{"id":378,"date":"2009-04-21T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/abingdon2007\/2009\/04\/21\/no-longer-the-end-of-the-world\/"},"modified":"2009-04-21T23:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T23:10:00","slug":"no-longer-the-end-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=378","title":{"rendered":"No longer the end of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty years ago, Southern Town Park was a flat empty area with a couple of wonky swings, a series of methane outlet pipes, and the sense that you had gone beyond the end of the interesting world.<\/p>\n<p>It has been transformed since then.  Better playground equipment was added some  years ago, and trees and bushes planted &#8211; and left to grow naturally.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09042102.jpg\" \/><br \/>Now the Vale of White Horse District Council are adding more play equipment.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09042101.jpg\" \/><br \/>The official opening of the new play equipment is planned for the 25th July &#8211; the start of the school holidays.<\/p>\n<p>That does not to stop it being used before then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty years ago, Southern Town Park was a flat empty area with a couple of wonky swings, a series of methane outlet pipes, and the sense that you had gone beyond the end of the interesting world. It has been transformed since then. 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