The new shop that opened on Abingdon High Street in February has closed and they were selling off stock on Saturday. A notice in the window says ‘due to unforeseen circumstances we will be closing down for an unknown length of time … We hope to see you all again soon.’
Anyone noticed the speed warning sign before Norman Avenue on the Oxford Road, it is set to 20mph but is in the 30 zone before the junction. I believe this is dangerously placed as people will approach it at or close to 30 the sign will flash red and they will then look at their speed and maybe brake distracting them from concentrating on the junction they are approaching. The idiots in charge of the signs need a kick up the backside.
It is far more important to be seen to apply a knee jerk reaction to something than actually do something useful.
That way you can tell your electorate “Hey, look what we did do”! Which will distract the sheeple just enough for them to vote for you again.
Why do we have 20mph limits on A and B roads again? I forget?
Back to the original post… I clearly don’t have a decent enough job as I simply can’t afford a fiver for a loaf of bread. Either the true cost of bread is HUGE….or we are – generally – paid too little. I read somewhere that the regular Joe “should” have approx £10,000 more per year in order to be as ‘wealthy’ as were some 15-20 years ago. Is this why they’ve closed down?
£5 for a loaf of bread… was it gold plated or something? If one is prepared to slum it…75p for a brown wholemeal loaf in Aldi (and Waitrose, and Lidl, and I’m sure Tesco et all).
Unfortunately…. ‘that’ bread is now so far removed from ‘bread’ it can barely called as such. It is mass produced pap. Alas, though, this is now the accepted ‘norm’…and as such when “the nations food basket” is used for inflation purposes, it is done so on nutritionally void foodstuffs….made to a price point.
I fear “proper bread” is likely far more expensive than 79p….and feeds in to the fact that we are generally poorer now than we were/should be.
The shame of it is indeed that for many, the best we can afford is 79p “bread”. The truth of it though is that it is junk.
FWIW…I try to make my own bread when I can….or eat the junk as well.
Welcome to UK 2024!
Have to admit that I’ve largely given up on the stuff and actually feel considerably better for doing so. Occasionally have the Aldi stuff which is good toasted and sometimes Waitrose sourdough wheat and rye which although expensive is beautiful.
Not surprised you feel better.
It’s finally coming full circle…there’s.noyhong wrong with animal/natural fats – as we are now having science also tell us…
It was the American grain conglomerates that pushed the “heart healthy grains” for profit….not for diet.
Funny how, since they did that, obesity has been on the rise etc etc…
Still…. 💲💰💲💰💲
Buy a Panasonic bread maker – and keep using it!
What has the closure of this store got to do with speed limits in a completely different area of the town?
Because that happened/s in Abingdon too…and this blog is about Abingdon.