I have begun to associate the roads off Boxhill Road with amazing evening skies after my last two visits – that is John Mason Rd, Geoffrey Barber Rd, and Bowyer Rd.
Over the other side of the Oxford Road is the best-one convenience store .
First the picture quiz. Put the correct names under the correct pub signs.
Second. Which Abingdon pub has a pub quiz on Thursday and has Morlands engraved in the stonework.
I saw the Old Anchor Inn filling up before 9 PM this evening for their quiz. The new landlord, Jamie, took over the pub a few weeks ago, and was setting the questions on his laptop.
Lastly, which pub has a Morland & Co Limited edition window?
Blackboards say “Beer Garden Open” but it is not open, except when there is Salter Steamer passing by to pick up passengers, or deposit them. Their first impression may not be so wonderful.
The garden is on an island with the River Thames flowing either side.
The gardens are growing weeds, and the furniture is looking sad, after the pub closed at the start of the year.
The Ox pub sign has gone from its traditional place on the Oxford Road. There were once 60 pubs in Abingdon for a population of 5,000. There are now 17 for a population of 33,000.
Black Swan
Blue Boar
Boundary House
Brewery Tap
Broad Face
College Oak
Cross Keys
Grapes
Kings Head & Bell
Midget
Old Anchor Inn
Plough
Punchbowl
Saxton Arms
Spread Eagle
Stocks Bar
White Horse
The times they are a changing.