{"id":1202,"date":"2010-07-28T00:04:13","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T23:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2010-07-28T00:04:13","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T23:04:13","slug":"abingdon-tourist-maps-new-and-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=1202","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Tourist Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag10\/10072904.jpg\" alt=\"Old Abingdon Town Map\" \/><br \/>\nThe old Abingdon tourist maps are looking very faded. The frames have already\u00a0been repainted by the town council because new maps are on the way.<\/p>\n<p>The new maps have been on display in what was once Adams children&#8217;s wear.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag10\/10072902.jpg\" alt=\"New Abingdon Town Maps\" \/><br \/>\nJames White and Heather Brown, from Choose Abingdon,\u00a0 were there to explain about the project and listen to comments and suggestions. A group of volunteers from the community had already helped in the initial design, deciding what should be shown and how.<br \/>\n. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag10\/10072901.jpg\" alt=\"New Abingdon Town Maps\" \/><br \/>\nEach map, destined for a different location, has a different centre of focus, and a different <strong>&#8216;You are Here&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The pictures at the side are by Peter Bellingham &#8211; including some new ones of East St Helen Street,\u00a0 County Hall,\u00a0 St Helen&#8217;s Church, and Old Gaol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The old Abingdon tourist maps are looking very faded. The frames have already\u00a0been repainted by the town council because new maps are on the way. The new maps have been on display in what was once Adams children&#8217;s wear. James White and Heather Brown, from Choose Abingdon,\u00a0 were there to explain about the project and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[373],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tourism","tag-town-maps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}