Glendales

We are not talking about the Yorkshire home of Postman Pat, but Abingdon's very own Glendale. It is a shop that sells electrical goods in West St Helens Street.

(This picture borrowed from Abingdon Walks). You can go in with a problem, and they'll know just the part you need, and have it in one of the little drawers or boxes behind the counter. Or if not, they can write it down in their little order book, and order it, and phone you when it is in. It carries on in an old fashioned sort of way.

Life is difficult at present because the Co-op next door is closed for rebuilding, and so fewer people need to come down their way. More people nowadays order electrical goods on the internet. They appear to be a couple of men, who are buying and selling the things that interest them, but really they need somebody to help make the window display sparkle, and get more punters in.