{"id":35460,"date":"2026-05-26T17:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35460"},"modified":"2026-05-26T17:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:05:40","slug":"the-finishing-touch-says-time-to-say-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35460","title":{"rendered":"The Finishing Touch says &#8216;Time to say Goodbye!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026052601.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nInside The Finishing Touch today, it was cool and calm: past the sky-blue boat and fish ornaments, beneath colourful open umbrellas, through fragrance, jewellery, candles and handbags. The shop has colour-themed displays that at Christmas become a wonderland.<\/p>\n<p>Now, after 23 years on Stert Street, the owners have announced that the shop will close at the end of July. The owner is &#8216;retiring&#8217;, while her daughter is moving on to &#8216;a new adventure.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The news brought a response from passers by, with one describing it as one of Abingdon\u2019s best independent shops. They remembered the Christmas displays, wrapped presents, window displays, and a place to go to for gifts for friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>Its closure will be a loss for Abingdon town centre. In the meantime, there\u2019s 25% off full-priced items. Before it closes, there\u2019s still time for a final finishing touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside The Finishing Touch today, it was cool and calm: past the sky-blue boat and fish ornaments, beneath colourful open umbrellas, through fragrance, jewellery, candles and handbags. The shop has colour-themed displays that at Christmas become a wonderland. Now, after 23 years on Stert Street, the owners have announced that the shop will close at [&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-35460","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\/35460","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=35460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}