Monthly Archives: July 2012

JD Wetherspoon get planning permission in 2012

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JD Wetherspoon got planning permission on 28th June to convert the old Post Office into a pub. The last time JD Wetherspoon tried to adapt an Abingdon premises into a pub (where Ask is now), about ten years ago, they met concerted opposition.

This time round 5 letters of objection were received, alongside 14 letters of support. Times have changed.

Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council were in favour of the application so long as any outside heating was environmentally friendly – a condition the Vale District Council thought would be difficult to enforce. They also said the outside area was very small anyway. But good to see the Town Council trying to stand up to all that hot air being wasted
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It will be interesting to see how Wetherspoons change the original facade. It could look more beautiful.

Abingdon Toy Shop to close

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Toy Shop Closing
In four days time a toy shop in Abingdon is to close. From what I can tell their other four branches, including the one at Didcot, are doing OK. The toy shop opened three years ago but trading conditions cannot be easy with work ongoing in the Abbey Shopping Centre.

Best wishes to them, and hope to see them, or another toy shop, in Abingdon before too long.

Yeah Baby 4 – Free Music Festival

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Yeah Baby 4
On the Market Place in Abingdon today and until late is the 4th Free Music Festival “Yeah Baby”. First picture shows the Blind Dogs Blues Band (from Sutton Courtney, Drayton, and Wantage).
Yeah Baby 4
For the first time there is a beer stall on the Market Place – so a bit of a trial.
Yeah Baby 4
Money is being raised for the Festival Charities which are all on the Yeah Baby Website
Yeah Baby 4
Florian Stoermer ran a Marathon and a half, ending on the Market Place soon after noon, and raised over £2,000 for the charities. The sun is warming up now. The early rain is gone.
Yeah Baby 4
There will be lots more bands through the day.

Not in the Fat Elephant

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Where is Wally
I hope Mostly Books archive the posters that appear in their window. They make an interesting history of Whats been On in Abingdon since 2006.

There is Wife after Death by the Abingdon Drama Club this week, and Yeah Baby 4. The Glorious Art of Peace, and The Lost Forest of Bernwood is next.
Where is Wally
Round the other side of Mostly Books I see “It’s been 25 years. Have you found Wally Yet”

Wally is to be found in a number of shops in town as part of a competition running this month. For example …
Where is Wally
Wally’s making lovely things on Bath Street, but not in the ‘Fat Elephant’. Where might he be?