There has not been much activity at the local skin treatment specialist, in West St Helen Street, for some time now.
Notices have appeared in the windows that there is a planning application to change the building’s use to residential.
So too late to get a Botox, or dermal filler.
The original British Takeaway still has two or three outlets in Abingdon.
For the moment there is no Fish and Chips takeaway in Abingdon Town Centre. New owners took over Smarts Fish & Chips and they seemed to be doing OK. So I am not sure what is now happening behind the screen.
Smarts on Peachcroft are still there open as usual.
As are Salami’s on Ock Street.
For the last few weeks there has been scaffolding up in the front of Abingdon Baptist Church.
The blue and white front, of this Grade II listed building, has been repainted with a classical stone colour. A glass main door will be added.
The church (as in the members and not the building) are still fund raising for further improvements to the building.
The Swan Uppers arrived at Abingdon Bridge on Friday July 24th after a five day swan census beginning at Sunbury on Monday.
Friday was predicted as having “a month’s worth of rain in one day”.
There were half a dozen people waiting on Abingdon Bridge when the skiffs arrived at around 4:40pm. I don’t know if they caught the Abingdon swans. There was not the usual toast to the Queen under Abingdon Bridge. They hurried to get indoors for a drink at the Nags Head.