{"id":397,"date":"2009-04-05T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-05T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/abingdon2007\/2009\/04\/05\/donkey-service\/"},"modified":"2009-04-05T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-05T18:07:00","slug":"donkey-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=397","title":{"rendered":"Donkey Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09040501.jpg\" \/><br \/>A donkey came to help lead the Palm Sunday procession, starting at the Reynolds Way shops in South Abingdon.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09040503.jpg\" \/><br \/>Pollyanne, the resue donkey, is much sought after for church work. She has also taken part in carnivals, and <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/england\/oxfordshire\/6161451.stm\">appeared in Operas at Covent Garden<\/a>.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09040507.jpg\" \/><br \/>She led the procession to the Preston Road Community Centre, and did not bray AT ALL during the fifteen minute service of hymns and prayers.<\/p>\n<p>The retiring collection was for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donkeyrescue.co.uk\/\">Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary<\/a> where she lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A donkey came to help lead the Palm Sunday procession, starting at the Reynolds Way shops in South Abingdon.Pollyanne, the resue donkey, is much sought after for church work. 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