Water has been flowing at the bottom end of Stert Street for a couple of days now – not caused by rain but a leak. Beyond it I see that Coffee Republic has changed to become Java & Co.
I Googled “Java Abingdon” to find more details but only came up with Java Developer Job opportunities in Abingdon.
The Java programming language runs so many computer applications nowadays, but took its name from a slang term for coffee.
Coffee will still be served at Java & Co.
In four days time a toy shop in Abingdon is to close. From what I can tell their other four branches, including the one at Didcot, are doing OK. The toy shop opened three years ago but trading conditions cannot be easy with work ongoing in the Abbey Shopping Centre.
Best wishes to them, and hope to see them, or another toy shop, in Abingdon before too long.
I hope Mostly Books archive the posters that appear in their window. They make an interesting history of Whats been On in Abingdon since 2006.
There is Wife after Death by the Abingdon Drama Club this week, and Yeah Baby 4. The Glorious Art of Peace, and The Lost Forest of Bernwood is next.
Round the other side of Mostly Books I see “It’s been 25 years. Have you found Wally Yet”
Wally is to be found in a number of shops in town as part of a competition running this month. For example …
Wally’s making lovely things on Bath Street, but not in the ‘Fat Elephant’. Where might he be?
Looking in shops windows this evening I see that today was Independents’ Day in the South and Vale. This was a day when people were encouraged to use twitter to promote local Independent Shops.
Here is one of the tweeted pictures with a Mostly Books Book, thanks to the Chamber of Commerce …
At Fabulous Flowers I discovered there is also a book called Oxfordshire Independents’ Day. In it there are a lot of Abingdon shops have advertised.