The Abingdon Collection | A Walk In The Past

Posted by abingdon on Jun 12, 2018

Harley’s Beagle Blog June 2018

‘The Diet Years’ Hello fans and apologies for not putting pen to paper over the last few very traumatic months. It all began when an article, written by my own personal vet, appeared in our local newspaper under the title ‘Are you guilty of giving your overweight pet too many treats?’ Now it did not take Sherlock Holmes to work out that the fictitious dog named ‘Davidson’ happened to bear a...

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Posted by abingdon on Jan 11, 2018

50 Years Collecting

It is a very strange thought that you can measure the various stages of life through something as simple as collecting, and many reading this will not have a clue what I am talking about. I have written before about how some people are collectors while others cannot bear the thought of cluttering up their lives with objects from ‘past lives’. We live in a world of a throw away existence, where a mobile...

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Posted by abingdon on Nov 20, 2017

Killed on the First Day

KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME 1ST JULY 1916. On the 11th November 2017 I bought a World War 1 Shell at auction which had been converted into a dinner gong. This was a common practice at the time. What prompted me to buy this artefact was the inscription on the shell case which reads: SENT FROM THE SOMME BY CAPT. R.WILSON CASSELLS KILLED IN ACTION 1ST JULY 1916. Commissioned as a...

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Posted by abingdon on Oct 2, 2017

Harley’s Beagle Blog October 2017

Hello Harley Beagle fans and welcome to the next gripping instalment based on my true life adventures. I have had a very busy month with hundreds visiting the collection, giving me plenty of hugs and kisses and leaving extremely generous contributions for Cancer Research. Now while I am a very sociable animal my best mate Dusty will never be in line for a Noble Peace Prize. If she does not like you, then...

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Posted by abingdon on Aug 4, 2017

Harley’s Beagle Blog August 2017

Well hello fans and welcome to the August edition of my blog. Things have changed again at ‘Abingdon Towers’ with the addition of another feline friend. Now I am a dog and maybe I am old fashioned but surely dogs and cats are not supposed to get on. In the good old days dogs chased cats up trees, cats knew their place, hissed back at you and all was fine with the world. Equality has just gone too far and...

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Posted by abingdon on Jun 2, 2017

Went The Day Well

Those of us who like old black and white films may remember a well known British World War 2 propaganda film from 1942 called ‘Went The Day Well’. This is an excellent film and I would strongly recommend looking it up. Anyway, a few weeks ago Sam Carruthers from MG Owners’ Club NI phoned me to see if I would provide a couple of MGs from The Abingdon Collection in Omagh to assist with the launch of a...

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Posted by abingdon on Apr 28, 2017

Harley’s Beagle Blog May 2017

Welcome all Harley fans to the next instalment of life at the ‘ABINGDON COLLECTION’. First of all some sad news, as my good feline friend ‘Midge’ passed away on Easter Monday at the grand old age of twenty-two. I will miss the extra food as I always carried out raids on her supply of Whiskas and I will even miss the near misses to my nose and back side from a strategically aimed paw. Even in her last...

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Posted by abingdon on Feb 27, 2017

Harley’s Beagle Blog March 2017

Hello fans and apologies for the long wait in receiving this latest instalment of my life in the ‘fast lane’. The last four months have been difficult for me as my usual long country walks have been curtailed somewhat, to a quick saunter down a public road. I, of course, have been getting the blame for this change in walking policy but I regard this as totally unfair and a breach of my own conditions of...

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Welcome to The Abingdon Collection

The Abingdon Collection represents 50 years of passionate collecting and provides an opportunity for visitors to take a "walk in the past". If you lived through the 50's, 60's and 70's, or just like big boy toys, then there is definitely something for you. The Collection is open by appointment only, but every effort will be made to facilitate small groups or individuals. The Collection is open to visitors free of charge, but contributions are gratefully accepted in aid of Cancer Research UK.

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Harley’s Beagle Blog June 2018

Posted by abingdon on Jun 12, 2018 in Harley's Beagle Blog, News | 0 comments

‘The Diet Years’ Hello fans and apologies for not putting pen to paper over the last few very traumatic months. It all began when an article, written by my own personal vet, appeared in our local...

50 Years Collecting

Posted by abingdon on Jan 11, 2018 in General News, News | 0 comments

It is a very strange thought that you can measure the various stages of life through something as simple as collecting, and many reading this will not have a clue what I am talking about. I have written before...