We had a meeting today to plan this year’s Heritage Open Day (which is on September 10th). It will be 600 years since Abingdon Bridge was built in 1416. There will be talks, and exhibitions about Abingdon Bridge, and the museum are creating a large medieval event on the Market Place.

At Abingdon Bridge this evening one of the Salter Steamer boats was dressed up in unusual livery with the message ‘Your IKEA is Coming’.

IKEA will be downstream at Reading.

Abingdon Beds have been operating for over twenty five years at their current location in Spring Road. The building was once a chapel.

The Tower of London has been operating for over 1000 years, looking after famous and infamous prisoners. It is the keep of the Crown Jewels, and more recently has become a tourist attraction.

Spike recently moved from Abingdon to become the newest Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London. Thank to him for this picture ‘Keeping it Local!’

The shelves of the Budgens store at Northcourt are emptying. Some lines are at half price as the shop prepares to close on Tuesday June 21st.

A poster in the window says the Co-op are recruiting and will be re-opening the store on this site in August 2016. This shop belonged to the Oxford and Swindon Co-operative Society before it became a Budgens in 1999. So the circle is nearly complete.

(Thanks to Alan for pointing out the previous Co-op history)

I got an email asking why the Radley Road Newsagent has been closed for a few weeks now. I was not aware it was closed but did see the shutters were down over the weekend. I said I’d ask if any body knows.