Coxeter House – Transformation Underway

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Coxeter House
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.
Coxeter House
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.
Coxeter House
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.

John E – a tribute

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John E passed away last week. He often sent me pieces to put on the blog, and left comments, and encouragement.

Rob emailed me suggesting a tribute to John on the blog. Other people knew John much better but Rob said when prompted “The things I associate with John are his devotion to his family – his wife, children & grand-children; his religious faith and his work for St Michael’s Church; his pride in his Welsh Heritage; his love of music and his singing with the Wantage Male Voice Choir & a music-group for people living in his neighbourhood; his beloved allotment; his enthusiasm for travel; and his determination to have a go at everything that life has to offer, even over the last dozen years when he has had to dodge cancer’s bullets.”

The last piece John E did for the blog was on New Years day 2014. The Boundary Walk had been cancelled because of the floods. Here is what he sent …
Christian Aid Walk
The Christian Aid Walk happened this morning despite the Weather. Here they are at Drayton Church Hall for a soggy break. If this doesn’t deserve a sponsorship I don’t know what does!
Christian Aid Walk

A Garden for All Seasons

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The 23rd September is the Autumn Equinox – derived from the Latin words equus (equal) and nox (night). We are at a point where the long summer days are all but over, and the nights grow longer.
The Changing Seasons
Churches celebrate the harvest at this time of year. At Trinity yesterday the suggested list of harvest offerings to be given to The Asylum Welcome Centre included: cooking oil, sugar, UHT milk, tea and coffee, long-life fruit juice, couscous, noodles, lentils, jam, honey, biscuits and tinned vegetables, fruit, soup, fish and meat (not pork) with best before date of 6 months.
The Changing Seasons
The leaves are turning in the avenue of trees between The Chestnuts and Wick Hall.
The Changing Seasons
In the fields between Mill Lane and the A34, the harvest is over, and a tractor is tilling the ground for the next crop.
The Changing Seasons
However, the garden at St Ethelwolds are still looking bountiful with: strings of tomatoes …
The Changing Seasons
apples …
The Changing Seasons
a few late raspberries

The Changing Seasons
and many late flowers.

The garden at St Ethelwolds this year have been open for people to discover – at all seasons.

Archaeology Works in Progress by the Drayton Road

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Archaeology Works in Progress
Work has been underway for about 4 weeks now investigating the archaelogical heritage of the field off the Drayton Road which could be developed with 159 houses.
Archaeology Works in Progress
In places the topsoil and subsoil have been removed to make way to excavate some deeper trenches.

The introduction to the archaeological field evaluation says earlier work “found mid to late Iron Age remains that would fit the character of a farmstead …”
Archaeology Works in Progress
Work is concentrating to the northeast and east of the site, up near the Drayton Road on the side nearest Abingdon.