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A sterling silver plaque with the imprint of our two punches was donated to the Abingdon County Hall Museum on 6 April.  It was accompanied by an explanatory document, which was also deposited in the

  In the splendour of the Abingdon Town Council Chamber, this is our stand at the Abingdon Town Council’s Clubs and Societies day on 18 March 2023.  The stand was manned (personed?) by at least

As of this post, there is only one space available for the October 2022 course (and one expression of interest for 2023!). Please contact John Huddleston if you would like this place.

See here.  Also the dates of the teaching class are here.

To record work done by members of the group, we have commissioned two punches to our own design. The design leans heavily on the crest for Abingdon and the crescent moon is an alchemical symbol

With grateful thanks to Elin Bornemann, the collections officer at the museum, members of the group had an after-hours visit to the museum to see the display of silver.  Jackie Smith gave a talk about

We will have sessions planned from 4 May for 10 weeks including some short talks/ refresher sessions.  There are no obligatory Covid precautions required – do whatever you feel comfortable with. Usual time and place

There is just one space available on the course.  Please contact John Huddleston if you are interested or want to go on a waiting list for this or next year’s course.

Our last session on the 20-21 season is on 21 July.  We will be restarting on 15 September – more details to follow.  (All subject to Covid of course!)

Unfortunately, we will have to wait until stage 3 of the easing of lockdown before we can restart.  This means 19 May is the earliest date according to the current Government guidelines.