Nowadays not quite so many free newspapers are delivered door to door and more racks are provided around town to allow people to pick up their own free newspaper.
The Oxfordshire Guardian was launched in 2011 as our area’s free newspaper, taking over from The South Oxfordshire Courier which closed in 2008.
Until recently there was The Oxfordshire Guardian – South Oxfordshire Edition. But about eight weeks ago appeared an Abingdon Edition, a Didcot and a Wantage edition. There is also a South Oxfordshire and the Vale edition for the villages.
This week’s lead story in the Abingdon edition is “Let’s All Work Together” which pictures three of Abingdon’s Movers and Shakers asking how do we attract more visitors to the town.
I can’t see the picture in high enough res to work out; who are the “movers and shakers?”
I used to get the oxford star – that was always my favourite free paper.
Delivery to our area of Abingdon is very intermittent. You certainly wouldn’t rely on it for any info. And we live on the edge of a large estate.
@Davidofabingdon – it’s definitely the Mayor on the left and I think she was with the Deputy Lord Lieutenant Felicity Dick and the Chair of the Choose Abingdon Partnership. They were visiting local retailers to ask how they were doing and for feedback on how Abingdon could do better.