Pedal Power have a window painting that celebrates 40 years as a cycle and cycle repair shop. The painting has been up since November and so the business is probably 40 years and 2 months by now.
Pedal Power is a family business and the grand children of the founder work there. They are always helpful.
This picture shows the sun setting over the Vineyard in Abingdon where you can find Pedal Power and Mr Lee (hairdressing) next door. Mr Lee has been there nearly as long as the cycle shop.
Those pictures were taken last week. On the same day Tony sent me a picture of the full moon somewhere in Abingdon. Thankyou to him.
Brilliant.
All of the bikes my brothers and I owned growing up came from Pedal Power.
Superb to see the business is still going strong.
It is good news indeed especially when the High Street everywhere is struggling, well done PP.
On the subject of businesses, I see there’s a planning application in for a change of use in the Old Gaol from what was going to be a wine bar to, ready? sure ?? Its a Dentist !
Actually Steve the application is not for the bit where the wine bar is/was going to be, it’s in a different bit. It was never clear what they had planned for this space.
However we do need to find out what has happened to the wine bar – as far as I remember it was supposed to open more than a year ago, but work seemed to grind to a halt.
We will be enquiring, but if you find out first, let us know?
Check the application, its clearly marked out where the wine bar was to be
Sorry to argue, Steve, but if you look at the wine bar proposal (P18/V0492/FUL – Ground Floor Proposal drawing) you will see that it was to be in the ground floor of the main OG building, in what used to be the foyer of the leisure centre.
The proposed dentist’s surgery is in the bit behind 27 Bridge St, on the corner where the riverside path meets the garden. Access will be from the main courtyard.
There are nevertheless a number of questions to be asked about the proposal – particularly to ensure it doesn’t impinge on public rights of access to the garden.
Hester, like others who contribute to this blog im tired of your constant bickering and contradiction, irrespective of the application everyone knows full well where the wine bar was to be, next to Costa where this dendist is planned, over and definitely OUT!
I don`t know anything about this Old Gaol planning application but I, for one, am always glad to read any contribution by Hester. Her comments are always calm and courteous in tone .
Hear, hear for Hester! Superwoman whose contribution to Abingdon is invaluable
Hester is one of the finest delights on this blog and I throughly enjoy her input.
I have a friend who has a bike seat damaged by a mice problem, so of course it’ll be pedal power I’ll go to 🙂
Hear! Hear!
I think most people on here are fed up with what Horsemouth aka Steve spouts on here, without getting his facts right. He recently ranted about a court case that never actually happened, all the facts were wrong and it is subject to a court gagging order, so he shouldn’t even have known about it, let alone even mentioning it on here. This will catch up with you.
Hopefully Horsesmouth’s final ‘over and definitely OUT’ means that he’ll not post here again. We can but hope, but will probably be disappointed. Meanwhile, thank you Hester for being here and for everything that you do for Abingdon.
Keep yp the good work Hester
Offensive remarks should be removed from this blog. Also, anyone who makes such remarks should be banned from participating.
***** R and Flamingo Lane do not read ****
Why are people so easily offended by other peoples remarks or comments? And why, more frighteningly, are they so eager to “put a stop to their voice”!? It is exactly that that is responsible (at least partly) for our nation being in the dire straits that it is in (stifling people’s opinion so much so that people think that racism, sexism, any “ism” had gone away when all that really happened was Bernard Manning was no longer allowed on TV).
You know who has written a post as their name appears first. If you don’t want to be “offended”, don’t read it. I value the fact that everyone has an opinion. Maybe you should be more concerned why you don’t….
Grin and look at how lovely the flowers are…that way the world will only ever smell of roses. But good luck in the real world….
I forgot to mention, that’s a beautiful moon. I’d love to have a chat with it.
Great photo Tony! Up the Shrewsbury!
(I would also like to add, that short of heinous cursing a different perspective of opinion should be welcome even if it’s disagreeable).
I am not offended by anyones views even though they may conflict with mine. People should be free to express their genuine beliefs. The only thing I don;t like is personal insults. Leave this to the politicians who turn to insults when they cannot think of a good arguement.
I agree totally. People should be allowed to share there beliefs, the problem is on this site and many others that people don’t like to hear if someone disagrees.
