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New Free Newspaper

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Oxfordshire Guardian
The Oxfordshire Guardian was launched a week or so ago, with a local edition covering the Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire, and another edition for West Oxfordshire. It is published by TriMedia, an independent company who also publish the Oxford Journal, the Property Weekly, and Basingstoke Observer. Tri Media took over most of the old Courier Group.
Oxfordshire Guardian
They are located in Abingdon town centre, in West St Helen Street.

Browsing their 3rd edition, I see the following Abingdon snippets and articles…

Grab a Grant – pg 2
Rehab Facility – pg 6
Volunteer Call – pg 8
Parks Award – pg 12
Residents consulted on Town Centre proposals – pg 12
Car giveaway helps raise money for permanent World War II memorial – pg 12
Abingdon fail to find a path through City’s defence – pg 31
Abingdon Vale’s promotion hopes take a battering – pg 31

The online edition is at oxfordshireguardian.co.uk .

Essential Drainage Work in East St Helen Street

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Hole in East St Helen Street
A diversion is now in place for the drainage works down East St Helen Street. A large regular hole was cut today next door to Philosophy, the hairdressers. If it had been much wider it would have connected to the Philosophy cellar. Most properties down East St Helen Street have cellars.
Hole in East St Helen Street
A pile of soil and debry now lies nearby – all ready for when the drains are sorted – probably next week – and the contractors can fill the hole in.

It is rumoured, here in West St Helen Street, that the drains of East St Helen Street are clogged with cooking fat. Clearing that will get rid of the puddle that often forms outside the Punchbowl Public House. Anybody who has been splashed by a car near the Punchbowl will probably agree the work is essential, whatever the cause.