One plan likely to go ahead, early in 2009, is that the road at the top end of Stratton Way will get widened, and the pavement narrowed. Traffic going straight on (like this car and another half dozen behind) will no longer get stuck behind traffic turning right. It may scupper any chance of a shared cycle lane on the pavement though.

Time has moved on for the subway. The pedestrian crossing ,you can see further down, was put in on a temporary basis some years ago and worked so well it stayed. It is nearer where pedestrians want to go, and nearer the repositioned bus stops. There is little chance that it will be removed, even though it does not work so well in the AbITs (2006) traffic system.

The answer to yesterday’s question ‘Who still sells Children’s clothes in Abingdon now Adams and Woolworths have closed?’

Tesco have given over a lot of space to children’s clothes, many of them heavily discounted. Tesco also seemed to have cornered the Abingdon market in CDs and DVDs and PC games.

Bottled beers are currently being heavily discounted which obviously makes it more difficult for local pubs and off-licences to compete. But Tesco are more concerned about the likes of Asda, and Morrisons.

On 31st Dec 2008 Price Waterhouse were appointed as the receivers for Adams kidswear. A week later they have decided that 111 Adams Stores should close immediatly. The Abingdon store was among those to go. 160 elsewhere are to stay open as Price Waterhouse try to sell them as a going concern.

This photocopied sheet is all there is in the window of the Abingdon Adams to say what has happened.

Where can you now buy children’s clothes in Abingdon? De Paaw closed last year, Adams have just gone, and Woolworths are into their last day?

There was a hard frost last night which stayed most of the day. The nearest the sun got to appearing was soon after dawn, then it clouded over.