That’s a common misconception with freedom of speech, you’re allowed to say what you want but that doesn’t meant there wont be a consequence
Oh blast… *their
And Finally ! So I post a perfectly truthful and acceptable fact about the Old Gaol, However (but as usual) Hesters opening gambit to me was “Steve, I don’t want to argue” but she did not least by rubbishing my statement by quoting planning application P18/V0492?ful which she claims is the application for a wine bar in the Old Gaol in a completely different location to the I suggested, not surprisingly I checked out P18/V0492/Ful and while it refers to the location she referred to, it is not for a flipin wine bar but a change of use to form 3 flats “Proposed change of use of section of ground floor space to form 3 no. apartments. Retrospective consent for erection of blockwork partitions to same space. (Additional information regarding marketing and sound insulation submitted 10/7/2018) Do I hear an apology ?
Next Kelly Simpson I take it as good as accusing me of breaking a gagging order that doesn’t exist and a court case that you say didn’t exist I take it you’re referring to the court order that I and most of the businesses in town received a copy of from Anon which was issued by Oxford Magistrates Court ordering a certain person to repay £150k to his former employer by instalments that he’s defaulted on? meanwhile the employer (and you know who that is to) has lost his business, his home and is on the verge of Bankruptcy, but just because you and the other snowflakes on here are to afraid accept the truth all is Rosey in your world of mutual preening and narcism
Without wishing to, labour this thread any longer but I think it high time the recorde is put right. Thursday evening I received an email from hester who, in an admission that the details in her attempt to discredit my perfectly correct post re the wine bar sent me what she purported to be the correct application “. http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/java/support/dynamic_serve.jsp?ID=1166379387&CODE=D3027230E82B30A8B21C0E6F43EDFFDE ” however, this link didn’t work? but it does confirm my post was perfectly accurate and Hesters was not ! So Kelly, Fiona and Co while agreeing with your demand that inaccurate and misleading posts should be removed and the author of such be banned from the blog can I take it you will lobbying the owner of this blog to have Hester’s inaccurate post removed and her to be banned from further posting? Kelly, how does that sit with you too, when you accused me, in the public domain, of breaching a gagging order that doesn’t exist and creating a none existent court case of which t the proof of I have in my hand, will you now ask for your ,inaccurate post to be removed too? No, of course you wont, because the little clique of Ian, Hester, you, Fiona, Patricia et who assume the position of the Abingdon elite who gang up on any post they don’t agree with or with anyone they don’t like (as was clearly demonstrated in this thread) You would all do well to remember this blog is an open blog, its for everyone, its informative, purposeful and often humorous too, but its not the preserve of a few who take it upon themselves to act as the unofficial blog gestapo by ridiculing all an sundry they don’t happen to like or agree with. You may well wonder why i used and alias? Because not so very long ago it became apparent some despicable person on here was somehow posting derogatory stuff using my name and email address, The owner of the blog was made aware, as was my solicitor and the police, the culprits I.P address was obtained as was their identity and the offending posts removed, can you believe that person still posts on here and can you believe he know’s I know who he is too?
All of that said if some on this blog can’t use it in the spirit of it being an open blog, if they can’t come to terms with the fact that everyone is entitled to their opinion without being ganged up on or having derogatory remarks made about them, then perhaps it is they that should be banned?
horsesmouth aka steve King – Splendid post, I concur with you, about time that was said!!
OK, I had not intended to comment any further, but since HM has rejoined the debate, I think I should also be allowed to “set the record straight”.
First of all I totally agree with all those on here who say that people should respect the opinions of others, even if they don’t agree with them. Personally I try to stick to facts, but I must admit that opinions do occasionally creep in. If I do correct a factual inaccuracy in someone else’s post, I try to do so politely and if I have inadvertently caused offence, Steve, I do apologise.
Secondly, I did NOT quote the wrong planning application either in my origial post or my email: P18/V0492/FUL (and P18/V0493/LB) were the applications which enabled Cranbourne to repurpose part of the Old Gaol ground floor for residential use, with the remainder (the front bit of the old foyer) being clearly labelled as “wine/cafe/bar”. They already had planning permission for use of the ground floor for cafe/restaurants etc so the new application was only needed for the change of use of part of it to residential, and for the erection of some partitions. Anyone wanting to verify that only needs to look at the “Ground Floor Proposal” drawing in either of the applications.
Thirdly, it did occur to me that maybe my information was out of date and the plans had changed. I have now made enquiries and find that is not the case – the plans are unchanged.
To be honest, I Howard Moon (I presume you mean me by HM) would like to set the record straight too.
For a minute there I lost myself. I lost myself and took sides, though I’m not wrapping myself in ribbons I shouldn’t have to give a reason why we should just get along.
We’re quoting Radiohead now? This thread is getting beyond weird.