A view from the tower looking up East St Helen Street
A view from the tower looking towards the Old Gaol.
The Sanctus bell in the tower dating from 1641.
A carved stone face on the spire.
(Thanks to Mark and Brian for these pictures from St Helen’s Church.)
I saw somebody waiting anxiously at the church door for the arrival of the wedding party. There were a lot of events called off because of the snow.
Start of the school holidays and Abingdon has finally got the snow most of the rest of the country seems to have been reporting in recent days and weeks.
We woke to the suprise of snow – which got deeper and deeper throughout the morning.
On the last Saturday before Christmas there were a fair few people in town – perhaps not wanting to venture further to places like Oxford or Reading on such a day.
The Mummers have collected £385.15 over two nights – for the Alzheimer’s Club . They took their mummers play, one evening around the villages and one night around the town.
Picture taken in the Punch Bowl thanks to Lesley – one of their groupies.
Church in Abingdon Carol Singers sang in the Bleak Mid Winter to the Farmers’ Market. Their most lucrative carol was “While Shepherds watched…” to the tune Ilkley Moor b’aht ‘at!
Money went to Christian Aid.
Pictures and Christmas greetings from John to all who view t’blog.