Press on Changes in 2015 for a bigger pdf version.
Key:
Green is a shop that was vacant at the start of the year which is now occupied.
Yellow means a change of business or name.
Red is a vacant shop premises that was occupied at the start of the year.
Change in 2007 ( 6 green, 5 yellow, 10 red ) – Net Loss 4
Change in 2008 ( 10 green, 8 yellow, 13 red ) – Net Loss 3
Change in 2009 ( 9 green, 6 yellow, 6 red ) – Net Gain 3
Change in 2010 ( 9 green, 6 yellow, 5 red ) – Net Gain 3
Change in 2011 ( 2 green, 8 yellow, 5 red ) – Net Loss 3
Change in 2012 ( 6 green, 1 yellow, 7 red ) – Net Loss 1
Change in 2013 ( 6 green, 8 yellow, 6 red ) – Net Change 0
Change in 2014 ( 6 green, 8 yellow, 6 red ) – Net Change 0
Change in 2015 ( 6 green, 8 yellow, 6 red ) – Net Change 0
Welcome to:
Boots Optician
Clockwork Dragon (fantasy)
Oriental Food Mart
Pandora
Polski Skleb Zubr (deli)
ReStyle (barber)
Savers
TechnoCraft (computing)
White Horse Exotics (pets)
Goodbye to:
Abingdon Shoe Shop
Co-op Bury Street
Hallmark (cards and Thornton’s chocolate)
Mary Brooks (fashion)
Notag (fashions)
Scruffs (children’s shoes) – opened in 2005, and have had a closing down sale this week. But they could be back if sold as going concern.
Sparkle and Dream (children’s costumes and party)
Qutis (clinic)
Upper Reaches (hotel)
Move to new premises:
Valentina (ladies fashion)
Change to similar business in same premises:
Buns in The Basement to Mousehole (cafe)
Philosophy to Idle Wild (hairdresser)
Temporarily Closed in 2015. Likely to re-open in 2016:
Smarts (fish and chips) – major refurbishment
Cottage Imperial (Chinese Restaurant) – if new proprietors found
Opened and Closed in 2015:
Frozen Yogurt
(let me know any mistakes in this annual roundup)
Seems we may have another building in our midst soon? There is an appeal on the Abingdon Muslims web site for donations toward a mosque they are planning to build.
“the Muslims of Abingdon rely upon the generosity of two who have allowed us to use their business premises as a Masjid on the weekends” – ” a preliminary scheme shall be uploaded to website as soon as possible”
Wonder where it will be?
the Muslims of Abingdon could buy the saxon arms pub , or the upper reaches hotel
A few additions for you Backstreeter
Workspace set up in west st helen street in 2015
wildwood cafe to arrive in bury street in 2016
always an interesting post, good to see that we have some established houehold names taking on units in Abingdon
I noticed a sign on the old jail indicating that one of the three restaurant units has now been let. Does anybody have any further information as to who will be occupying it and when it will open?
There are certainly plenty empty places for the Muslims to use
And even more in The Middle East !
Are you trying to make a point steve?
Frozen Yogurt did not stand a chance. I had this strange dream of taking it over and selling hot soup and baked potatoes. More suitable for our climate. Are the Abingdon Muslims Shia or Sunni as they hate each other? We banned Donald Trump for his anti Muslim stance. I hope they do not invite these god awful hate preachers to preach in this planned Masjid in Abingdon.. We allow the hate preachers to enter this country even with false passports and then support them and their families on benefits while they preach death to all Kaffir and homosexuals.
Indeed I am Iain, indeed I am, I’ll be perfectly honest with you I’m truly concerned for the future of my children (and grandchildren too) The free world as we know it is facing its biggest threat since the Nazis took power some 80 years ago, and while I totally accept the majority might be peaceable people, so we’re the majority of Germans in the 1930’s too and I find people who fail to see and understand the similarities between what happened to Germany and the dreadful consequences that followed naively incredulous.
Captainkaos2 – I don’t think setting up a Mosque somewhere in the Middle East would be very convenient for Muslims living in Abingdon.
And I don’t think there is any analogy between Daesh now and Germany in the 30s and nor is there any evidence that any Muslims in or near Abingdon have any sympathy for Daesh at all.
Janet – Donald Trump has not been banned, despite his rather horrid outpourings. The vast, vast majority of Muslims worldwide are peaceful. There have been many more acts of terrorism in the name of Christianity in the country than there have been in the name of Islam, another middle eastern religion that invaded our shores.
The recent events in Abingdon which have caused alarm have not been racially, politically or religiously motivated. They were not perpetrated by terrorists.
We need to keep some perspective and although it may worry a predominantly ‘white’ town, a mosque would complement the already diverse worship options in Abingdon.