Cake Stall, Stroke Club and Football Season Begins

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Today in Abingdon
A group of children, with their mums, had a stall selling cakes, and drinks, next to the Abbey Close Car Park. The money is to help the children of Syria + Gaza!
Today in Abingdon
The Stroke Club were in town raising money for people who have suffered a stroke.
Today in Abingdon
They are not there to provide ‘Tea and Sympathy’. They provide ‘Beer and empathy’ and mutual support. They want to help fellow stroke victims regain their life after the devastating experience, and they meet at The College Oak Pub on Peachcroft.
Today in Abingdon
The Football season kicked off today at ‘The Northcourt’ where the fans, as always, were very vocal. They gave the ref a hard time, singing “You don’t know what you are doing” after one penalty appeal was turned down. They also made loud siren noises every time the trainer was called on.
Today in Abingdon
The game ended in a 0-0 draw between Abingdon United and Newbury.

A Pizza Hut A Pizza Hut

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A Pizza Hut A Pizza Hut
The former China Diner on Ock Street, just opposite Domino’s, is to become a Pizza Hut.

Just need a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Abingdon to complete the Fast Food Song …

I think we learned the song when our daughter went to Rainbows at Abingdon Baptist Church, or it could have been from Brownies at Saxton Road Community Centre.

Alison Mercer launches second novel at Mostly Books

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Alison Mercers Second Novel
Alison Mercer read extracts from her second novel ‘After I Left You’ at Mostly Books this evening. This was the fifth book event for Mostly Books this summer, and all have been blessed with good weather.
Alison Mercers Second Novel
Alison lives in Abingdon with husband, poet Ian Pindar, and two children. She always wanted to be a writer, and showed us her earliest novel, handwritten as a child, alongside her first published novel ‘Stop the Clock’ which came out two years ago.

Find out much more about the books at Alison’s website, and find these or many other good holiday reads at Mostly Books.

Shutters Still Down

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Shutters Still Down
Frend & Co the Jeweller have a notice in the window saying that they are continuing to do work while they look for new premises.

The shutters have been down for nearly a month now, and the landlord has had the premises for sale – with vacant possession – for quite a bit longer. The Carter Jonas website says “The property is situated in the heart of Abingdon Town Centre near the junction of West St Helen Street and High St, adjacent to the Town’s new main Post Office premises and recently redeveloped Co-operative supermarket.

Abingdon is an attractive Thames side market town, which benefits from good road communications via the A34 …”

Frends were one of the first shops to open in the precinct in 1966. The business moved to West St Helen Street in 2007, to where where Glendales used to be.

For now it is sad to see the loss of one of the well established town centre businesses – although they could well be back.