Annie (Ann Hutchings) partner of Ann Parker

The Two Ann’s Unit 42P    

Hungerford Arcade

We had an exciting telephone call today from Amee Egerton, telling us about this wonderful new antiques quiz show “For What It’s Worth”, which will be coming to BBC1. Amee said she contacted us because we are a highly respected antiques centre, and could we possibly help spread the word that they are on the hunt for pairs of contestants to appear on the series – one half of the pairing should be quiz minded and have a good level of general knowledge, and the other half should have a passion and enthusiasm for antiques. There is a cash prize at stake.  

Please read the poster below and get in touch straight away.  Team up with a family member, friend or work colleague and have a great time taking part on a TV show where you can win a cash prize.  You can even contact Amee direct at amee.egerton@TuesdaysChild.tv  She would love to hear from you.

OR

Apply on their website by clicking on this link www.tuesdayschild.tv/fwiw/ 

Or call on tel: 0203 761 4546

Arcade co-owner, Adrian Gilmour with Julia (in the pink) and Janet

Rita with Julia and Janet

The rain was coming down in torrents when two lovely ladies called into Hungerford Arcade.  Janet Black and her step-daughter, Julia Black. Janet told us they are on a special walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal in memory of her late husband Cyril who unfortunately, lost his fight against prostate cancer two years ago this month.

Please read this story from Team Cyril.  You can get more information on their web-page by clicking on the link below.

Janet and Julia are raising money in memory of Cyril, our much loved husband, dad, grandad and uncle, by stepping out along 75 miles of the Kennet and Avon canal. We will be joined now and again by family and friends – ‘Team Cyril’. Cyril was one of the most contented men we knew and the K & A was one of his favourite holiday destinations. He always intended to walk its length from Reading to Bath, but was overtaken by prostate cancer before he was able to do so. This, then, will be a fitting tribute.

We will be finishing the walk in Bath on 20 September, which would have been his birthday. The walk also coincides with the 2nd anniversary of the loss of our lovely, kind ‘Squirrel’.

Please donate to give us encouragement (who thought 75 miles was a good idea?) and to help beat this wretched disease.

Many thanks,

Team Cyril

www.justgiving.com/julia-black3 

Hungerford Arcade owners, Hazel Browne and Adrian Gilmour, together with the managers, staff and stallholders, congratulate Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II for not only being the longest reigning monarch, but for all the hard work she has carried out for her country and its people at home and around the world for 63 glorious years.  Thank you Ma’am. 

If you were planning a production of one of the most famous Victorian stories ever written, you would struggle to find a better place for collecting props than Hungerford Arcade.  The Watermill Theatre in Newbury is currently running a production of Oliver! and they have had a lot of fun finding the perfect props for the occasion.  There are thousands of items here in the Arcade just right for giving the set just the right character and atmosphere for the streets of Victorian London.

The picture shows one of the stage managers from the theatre sporting a milkmaid’s yoke, and Arcade Manager Alex pleading for more in a large metal bowl – probably not the bowl which Oliver will use in the musical!

The show is running right now in the Watermill featuring a company of the theatre’s trademark actor-musicians, with a supporting cast of Watermill Youth Theatre actors, and the classic witty and memorable songs, including You’ve Got to Pick A Pocket Or Two, Consider Yourself and I’d Do Anything, Oliver! will tug at your heart strings, make you smile and most definitely make you want to sing along!

Hungerford Arcade

Classic Car Show

Sunday, 27^th September

9.00 a.m to 3.00 pm

This event is totally free so come along and bring your family and friends for a great day out

Hungerford Arcade stallholder, Don Greenslade, came across this beautiful Lyre/Zitter on his travels and just had to buy it.  This one is German, made by Meinel’s.  Here is a short history of the instrument.

Lyre from various times and places are regarded by some organologists  as a branch of the zither family, a general category that includes not only zithers, but many different stringed instruments, such as lutes guitars, kantele and psalteries.

Others view the lyre and zither as being two separate classes. Those specialists maintain that the zither is distinguished by strings spread across all or most of its soundboard, or the top surface of its sound chest, also called soundbox or resonator, as opposed to the lyre, whose strings emanate from a more or less common point off the soundboard, such as a tailpiece. Examples of that difference include a piano (a keyed zither) and a violin (referred to by some as a species of finger board lyre). Some specialists even argue that instruments such as the violin and guitar belong to a class apart from the lyre because they have no yokes or uprights surmounting their resonators as “true” lyres have. This group they usually refer to as the lute class, after the instrument of that name, and include within it the guitar, the violin, the banjo, and similar stringed instruments with fingerboards. Those who differ with that opinion counter by calling the lute, violin, guitar, banjo, and other such instruments “independent fingerboard lyres,” as opposed to simply “fingerboard lyres” such as the Welsh crwth, which have both fingerboards and frameworks above their resonators.

Michael made Pauline’s day (probably year!)

Wow! what a ‘hair day’ we had at the Arcade when famous hairdresser from the BBC’s One Show, Michael Douglas arrived to do some shopping.  A member of our staff, Pauline Hawkings couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw him and got very excited. You will see how happy she is on the photos.  Michael’s quest in life is to bring joy to the lives of the unsuspecting public with surprise haircuts!  It really was great to see him.

Michael is at Edinburgh Airport tomorrow (4th August) filming for the One Show. Go along and see him.  Who knows, you may even get a haircut from this very talented hairdresser!  I wonder if Pauline will be there.

Thank you Michael for making Pauline’s day.

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