From Agriculture to Atoms - Exhibition

What did your great grandparents do for a living? They may have been in service, done agricultural labour or worked at home as a laundress or seamstress.

During much of the 20thC whole families worked in Abingdon’s factories: two famous leather works, Pavlova and Booths, the largest clothing factory in Britain, a brewery which served hundreds of pubs and a car factory producing the famous MG.

Then came “the Atomics” – with the new jobs at Harwell and Culham bringing thousands of new residents to the town.

You can find out too about some of the surprising jobs that existed 100+ years ago – who knew that there was an early version of “Deliveroo”?

Real-life stories of ordinary people’s working lives are told in displays and film – and you can experience some of the crafts that people practiced to earn some extra money from home.

Timings

Friday 18 September:

10.00 - 13.00

Saturday 19 September:

10.00 - 16.00

Sunday 20 September:

10.00 - 16.00

Location & directions

25 Bury Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3QT

Directions:

The Exhibition is in the Unit 25 Community Space in the Bury Street shopping precinct (opposite Willows Cafe). There is no parking on site, but public car parks are close by.

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

The exhibition is on two floors: sadly the upper floor can only be reached by stairs.

Additional information

There are no refreshments or public toilet facilities on site, but wide range of cafes close by.

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