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Is the misery finally over for people returning to their homes after last summer’s floods?

Not, if every time it rains they have to worry whether it is going to happen again.

Perhaps last year was a freak. Perhaps not. We don’t know.

Last night must have been blowing a gale. Branches

and fences were down.

When daylight came the wind had gone but not the misery.

Times are changing… The main sorting office in Oxford is to move to Swindon…

Two Sub Post Offices in Abingdon (or thereabouts) are being closed as part of the Royal Mail closures program. One is on Wootton Road in Abingdon, and one at Dalton Barracks in nearby Shippon. And so one would expect additional customers will need to use the central post office.

Abingdon central Post Office is operated for Royal Mail by a company called Primeco, and has been for two or three years.

Since taking over, Primeco has opened the Post Office up on Saturday afternoons – when it used to close at 1 PM. However it appears that whatever the size of the queue there are only two service counters open (out of the possible eight), and the one (this end of the picture) for foreign exchange.

There are rumours that Primeco want to move the operation – possibly to the new Co-op building. So is Abingdon Central Post Office to become a Sub Post Office?

The Mayor Patrick Lonergan was there to cut the cake at the Mostly Books party to celebrate the ‘Best New Bookshop’ award. There was not just cake, but also champagne. The toast was ‘To The Queen, the town of Abingdon, and Mostly Books.‘

The Performing Arts Department from Abingdon & Witney College performed songs and dance on the Market. Good weather again.

Thames Water are beginning again with the public consultation on the need for a huge new reservoir near Abingdon. We have been through this all before – a couple of years ago. This time there is a slightly different emphasize but the same reservoir.