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The Abingdon store was among those to go. 160 elsewhere are to stay open as Price Waterhouse try to sell them as a going concern.<br \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09010501.jpg\" \/><br \/>This photocopied sheet is all there is in the window of the Abingdon Adams to say what has happened.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09010503.jpg\" \/><br \/>Where can you now buy children&#8217;s clothes in Abingdon? De Paaw closed last year, Adams have just gone, and Woolworths are into their last day?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 31st Dec 2008 Price Waterhouse were appointed as the receivers for Adams kidswear. A week later they have decided that 111 Adams Stores should close immediatly. The Abingdon store was among those to go. 160 elsewhere are to stay open as Price Waterhouse try to sell them as a going concern. 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