{"id":23214,"date":"2019-09-21T21:16:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T20:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=23214"},"modified":"2019-09-21T21:16:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T20:16:40","slug":"the-homecoming-parade-film-re-enactment-and-heritage-open-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=23214","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon 1919 Homecoming film, 2019 re-enactment, and 2019 Heritage Open Properties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092101.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nAt 11 am today there was a showing of the 1919 Abingdon Homecoming film to a packed house at the Abbey Cinema.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092102.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nThe film was accompanied by a pianist and showed the huge reception local people gave to the troops returning from WWI. There followed a short documentary made by the Friends of Abingdon. The documentary will be added too and include scenes from today&#8217;s re-enactment events.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092104.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nThere was a re-enactment parade at noon that included some young ladies in white dresses carrying flowers.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092110.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nThe 2019 Mayor of Ock Street was there, leading the Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092113.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nThe 2019 Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames was in the parade. The 1919 Mayor and Council were shown in the film. In the documentary after the film, the 2019 Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council were compared with the older, all male, 1919 Abingdon Borough Council.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092112.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nSome musicians helped lead the parade.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092115.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nThe rest of the Abbey Brass Band followed and gave a real woomph to the sound, as did the Morris Dancers who sang along to a couple of WWI favourites.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092114.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nThe event was organised by Heather Brown, and the Friends of Abingdon,<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092108.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nand a team of volunteers.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092105.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nA short speech was made by the Mayor, and then the young ladies laid flowers at the makeshift memorial, followed by the older ladies.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092123.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nA stall allowed people to sample food from the Great War Cook Book. Some of the carrot marmalade can be seen here.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092106.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nAs it was Heritage Open Day there were open properties to look round including Christ Hospital Hall where the archivist had put together an interesting exhibition.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092124.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\n1-3 Ock Street has not changed a lot externally in one hundred years. This is now the premises of a Family Law firm called BH&#038;O LLP and it was interesting to see the sympathetic restoration inside.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19092120.jpg\" alt=\"Homecoming Parade\" \/><br \/>\nI spent the afternoon at Trinity giving tours. We had our own historic film playing &#8211; <em>Songs of Praise<\/em> recorded in Trinity in 1980 and shown in 1981. The Mayor of Ock Street from 1980 was interviewed and chose the hymn &#8211; <em>Lord of the Dance<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 11 am today there was a showing of the 1919 Abingdon Homecoming film to a packed house at the Abbey Cinema. The film was accompanied by a pianist and showed the huge reception local people gave to the troops returning from WWI. There followed a short documentary made by the Friends of Abingdon. 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