When 3 year old Edward came to Hungerford Arcade with his father, he had no idea what surprise awaited him when he was met by Arcade co-owner, Adrian Gilmour. 


Edward fell in love with a framed penny farthing bicycle made up from an old English penny and a farthing. Adrian saw his little face light up and decided to make a presentation of it to Edward.  As you can see from the photograph, Edward was not going to let go of it.


Edward and his father returned to the Arcade and told us that he now has a baby brother. We send his mother, Kelly and baby Alexander our very best wishes and hope to see them all in the near future.
Rita

Postcards, stamps, first day covers and all other types of ephemera are welcome at our valuation day here at the Arcade tomorrow.  

Our resident postcard dealer, Jonathan Edwards, will be here all day perusing piles of pamphlets, searching stacks of stamps and craving collections of cards.  If it’s made of paper, Jonathan wants to see it!

To give you a taste of the kind of things Jonathan would be able to value for you, have a look at these somewhat different greetings cards, probably from around the time of the First World War.  I’ll be bringing these down myself, to see what he has to say about them.

 Alex

L-R: Angel Zamora, Rita, Indira Castillo & Philippa

Hungerford Arcade gives a very warm welcome to all our visitors both home and abroad.  When people come to visit us who live across the other side of the world, in Europe or over the pond either because someone back home has told them that they must visit the Arcade, or they receive our Newsletter, go onto our website and read our blogs, something -draws them.  Once they are here, the excitement sets in and many come back again and again.

We had a lovely couple visit us from Mexico, Angel Zamora and Indira Castillo. Angel is a motion graphics specialist and Indira is a graphics stills specialist. Angel has been to the Arcade before and he told Indira that this will be a must visit when they arrive. Indira was thrilled and mesmerised by the Arcade and understood why Angel wanted her to come. She loved it.  They took many things back home with them and will always remember their visit. 
Rita

Rod Desmeules (blue trousers) holding court

The Union flags were flying high in Hungerford today as the town celebrated the announcement that the Duchess of Cambridge had given birth to a beautiful baby daughter. Rod Desmeules, a great friend of Hungerford and of the Arcade, was up bright and early putting the Union flags up thoughout the town in celebration of the Royal birth of the new baby Princess.  Rod was holding court to a group of visitors to the town, briefing them about the news which they may not have heard due to travelling.  There was great excitement and much talk of celebrating. 

Hungerford Arcade are having the old Fairground Organ tomorrow (Sunday, 3rd May) from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm.  Don’t forget to come along – you will love it.  The Farmers’ Market will also be here with their delicious breads, honey, meat and much more.
Rita

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L-R Aunty Sirma, Bahar, mother Elif and Rita

At Hungerford Arcade, we really look forward to meeting our friends from around the World.  Bahar is a comprehensive Interior Designer and lives in Oxforshire. She is a frequent visitor to the Arcade and always brings people with her.  This time, Bahar brought her mother, Elif Deliktas and aunty, Sima Demir from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey.  I looked up Izmir and found that it is Turkey’s third most populous city and has the country’s largest port after Istanbul.  Also, it is very beautiful.

It was wonderful meeting Elif and Sima and look forward to welcoming them back to the Arcade the next they come to visit Bahar.

Bahar Arts Interior Design has a beautiful website which you can visit at www.bahartsinterior.com

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