Seeneys Pet Supplies to Close after thirty years

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After 30 years of serving the Abingdon community, Seeneys Pet Supplies announced at the start of February (on Facebook) that it will be closing its doors permanently at the end of March. They thanked their loyal customers and dedicated staff for their support and said this decision was difficult. But ever-rising costs and falling revenue have made it impossible for them to continue operating the Abingdon store.

The closure of the Abingdon store does not affect the Weston-on-the-Green store. The Abingdon store will hold a closing down sale.

The neighbouring business Bella Rita, which occupies a different section of the building, has also had a closing down sale.

Second Flood This Year: Tesco Extra Closes in Abingdon as River Ock Bursts its Banks

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The River Ock caused flooding today (Saturday), leading to the closure of the Tesco Extra store in Abingdon. The store’s car park and access roads were underwater. This is the second time the store has had to close due to flooding in 2024. This follows persistent rain during much of Thursday.

The people of Ladygrove Estate watched the water with concern yesterday and today, but the water did not go as high as it did during the January flood.

P.S. Tesco reopened on Sunday.

What’s On: Chinese New Year & Lots of Music

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Happy Lunar New Year! It’s the Chinese New Year of the Dragon in 2024. On Saturday, 10th February there’s a free exhibition of CHINESE BRUSH PAINTINGS AND SCROLLS by members of Oxfordshire Chinese Brush Painting Group. They are open from 10-2pm in the Community Space, Unit 24, Bury St Precinct, Abingdon. ( It’s the old H. Samuel shop).

Peter has sent me information about ADMS concerts and there will be two in March, one at St Helen and St Katherine School.

One at St Helen’s Church. For both concerts, tickets will cost £15 on the door or £13 if bought in advance (children £1 in both cases). For advance purchases, contact www.wegotttickets.com (booking fee applies) or tickets@adms.org.uk.

There are also regular chamber concerts at St Nicolas Church. The next is this Sunday and will feature a Cello Trio.

Music at the Unicorn are running concerts. The next one is on Tuesday 13th Feb. The full list is on
https://www.musicattheunicorn.org.uk/.

Make Music in Abingdon have live music on February 15th at the Loose Cannon Taproom where the music starts at 7.30pm. Performing are: Andy Hoger, The Holy Fools, Tim Friers & the Mercenaries.

From Peachcroft Roundabout to Dyson Mews

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The work on cutting the corner at the Peachcroft Roundabout is planned to run from 31 Jul 2023 – 17 Aug 2024 and so is probably half way there. It should allow traffic from the Dunmore Road to cut the corner going up Lodge Hill. So far the work has affected footpaths more than carriageways. This corner is the boundary of the Abbey Fields development.

Despite interest rate rises, there has not been much slowdown in the house building on the Abbey Fields development. This is the view from the footpath from Sunningwell, where it crosses the Abbey Fields development. Abingdon must be a very popular place to live.

In the news today was the story that Barratt are to buy rival Redrow for £2.5bn.

A lot of the new homes in Abbey Fields have a notice from Barratt Homes saying ‘Please be courteous. This house is occupied.’

A cycle way runs from the Abbey Fields development through Tilsley Park (sports ground run by Abingdon School) and then comes to a stop just before the Kings Gate development.

Resourceful walkers have made their own short cut a short way from the main route.

A new road name that has appeared on the Kings Gate estate is Dyson Mews. It is not named after Sir James Dyson, knighted for his vacuum cleaner and hand drier innovations, and not even named after Star Wars R2D2 creator Tony Dyson who did live in Abingdon. It is named after Tony’s mum Ada Dyson who was Mayor of Abingdon. According to the obituary of Ada on the Abingdon and District Twin Towns Society website (July 2008), Ada had bright red hair and a determined northern character and was a formidable fighter.