Michael was hoping to get the Magic-Wok Chinese takeaway in Oxford Road to re-paint their sign.

He doesn’t think they’ve had their sign repainted since they set up.

He says “Maybe if you publish one of these pictures it will somehow jog them into action.“

Vodafone Abingdon opened at Unit 8, Bury Street at 10am this morning. The new store is part of Vodafone’s £100 million nationwide expansion, opening 150 new shops and creating 1,400 jobs in the next year.

The store has top ten tables displaying the best-selling devices, so customers can try them out before buying. They also have 5 employees their to help. The red balloons proved very popular with youngsters in town today.

Just one day to go… Vodafone Abingdon are to open on Friday 3rd October 2014. The Mayor and Town Crier will be there.

Up until now the nearest Vodafone shops were to be found in the City of Oxford, in the unspoilt Market Town of Witney, the ever expanding town of Bicester, and Newbury, where Vodafone have their HQ.

Coxeter House has been undergoing a transformation this year. It began with the Kitchen showroom at the start of the year.

The area behind has been closed since June but has started to re-open in phases.

An art gallery and picture framing area is now open, together with an area with shaped furniture to which customers can request their own fabrics.

The intention is to have kitchens at the front, bathroom and bedroom design behind, flooring, tiles, lighting, furniture, soft furnishings, accessories and the art gallery. So you may go in to design the kitchen but then get ideas for the rest of the house. The development will be completed by Easter 2015.

The rest of the Coxeters businesses, in this department store: Centre Stage, Behind Bars, Natural Health, Abode etc. carry on as before. But the old cafe area and the area behind Abode will have a more unified appearance with this transformation.

The people behind this venture have high hopes for Abingdon.