Category Archives: Business

Dinglemania takes off in Abingdon

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Dinglemania
A celebrity called Cain Dingle was in town today to open Poundland Abingdon. The Dingles are a family in the British soap Emmerdale. They tend to have Biblical names, and get into trouble with the law.

He was a few minutes late for the 11am opening and the compere had started to prepare what to do – like offering free gifts all round – if the celebrity did not show.

But the celebrity did appear from inside the shop, and there was a huge cheer. I was amazed at the size of the crowd, and at how pleased people were to see him. Some hugged him like an old friend. But then I don’t watch Emerdale.

Who should open Poundland Abingdon?

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Poundland
The lights are on where Woolworths once was. Poundland Abingdon will be opening on Thursday 18th November 2010. The official opening will be two days later on Saturday 20th November when a mystery celebrity will cut the ribbon at 10am.

At the same time Poundland Glasgow, Holyhead and Chesterfield also have offical openings with a different mystery celebrity. That makes 4 Poundland opening on Saturday week, and 2 this coming Saturday where the mystery celebrities have just been revealed… Tracey Barlow from Coronation Street is opening Camberley, and Kirk Sutherland from Coronation Street is opening Droylsden.

Who would you like to see opening the new Poundland in Abingdon?

Abingdon… A Centre of Excellence for Guitars and Beauty

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Two more shops opened last week in the town centre …
Remade Guitars
Remade Guitars – an already established business that sells, repairs and customises guitars – have acquired a shop outside Coxeters. This establishes Abingdon as a centre of excellence for guitars with two shops and a number of good bands.
Funky Nails
Abingdon is also fast becoming a centre of excellence of beauty with Funky Nails opening where the Charter Barber used to be.