One of Abingdon’s well known traditional shops, Hathaways, closed about five years ago. The building underwent a rebuild last year.
It is finally about to re-open as the OX14… Deli. There were people in there tonight getting the shop ready.
There is a shop opening on Saturday, at the top of East St Helen Street, where Local Roots once was.
There is no sign yet but the screen says …
“Mobile Accessories … Laptop & PC Accessories … Storage Devices … … Gaming Zone”
A story appeared in the Caterer and Innkeeper a couple of days ago …
“Oakman Inns and Restaurants has bought the freehold of the Crown and Thistle in Abingdon-on-Thames and it is due to close in January for a £1.4m refurbishment.
Oakman will completely overhaul the bar and restaurant areas to create a modern pub comprising a restaurant and two bars, as well as 19 bedrooms.”
This is in addition to the development of the Nags Head Inn, the Old Post Office Inn or however Weatherspoons re-name the business, and the new restaurants in the Old Gaol.
In the Spring 2009 Town Crier there was a picture of the official opening of the Mousehole Cafe in 1959 with a very early Italian coffee machine.
After the Mousehole closed, the cellar lost some of its sense of fun.
On 8th July 2012, the cellar re-opened as a cafe again, run by Throwing Buns, and called Basement Buns. It seems to have again found that Joie de vivre.
If anybody has any pictures of the days of the Mousehole in days gone by, please let Phil and Kate, from Throwing buns, know. They would like to display some pictures of their heritage.