A plan of the proposed redevelopment of the Abingdon Co-op site has been published by McLennan Architects, working for the Midcounties Co-op. The new plans differ significantly from the original plans that initiated public opposition and protests. I added the sunshine and the sign.
For anybody who likes to make a bit of a drama out of buying new shoes, there is a shoeshop called Lady McBeth in West St Helens Street.
Passing the shop at the dark of night one could imagine getting some Kicker trainers from the store:
“If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well
It were done quickly”
Speeding past on the A34, people who have no knowledge or interest in Abingdon may catch a few glimpses of the town. The floodlights and all weather pitches of Tilsey Park may cause the odd remark.
The newly refurbished Recycling Centre, at Drayton, just outside Abingdon, is also visible from the A34 – as the first picture shows. The cost of the refit was £500,000 and was completed a month ago. The original site opened ten years ago.
Last year if you went there, there were skips either side of the car ramp, and so you’d throw your green stuff into the green waste, then cross across with you cardboard in front of oncoming cars. Other people who only had a bag or two would park outside, and walk up the ramp by foot to save a few minutes.
Now all the bays are on the same side, and there is no walking up the ramp, and it looks more efficient so there should be fewer queues, and less chance of accidents.
It is called rather grandly “Recycling Centre” but to your average Joe Abingdonian it is The Dump.
The Dump is now open Monday to Sunday – 8am to 5pm; Thursday is late night opening until 8pm, from 1 April to 30 September.
What you can recycle:
This evening Abingdon Town Council elected a new Mayor. The gallery of previous mayors are in Old Abbey House. The ceremony to install the Mayor took place before an audience collected at the Guildhall at 7 PM.
This year Peter Green (pictured) became the Mayor. Peter is a retired RAF man who settled in Abingdon twenty years ago. He already devotes a lot of time to Abingdon. His wife Hilary Green was the Mayor three years ago. Peter said he is green by name and green by nature (environmentally).