Abingdon is blessed in having so many good local historians who write about the town. “Abingdon – Past & Present” by Elizabeth Dury and Judith Thomas – shows, side-by-side, the same scenes in old Abingdon and in new Abingdon.

To emulate the book, in my rather slap-dash way, I took this photograph on a lay-by outside Abingdon, going towards Drayton, of a fairly old road sign. It cannot be that old though because Abingdon has only been in Oxfordshire since 1974. But it got the sepia effect.

Next, I crossed over the road, and took this picture in the Abingdon-bound lay-by opposite. The fines have gone up.

Close by people have been filmed and prosecuted for fly tipping. In this case the fines can get quite hefty.