The Kings Head and Bell are running an Irish theme this week. Raffle tickets have been given away with every pint of Guinness. Three well known Irish poets (Bernard O’Donoghue, Tom Paulin and Mick Henry) performed in the King Charles Room as part of the Abingdon Arts Festival

– people were listening from down both stairwells it was so popular, and there is an Irish menu tonight.

Coming soon in place of Sandman will be ‘Fine Guitars’ – selling guitars and sheet music and accessories.

Dream Doors, just a few doors away, specialise in kitchen makeovers.

On Saturday there was a Normandy Market. It was not as large as some of the original French Markets from a couple of years back which used to fill the Market Place.