The extension of hours from 10pm to 11pm at the Co-op is not directly related to the imminent opening of the SPAR nearby. The Co-op were already in negotiations with staff about a 11pm closing time before Bargain Booze shut down. It is one thing going home at 10pm, and quite another going home at 11pm, and the Co-op had to get staff to agree first.
Beside Thrupp Lane the fields have been harvested and there is a large haystack.
Posters by Thrupp Lake tell of the future it can expect now the Northmoor Trust is in control:
The shelter can be seen across the water with the bricked up Sandles building behind.
A very interesting construction. For more about Thrupp from earliest human habitation until the village of Thrupp went into decline after the 14th Century visit the AAAHs site.
COAL: Clean, hot and durable for rooms. Kibbles for the Kitchen, ready for use. Athracite for Patent Stoves and Furnces. Peat Blocks.
CORN: Forage for Horses, Foods for your Dogs, Poultry, Birds, and all domestic Pets.
FLOUR: For Pastry, Bread and household use. Once you have tried it you will want it regularly.
Offices:- 32, Stert Street
Telephone No 43. Write or call for prices.
(Text taken from Hooke’s Abingdon Almanac and Directory 1916. Picture taken 4th September 2010)
Abingdon has a guild of town criers and the town crier on duty does change from week to week. There are also two town crier uniforms now, whereas until a few months ago there was only the one shared among all. So things are looking up for the guild. They are also looking into procuring a second hat.
The town crier today was doing his second ever cry of duty. He had a good voice, and got applause on the Market Place. He announced Heritage Day (next Saturday) …
Fun in the Park (day after)… The Boundary Walk… Followed by the customary salutation “God Bless Abingdon, God Save the Queen!”
The nut seller at the Italian Market then asked the crier to add to his script that this weekend there is also an Italian Market in town. A little later I heard the town crier in the High Street “… Heritage Day… Fun in the Parks… Boundary Walk …. Italian Market … God Bless Abingdon … God Save The Queen!”