The former Blockbuster DVD rental outlet at the Peachcroft Shops is now a Barnado’s charity shop.
There are some DVDs above the jigsaws, but most of the former DVD rental outlet is taken up with second hand clothes.
A new discount store opened today in the Fairacres retail park in Abingdon. B&M Homestore already have a store in Wantage and will be opening another in Didcot at the weekend, and they look to be growing fast, having opened a store in Isle of Sheppey yesterday, Macclesfield the day before…
From only 21 stores and 1 distribution centre in 2004, B&M has grown to 4 distribution centres and over 380 stores across the UK.
I hope there is still a UK when I wake tomorrow.
On what was a wet August Bank Holiday, a new notice has appeared in the ex ER Goffs Shop to say Barber Open Soon.
The water feature seems to send up fountains spontaneously whenever it is raining.
There were only a few families enjoying the outdoor facilities of the Abbey Meadow at about 11am this morning. One family were playing pitch and put; two young families were in the play area; but nobody was in the Open Air Pool.
The rain got heavier as the morning progressed, and eased off again in the afternoon. Shops open this Bank Holiday were more the national chains than the local independents.
In case you did not read the comments under the recent blog report on Stroll In…
Andy noticed an interesting development on the planning website. The old QS shop on High Street is going to become a Savers.
Savers have over 230 stores in the UK. They are a discount chain that sells health, beauty, household goods and medicines, rather like Superdrug. They appear to have the same parent company as Superdrug.
But before anything happens the premises needs planning permission for a new shop front.