There has been some mist over the last couple of days here in Abingdon, and it feels a little colder.
Like a mist, that time of year has crept up on us again – the time that is so exciting for children, filled with expectation.
This evening, on Ebay, the 1960 Abingdon Rural District Official Guide c. 1960 fetched £13.50 plus postage.
A few days ago a postcard of Abingdon Sanatorium went for £21.88 plus postage and one of Abingdon Warren Hospital went for £22.00 plus postage.
This is a detail from a postcard that has a few days to go on Ebay. It looks interesting and will probably cost a few pounds.
The Practical Motorist advertised at H. J. Polley, on the postcard, would have cost 3d back then but will cost £11.99 + postage now on Ebay.
The day after Black Friday is Saturday 24th November, or, as I shall refer to it – not so Black Saturday. We will be over the worst by then and St Helen’s Church will be holding their annual Christmas Market.
Trinity Church will be holding a Christmas Fair.
These two churches can be seen from a long way away because both of them have a tall steeple. So if you see a steeple in Abingdon on Saturday morning, head towards it and take part in one of these festive events, and don’t be black anymore.
The BBC had a non-Brexit news story yesterday asking ‘What has happened to Woolworths’ stores 10 years after closure?‘ Checking back on this blog I can see the Woolworths closure was in December 2008.
The article goes on to say ‘Poundland owns the biggest number of ex-Woolworth premises’.
Poundland took over the ex-Woolworths stores in Abingdon, but only after Cargo had run it for a couple of years.
Poundland has been diversifying, and now have £2 sections, and £5 sections, and Pep & Co clothes.
They have many lines such as hardware, and CDs, and pic’n’mix and stationary that are not so very different from what you would have found in Woolworths. The big difference is that in Poundland there is no need for small change.