I’m not sure where Carl found all these good old knockers in Abingdon but there are plenty more pictures like these in his album…

Langford & Sons Corn & Coal Merchants, now houses Oxfam.

And a short length of guttering. The down pipe could be original.

I think Carl is going back to the States in the next few days, and since he has given me free access to his online photo album I’m going to use a few of his pictures over the next few days.

First “Liberty Protected or Caged?“

Abingdon’s very own Liberty is less than a stone’s throw from the Market Place but do you know where it is?

The letters from the MUSIC PRACTICE have been peeled away revealing an older impression, FARM SEEDS, on the window of 25 Bridge Street.

In the room next door, formerly the Tourist Information Centre, there resides a cabinet from an earlier time – that once held Garden & Farm Seeds. This was once the shop for Harris and Matthews, Corn and Seed Merchants of Abingdon, and the Old Gaol behind was the grain store…

With posters in position, the doors were again locked.

“Choose Abingdon – Britains Oldest Town – Continuously Inhabited Since The ‘Iron Age‘.”