Work has been underway on the Market Place to install the long-awaited community notice board, thanks to Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council. Hester has raised the need for this at the Annual Parish Meeting for several years, so its arrival will be especially welcome. This new board should help keep residents and visitors better informed about the happenings in town.

For now, the notice board remains wrapped in foam and black plastic and fenced off — looking like a giant Christmas present waiting to be unwrapped.

Also on the Market Place, the Christmas tree was being decorated.