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Crowds in the Market Place during the visit of Queen Elizabeth 2

Friends of Abingdon Civic Society

The Queen visited Abingdon on the 2nd November 1956 to reopen County Hall after repair work

Filename: B00020.jpg
File Type: jpg
File Size: 780 KB
Categories: Celebrations, Market Place
Author: Unknown
Unique ID: B00020
Scan Ref: B00020
Date: 1956
Format: b/w photographic print
Source: From the collection of Michael Matthews
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Civic Society News

  • 80th Anniversary Celebrations
  • Bank Holiday Walks – Monday 27 May 2024
  • Open Meeting – Tuesday 21 November 2023
  • Bank Holiday Walks – Monday 29 May
  • Lodge Hill Slip Roads
  • Platinum Jubilee Walks from Rye Farm Meadow: Friday 3rd June morning and afternoon
  • Upper Reaches petition takes off
  • Old Abbey House planning application approved
  • Next phase of North Abingdon housing devlopments
  • Doubts over “Oxford Cambridge Arc” project

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