The Nursery Shop has moved from their location on Stert Street, where they have been since being established in 1998, to the Market Place. They closed in Stert Street last Saturday and opened on the Market Place this Saturday.

Mostly Books has won an award from publisher Pan Macmillan as part of its Macmillan 175 celebrations.

Mostly Books joins five other independent bookshops from across the country who will all receive £1,750 to launch a new and innovative project, focusing on community outreach or supporting new readers.

The Mostly Books team will be using the grant to help fund a mobile bookshop which will be used to take books to villages and towns and schools around Abingdon. The aim is to provide bookshop facilities for those who are less mobile and to also provide greater access to books for children and families in the local area.

Thanks to Steve for this picture of  what was a Romanian Restaurant  in Bath Street (for a short while) and has now become the Abingdon Baguette Shop.

This is a few weeks after La Baguette in the Market Place closed after 20 years trading.

The Co-op lorry is the biggest vehicle that regularly travels down East St Helen Street.

The sharp right into West St Helen Street can be made more difficult by traffic, or cars parked in strange places on the road.

The Co-op in West St Helen Street was built with a loading lay-by in front. There are occasions when a car is parked on this lay-by, causing the lorry to wait and on occasions cause a tail back. The lorries arrive at all hours laden with 300kg cages on wheels that are pushed into the co-op storeroom. The friendly store staff often help the lorry driver.