{"id":22365,"date":"2019-04-11T21:55:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T20:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=22365"},"modified":"2019-04-11T21:55:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T20:55:12","slug":"a-new-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=22365","title":{"rendered":"A New Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thankyou to Peter for this piece.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19041101.jpg\" alt=\"A New Bar\" \/><br \/>\nA new bar, Tipsy Mercer, has just opened in Ock Street.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19041104.jpg\" alt=\"A New Bar\" \/><br \/>\nIt is run by Henrietta and James, ably assisted by Brittany. James has fitted out the bar himself.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19041103.jpg\" alt=\"A New Bar\" \/><br \/>\nThe wooden table tops came from Blenheim and he made the supports and wine glass racks from copper central heating tubes! Both floors have been restored in the very fashionable shabby chic style, like the remarkable <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilton%27s_Music_Hall\">Wilton Music Hall<\/a> in London.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19041105.jpg\" alt=\"A New Bar\" \/><br \/>\nIt was once Beesley, outfitters and mercers, which is where the name came from. Before cars were popular, they made deliveries in their 1908 De Dion van.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag19\/19041102.jpg\" alt=\"A New Bar\" \/><br \/>\nA smart, fashionable addition to Abingdon.<\/p>\n<p>(Apologies to the Tipsy Mercer I did not report this sooner as they have been open for a couple of weeks. The Herald has done a couple of good reports. For more about Beesley&#8217;s see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abingdon.gov.uk\/history\/people\/beesley-and-barrett-families\">The town portal historical people section.<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thankyou to Peter for this piece. A new bar, Tipsy Mercer, has just opened in Ock Street. It is run by Henrietta and James, ably assisted by Brittany. James has fitted out the bar himself. The wooden table tops came from Blenheim and he made the supports and wine glass racks from copper central heating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}