{"id":122,"date":"2009-12-29T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/abingdon2007\/2009\/12\/29\/town-centre-end-2009\/"},"modified":"2009-12-29T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T12:45:00","slug":"town-centre-end-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=122","title":{"rendered":"Town Centre – End 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the state of the town centre on a rainy Tuesday at the end of 2009<\/p>\n

(Press on image for a bigger version and if it looks grainy press again the (+) magnifying glass or whatever re size icon appears in your browser. Not a brilliant map and not to scale but it serves this yearly purpose. )<\/span><\/p>\n

Key:
Red is a vacant shop premises that was occupied at the start of the year.
Yellow means change of ownership or name.
Green is a shop that was vacant at the start of the year which is now occupied.<\/p>\n

Change in 2007<\/a> (10 red, 6 green, 5 yellow) – Net Loss 4
Change in 2008<\/a> (13 red, 10 green, 8 yellow) – Net Loss 3
Change in 2009<\/a> (6 red, 9 green, 6 yellow) – Net Gain 3

Toys-Uk and…

W H Smith opened in the Bury Street Precinct (sorry! I mean The Abbey Shopping Centre as it was renamed in 2009), as did the Sandwich \/ Spud Bar.

Cargo recently took over the vacant Woolworths premises.<\/p>\n

Two shops moved from Ock Street to the town Centre – Fantasia Bridal, and Abingdon Bowls.

The Co-op opened back in January and the Post Office also moved in there – leaving its old premises empty. Newton Alexander – fashion for the beautiful figure – also opened on Stert Street.<\/p>\n


The newly opened and wonderfully refurbished Kings Head and Bell has been doing well over the Christmas period getting lots of group bookings – many from outside Abingdon.

The only pictures I have of the Kings Head are from before it opened but I will get some soon… The Grapes also re-opened under new management<\/p>\n

Cherries moved and re-opened as Lucky 777s. Londis changed franchise to Bargain Booze \/ Select Convenience, and The Bakers Oven changed over to the parent company name – Greggs. Dick left off running Hair and Beauty Scene in February and some of the young ladies took over and renamed it Established.<\/p>\n

We lost Frugal Food and Lady McBeth in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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