If you are looking for a vet in Abingdon, there is either the Abivale Animal Hospital in the Vineyard,

or Frasers in Caldecott Road. Or you could use a smaller village vet like the one in Steventon.

Nothing ever seems cheap at the vets: pet food, tablets… surgery (surgery especially so). After all vets’ bills are not covered by national insurance.

This panel showing various images from Abingdon’s past was unveiled in the Guildhall. It will be displayed at a number of locations in the coming weeks as a travelling exhibition for the 450th Anniversary.

Down East St Helens Street towards St Helens Church (with scaffolding for the bells).

Along High Street towards Ock Street and Tesco.

Towards St Nicholas and the Abbey Gateway.

Trinity Church spire in the distance, The white building is the old BT telephone exchange now partly converted to flats.

Towards the Old Gaol (and River), and Didcot Power Station

The headquarters of Oxfordshire Age concern moved to St Edmunds Lane in Abingdon in 2002. Age concern, Oxforshire, is a charity with 100 members of staff and over 400 volunteers who aim to make a difference in campaigning and caring for elderly people.

There aims are to help elderly people to:

* lead happy, active and fulfilled lives as independently as possible (which may mean helping them find gardening help or home shopping)
* overcome the barriers which prevent them receiving whats rightfully theirs
* be their advocates
* communicate their needs in order to shape the policies and services of local and national agencies
* care for them, if they need extra help, in safe, secure and welcoming environments

This care home for the elderly in Ock Street is run by a charity called the Order of St John Care Trust.

Providing a home for elderly people, especially when it comes to people who are no longer able to live independently, is a very difficult thing to do well. Yet our carers are often some of the least well paid workers.

Age concern also also concerned for carers.