A lot more signs have appeared over the last week to make it clear that businesses are still open along the Abbey Shopping Centre.

From Wednesday to Friday last week five units (between Boots and what was The Lemon Plaice) were reduced to rubble by demolition excavators. This is what it now looks like from the County Hall roof.

And this is the view from the fitness centre in Queen Street where people can watch the demolition machines in operation as they train on treadmills.

Work continues round the museum. This is how the lift shaft looked two weeks ago.

A lot has happened in two weeks.

The lift will have 3 stopping positions …

Undercroft, pavement, and right down to the basement.

It is sad to see a house being allowed to fall into such a state of disrepair on the Oxford Road in Abingdon. This house is on land that has enough space for two houses and since it will need so much work doing to put it right, building two houses makes sense from a developers point of view – as an investment.  But to me it still looks at interesting house. which made a good home, and could have done so still.