Thanks to Jo for this …

Oxfam will be celebrating their 30th (Pearl!) Anniversary at the current premises in Stert Street later this month. Looking back at the history of Oxfam’s ‘Odyssey’ in Abingdon (there have been 3 bases in the past 47 years).

1969 – High Street – an old branch of Boots the Chemist
1971 – 19 Stert Street – previously a butcher
1986 – 30-32 Stert Street. Beforehand it had been The Extraordinary trading Company, and originally Langford’s Coal and Corn Merchants (as the great signage above the shop façade shows).

They would like memories either of Oxfam in Abingdon or their premises. Pictured is Roger Baker who has been with the shop since 1969, and 2 other ‘Pearl’ volunteers who have been with the shop for 30 years.