Follow the Pied Piper

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Pied Piper
This picture shows the corner of Broad Street and Queen Street on this wet and windy Sunday morning. It shows the tall side of Peacocks – previously the Somerfield / Co-op supermarket.
Pied Piper
The Pied Piper restaurant was on this site – run by Mr and Mrs Gough. They served coffee and cakes and cream teas in the early 1960s. It is a matter of regret that such a fine building was demolished.
Pied Piper
This post card (printed for S & S Stationery Co Ltd., Oxford) shows the beamed interior. The previous picture came from Abingdon and surrounding areas facts and history on Facebook. I don’t know where they got it.

Peacocks are to close. Time will tell, what will follow.

A Mountain of Coffee Cups

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Costa Cups
Last year we bought reusable cups so that we could stop the growth of the the single-use coffee-cup mountain. This year the mountain of coffee cups is growing higher again.

During lockdown the coffee shops are only allowed to serve takeaways and that has increased the quantity of single-use cups.

Reusable cups are bulky and easily forgotten and we don’t always have them with us at the moment we visit: Coffee Aroma, Costa I, Costa II, Java, R&R, or Throwing Buns in Abingdon.

Armistice Day Tribute and Christmas Light switch on – happen unannounced

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Armistice Day
The Pandemic did not stop people gathering round the war memorial to remember Armistice Day. At eleven o’clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, people stood and traffic came to a stop for the two-minute silence at Abingdon War Memorial.
Armistice Day
The giant poppies have been switched on for the last few days near the war memorial.
Armistice Day
The lights in Bury Street have also been on.
Armistice Day
This afternoon, and evening, the rest of the Christmas lights came on unannounced in Abingdon Town Centre.
Armistice Day
In normal times, hundreds of people would have gathered around the Market Place, after a day of entertainment, to watch as a celebrity switched on the lights.

Many local businesses cannot get the full benefit until the 2nd December, when they can fully re-open.