The scaffolding men were back early this evening putting scaffold over the near side of the Abbey Shopping Centre. So it looks like there will be a tunnel both sides.
Round the back the buildings have always given me the impression of something at the seaside. That will soon change and I guess this view from the top of the Charter Carpark will look quite different with taller buildings with gables in the foreground.
Work continues round the museum. This is how the lift shaft looked two weeks ago.
A lot has happened in two weeks.
The lift will have 3 stopping positions …
Undercroft, pavement, and right down to the basement.
It is sad to see a house being allowed to fall into such a state of disrepair on the Oxford Road in Abingdon. This house is on land that has enough space for two houses and since it will need so much work doing to put it right, building two houses makes sense from a developers point of view – as an investment. But to me it still looks at interesting house. which made a good home, and could have done so still.
The picture from about 1980 shows what was the Thames View light industrial park, with the Abbey Grounds behind.
Most of that area has already been redeveloped but some of the industrial units were kept going for a while – as it is was thought good to try to keep employment centres near the town centre.
The last units were demolished last year, and earth movers have been back this year reducing the pile of rubble. Plans are probably on the way for what will happen to this land. But as yet nothing has come into the public domain as far as I am aware. Thames View is probably the last substantial area of land near to the town centre that could be built upon.