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New Shop on Stert Street


What I could detect at this late hour is that it is on Stert Street, where de Paaw once was, and is painted white.

Searching on google, I found “Isaac Newton, Alexander Fleming, Joseph Lister, James Watts – Some of the world’s greatest scientists come from these Isles…“

Not sure that is much of a clue. There is more detective work to be done here.

South East – Heaviest Snow in 18 years …

The three of us, who lift share from Oxford to Birmingham, agreed to return home early – given the snow fall, and the predictions of worse to come. We have been caught out before. When I got home…

The snow did not quite reach Queen Victoria’s skirts.

Trendell’s Folly was still recognisable.

The path through the Abbey Gardens to the lake was passable with very little care.

White Paint


Road markings round West Saint Helen Street were re-done a couple of days before the opening of the Co-op.

Just round the corner from the Co-op itself…

the front of The Co-operative funeralcare has also been given a brighter look – turning from black to white.

South Abingdon Under the Plough


The farmer has been ploughing the field alongside Masefield Crescent. A strip remains but that may still go under the plough.

Large clods of earth stand out along the rise towards Masefield play park.

The field at the back of Overmead has also been ploughed, but the soil here, although only a few hundred metres from the first pictures, seems far more friable.