Videos from King Charles III's royal bun throwing event in Abingdon.
King Charles III's royal bun throwing event in Abingdon |
A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
King Charles III's royal bun throwing event in Abingdon |
I managed to grab one currant bun on this occasion |
Platinum Jubilee Bun Throwing in Abingdon, 2022 |
Currant buns from the bun throwing that celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012. A total of 6,000 buns were thrown on that occasion |
Currant buns from the bun throwing that celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012. A total of 6,000 buns were thrown on that occasion |
Currant buns from the bun throwing that celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012. A total of 6,000 buns were thrown on that occasion |
Currant buns from the bun throwing that celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012. A total of 6,000 buns were thrown on that occasion |
Throwing a currant bun at the World Bun Throwing Championships at Abingdon Vale Cricket Club |
Since first spotting the remains of the former Blockbuster Video store in Fallowfield, Manchester in October 2019 we've been on the lookout for other remnants of the brand. Sometimes we've been lucky and found an old QuikDrop box or piece of signage and on occasion we've been really lucky and seen full shopfronts and branding left inside stores.
However, on some occasions we haven't been as fortunate. That's been the case when visiting Chorley, Telford, Abingdon, Great Moor and Wythenshawe.
Now a restaurant and takeaway |
This was a large store |
The last remnants of Blockbuster in Telford |
This was my local Blockbuster video shop when I was growing up |
At least this former store is still blue and yellow |
Another tile shop |
To date we've been to former Blockbuster stores in:
I haven't been to Millets Farm for years, but have got lots of great memories of visiting with my family when I was growing up. It was brilliant fun doing Pick Your Own and going on the tractor rides there.
It'll be nice to revisit and have a game on the Crazy Golf course as part of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.
The ones in my home town's Market Place are nice and clear. They also include the Abingdon-on-Thames town crest which I think is a nice touch.
The Market Place is famous as the location for Bun Throwing and the starting point for the Michaelmas Fair. Both events normally see thousands of people pack in or pass through to be a part of the occasions.
From our #bunthrowing #collection, here's a bun decorated with the initials CD to mark the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer #onthisday 1981.#abingdon #traditions #museumfromhome pic.twitter.com/h4aJpp7b8Q— Abingdon County Hall Museum (@AbingdonMuseum) July 29, 2020
Abingdon County Hall Museum has a collection of buns preserved from bun throwings dating back many years. These are the currant buns from the Bun Throwing that celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012. A total of 6,000 buns were thrown on that occasion |
A hole on the Crazy Golf course at Ancaster Karting in Grantham, Lincolnshire |
The Crazy Golf course at the Abbey Meadows in Abingdon-on-Thames |
The Beton / Concrete Minigolf course in Zeltingen-Rachtig, Germany |
Throwing a currant bun at the World Bun Throwing Championships at Abingdon Vale Cricket Club |
The last hole of the first course I ever played |
Playing hole 5 in 2007 |
Playing hole 5 in 2012 |
Playing hole 5 for the very last time in 2016 |
The course was very mossy in 2014 |
Abingdon has a curious tradition of bun throwing |