At the narrow entry to Turnagain Lane circus posters can be seen on the Cottage Imperial Blackboard. This is the first time that Circus Wonderland have been to Abingdon and they have made quite a splash with their colourful adverts.
Turnagain lane was once a cul-de-sac containing small stone cottages, crammed together round a small yard. When you reached the yard you had to ‘turn again’ and go back the way you came.
These days the lane ends in a view onto the white front of the Old Gaol flats.
I doubt you’ll see those circus posters in the future then as that land is earmarked for building on. But on the plus side, you’ll be able to once more ‘turn again’ and go back down the road when you come across crammed together houses in the field instead.
Be just like the old days …….