The signs came down today at Andrews Estate Agents in Abingdon. The branch in the High Street has now closed.

This is what the branch looked like in 2022 and inset in 2006.

They were at 9 Bath Street from 1963 until they moved to High Street, probably about twenty years ago.

We bought and sold our first house through their Bath Street branch, and their salesmen used to say that the business was unique. The founder, Cecil Jackson Cole, set up the company in 1946 to fund three charitable trusts by selling houses.

I have not seen any notifications about moving to another Abingdon address.

The new store in Abingdon is now looking for Store Assistants to be trained in nearby stores to give them a flying start at Abingdon. I looked and ‘At the new store, you’ll never find yourself bored and twiddling your thumbs on the till as a Store Assistant. In fact, time will fly by.’

Time is flying by, and the facade has changed from grey to brown.

Over the road at the Kingsgate estate, the paths have been tarmacked so that journeys can be made on foot or by bike.

Oxford Vapours used to run a successful business on Stert Street selling vapes. A flood shut their old premises.

They will be returning to Abingdon in Bury Street with premises that will not flood.

The other new business opening is Gents Cut on Bath Street- a traditional barber.