Here is Abingdon’s very own Turkish Donna Kebab man with a van. He can be seen here most days at about 5:20 unlocking and locking the Market Place gates. His vehicle is the one licensed to trade there selling hot food.

Earlier this evening at about 5:25 he plugged his cooker into the market place electricity supply.

Before he has had time to even open the side-hatch of the van, a chap on a bike called across, “Mate, you got any drinks.”

So he opens up, serves the first customer and then a second customer. Only then has he time to open his first big bag of chips and start to prepare the days hot food. Top of the menu are Donna Kebabs (Döner kebab in Turkish means ‘turning kebab’ and seems to involve a hardly recognisable meat in pitta bread and salad).

Thats how most evenings start (Sundays start earlier).

The van has a relatively quiet time until people leave the pubs and its “Weerrll!! … time for a kebab!”

He asks with a broad smile “You wanna it open, for eat now?”

He doesn’t finish until about 1:30, and locks the gate behind him as he goes.