{"id":29880,"date":"2022-11-06T20:41:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T19:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=29880"},"modified":"2022-11-06T20:41:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T19:41:59","slug":"a-tour-round-the-abbey-buildings-during-the-abingdon-traditional-craft-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=29880","title":{"rendered":"A tour round the Abbey  buildings during the Abingdon Traditional Craft Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag22\/2022110509.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe annual Abingdon Traditional Craft Fair was held from Friday 4th, to Sunday, the 6th of November, in and around the Abbey Buildings.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag22\/2022110503.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe craft stalls were arranged in seven locations. The usual route involves entering through the Unicorn Theatre, where seats had been cleared.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag22\/2022110507.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThere were craft stalls upstairs in The Checker.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag22\/2022110505.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe largest, most picturesque, space is the Long Gallery, upstairs.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag22\/2022110501.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nDownstairs the route follows the lower gallery. <\/p>\n<p>The outside ground at the front and the garden at the back had craft gazebos and a large marquee with refreshments.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag22\/2022110504.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nFinally, there is the undercroft, where there was a potter, some spinners and a weaver, and craft stalls. The craft fair has been an Abingdon fixture in November since the 1970s. Any profits help the upkeep of the Abbey Buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Abingdon Traditional Craft Fair was held from Friday 4th, to Sunday, the 6th of November, in and around the Abbey Buildings. The craft stalls were arranged in seven locations. The usual route involves entering through the Unicorn Theatre, where seats had been cleared. There were craft stalls upstairs in The Checker. The largest, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abbey-buildings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29880","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=29880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}