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Colin

@theabingdontaxi.bsky.social

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Singing the Lord’s song in a strange land. Licensed to ply for hire and licensed to serve the sacraments. Dispatches from the front lines of English #church management and UK #taxi driving.

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 15h

I do still have some #taxi availability for #ChristmasDay this year, if you are in #Abingdon / #Wantage / #Oxford areas and in need of a #taxi between 1200 and 2000, please do get in touch with enquiries. C

Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 15h

Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 1d

that’s amazing! do the congregations own the manse, Peter?

Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 1d

also my first thought

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 1d

this is so cool, Fr. I do like this idea …

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

H has just be served the first part of an article from the Telegraph where someone wearing a £135 scarf in their large second house is complaining they ‘can’t afford to run their Aga due to their £400 electric bill’. Just bizarre.

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 1d

oh yeah, Jane Austen was a frequent visitor, as we learn inside the church..,

Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 1d

another one for my long running photographic series They Don’t Make Country Parsonages Like This Any More

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 1d

Saint Mary the Virgin, #Kintbury:
new flag comes with this handy guide on how to fly the Union Flag the right way up. Hurrah.

Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 1d

#Kintbury War Memorial:
IN PIOUS MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO
GAVE THEMSELVES
FOR THEIR
NATIVE LAND
1914-1917

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 1d

Weather Vane
#Kintbury 01 November

Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 1d

another one for my long running photographic series They Don’t Make Country Parsonages Like This Any More

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 1d

Saturday afternoon walk in the rain #Kintbury: 2.75 miles, along the Kennet & Avon Canal and over Irish Hill. Union Flag / Falklands Flag / ++WWII pillboxes along the Canal “first line of defence in event of invasion, mate”

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 1d

Saint Mary the Virgin #Kintbury

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Nick Andrews @twitchnick.bsky.social · 9d

And finally, St. Óscar Romero, a Salvadoran martyr assasinated under orders from fascist military officer & politician Roberto D'Aubuisson for his calls to end government oppression & human rights abuses. He was a proponent of Liberation Theology which focuses on social justice.

A photograph of Salvadoran bishop Óscar Romero

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 2d

Also, the kittens had fun with this lil toy car thing.

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 2d

Slate in a wooden frame - filed away, I’ve not seen one like this, before. In loving memory of Olive Emma, daughter of Tom & Emma Witt, died 10 June 1896, aged 6 years. For of such is the kingdom of Heaven. x
Proper craftsmanship x #Kintbury
God rest their souls.

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 2d

Days When The Flag Will Fly From The Church Tower >> this is so sweet, they’ve still got the late Queen’s birthdays on here, God rest her soul.

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Patricia Longfellow @sjpat3.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI @margueritek.bsky.social @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social Imagine visiting NYC for the first time and these on your first subway ride!

Melanie @grammar-girl.bsky.social · 3d

The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 2d

this is an art form, Patricia. I love New York, I have been there more times than any other overseas city, apart from Rome.

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Kara N. Slade @karanslade.bsky.social · 3d

oh no

ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 3d

Little Halloween Heresy for y’all.

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 3d

such quality content

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 3d

there just be around 75 on this street, Jo. Hordes of people. And dogs.

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 3d

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 3d

this looks fabulous, mate!!

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Josh Dunlo | Patxaran Craic ☘️🏳️‍🌈🧿🪬 @sloeginpudding.bsky.social · 3d

Well done! Dulce de calabaza (ayote en miel) isn’t the most attractive dish, but the flavour is fabulously autumnal. Sweet, spicy, and very evocative of Todos los Santos and Día de los Difuntos/Muertos when it is traditionally served.

Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 3d

Cooking with #Pumpkins:
Recipe 4:
Dulce De Calabaza

(Thank you to @sloeginpudding.bsky.social for the suggestion!)

...And yes, I have felt properly Hallowe'eny filling the kitchen with the smell of autumnal spices as the pumpkin caramelised in the cauldron!

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Colin @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social · 3d

It is only 1707 Greenwich Mean Time; it feels like the middle of the night