposite ‘The Houses of Parliament’ …  is a green and grassy area where news crews conduct interviews with politicians. This is known variously as ‘Abingdon Green’, ‘College Green’ and ‘St Stephen’s Green’. The official line though, from the Head of Public Information at the Palace of Westminster, is that it’s just called ‘The Green’
Abingdon Green
The name for Abingdon Green may be officially ‘The Green’, but the street alongside is Abingdon Street.

The Earl of Abingdon once owned a residence on this site around 1700. He was well thought of and so the name Abingdon was used when the road was widened – and his old house demolished –  in 1750.