Tag Archives: Abingdon

Planning Application for Post Office to become Wetherspoons

JD Wetherspoons have put in a Planning Application at 25 High Street (the old post office which closed when the post office service was moved to the Co-op) for “Change of use from post office to public house, with external alterations and associated works.” See the post at Abingdon Blog  Read more »

Abingdon Rugby Octofest

Abingdon RUFC (Oxfordshire’s finest Ruby Club) is holding a festival to celebrate 80 years of Abingdon rugby this Saturday 12th May 2012. The day includes mini, junior and senior rugby events, live music and a beer festival of local ales including Loose Cannon’s latest arrival ‘Bombshell’. The day starts at  Read more »

Beer Festivals this weekend (May bank holiday) around Abingdon

This weekend (May bank holiday 5th-7th May) there are two beer festivals near to Abingdon, as well as morris dancing in town on Saturday. Waggon & Horses, Culham Prince of Wales, Shippon Mr. Hemmings Day of Dance, Abingdon Waggon and Horses, Culham This is their first beer festival since the  Read more »

Brewery Tap Beer Festival Preview

We are now into beer festival season in Abingdon on Thames. Last weekend we enjoyed The Cross Keys beer festival, where the first drink to sell out was Bristol Port Cider, and next week The Broad Face has a beer and music festival (6th-8th April). However this weekend sees probably  Read more »

E-petition to Protect diversity of our town centres

Saturday’s protest in Abingdon against Tesco turning the former Ox pub into a Tesco Direct as reported in the Oxford Mail yesterday and the Abingdon Blog seemed to go well, although unfortunately I was unable to attend as I was still working as a volunteer at the Great British Beer  Read more »