Hungerford Arcade Military Vehicles help Poppy Appeal

MILITARY VEHICLES DISPLAY

Outside

HUNGERFORD ARCADE

On

SUNDAY, 2nd
NOVEMBER 2014

In aid of the Poppy Appeal

Military
Vehicles and the Hungerford Cubs will be outside Hungerford Arcade next Sunday,
2nd November, helping to raise much needed money for the Royal
British Legion Poppy Appeal. Please come along, see these wonderful old
vehicles, chat to the owners and give your support and help them raise lots of
money for our brave service men and women who made such big sacrifices in WW1,
WW2 and all the conflicts that have gone on and are still going on in the world
today.

Lest we forget

Hungerford Arcade Hot Forge Day

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Another fabulous weekend at Hungerford Arcade. Saturday, we had the Literary Festival with Julian Rota (see separate blog). On Sunday, we had the Hot Forge Day with Andover Forge, owned by David Hemsley. The forge is a local metal work business. They work mainly with steel in the forging, welding and traditional Blacksmith business.

David’s mobile forge is a must to see, it looks just like and old Victorian Smithys. Arcade Manager, Alex Rogers, donned the long leather apron and under David’s supervision, made a fabulous poker (See pictures below). Well done Alex! David has had a very busy summer travelling around the country to games fairs and steam engine events. He is off to Sandringham next. You can follow David on Facebook and his

website at www.andoverforge.co.uk

Rita

David teaching Alex

Alex is getting on brilliantly

Alex with the completed poker
WOW!!!

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Hungerford Arcade The Trouble With Authors

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JULIAN ROTA

The Trouble with Authors:

Modern Manuscripts

Letters & Literary Archives

What a fabulous evening we had at Hungerford Arcade with Julian Rota, a fifth generation bookseller managing the family firm, Bertram Rota Ltd which was established in 1923 having had a succession of bookshops in London. The firm deals in antiquarian books of all kinds but specialises particularly in Modern First Editions.

The company has a rich history of handling literary and archives, selling to national libraries, universities and other august institutions. The list is endless. Many people came to meet Julian at the Arcade and had a very interesting chat over a nice glass of wine. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the talk given by Julian, lifting the lid on dealing with authors and their literary archives. Which was very amusing. Afterwards, Julian was very pleased to value the antiquarian books people brought along for him to see.

Arcade Manager, Alex Rogers
with Julian Roth

Rita

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Hungerford Food Festival!

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The Food Festival in Hungerford is always a roaring
success and this year was no different. Stalls line the Marketplace
with fresh produce being cooked, stewed, sliced, squeezed and most importantly
sampled by yours truly.

The freshly pressed apple juice is always my favourite, but
the smell from the outdoor barbecue was enough to make your mouth water.

It took me quite a long time to walk the short distance from the front door of The Arcade to the Town Hall due to the sheer number of people in the crowd.

The town hall was filled fit to bursting with interesting stalls,
including local honey producers and grow your own mushroom kits to take home.

The Market Place was completely packed and nobody went away disappointed. The food was delicious, the stallholders were friendly and the weather was fantastic!

We also had the pleasure of some familiar faces from the
Farmers Market selling their lovely fresh vegetables and cheeses.

I tried my luck at the “Guess The Weight of The Pumpkin”
game. My guess was 6st 6lb. How far off do you think I was? Needless to say, I didn’t win.

Thank you to all the people that got up early in the morning to set up the stalls and stay late at night taking them down again. Thank you to the stallholders and local producers for sharing your lovely food with us and thank you to all that came and made it a brilliant day out!

If you missed it this time around and are kicking
yourself, no doubt the Food Fest will be back, same time, same place next year. I certainly can’t wait!

Alex

Hungerford Arcade-HMS Protector

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Arcade co-owner, Adrian Gilmour, is a big fan of anything to do with the navy. Ships in bottles, model ships, naval paintings, prints and sculptures.
So when AB HM Ollie Friend came into the Arcade to buy a lovely Ercol table for his dining room, he immediately hit it off with Adrian by telling us about his fantastic job aboard HMS Protector – an Antarctic ice breaker and survey ship.

Ollie left for his post at the beginning of October and will be there until January 2015, patrolling the South Atlantic and Antarctic Peninsula.

In less than a year, Protector has seen a fair share of action, tackling a blaze at a research station in the Shetlands and delivering hundreds of tons of fuel to another station south of Cape Horn. She has also taken part in training exercises in the Caribbean.

We wish Ollie and all of the crew aboard HMS Protector the best of luck for the next few months.

Alex Rogers

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Hungerford Arcade Hungerford Literary Festival

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Hungerford Arcade Hot Forge Day

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HOT FORGE DAY

SUNDAY, 19th OCTOBER 2014

We are very proud and excited to have Blacksmith, Dave and his Hot Forge outside Hungerford Arcade this Sunday, 19th October. Established in 1989 in East Sussex and relocated in 1999 to North Hampshire, Andover forge is now based in Andover. The Forge has a modern approach to the oldest method of making things from wrought iron and mild steel.

Dave will be arriving outside the Arcade early Sunday morning enabling him to set up his forge and get it fired up for the day. He will be bringing along some of the fabulous items that he has made and you will also see how he makes them. This will be a great day out for everyone so come along and watch a fabulous old tradition.

Rita

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Hungerford Arcade BBC Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!

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Catherine with manager, Alex Rogers

What a fabulous day we had at Hungerford Arcade when the BBC arrived with antiques expert, Catherine Southon. They had come to film Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. This is the show where two antiques experts use their own money to buy items from an auction, car boot sale and antique shops/centres and are pitted against one another to

Catherine with me (Rita)

see who can make the most profit which then goes to charity.

Catherine with Stallholder, Pete Marsh

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Hungerford Arcade Great Mosaics

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Artist, Jane Skingley made a surprise visit to Hungerford Arcade looking for broken china to make mosaics. Jane is famous for her oil paintings but also loves mosaics. Of course, we obliged and Jane was thrilled with her collection.

Jane Skingley paints seascapes and landscapes in oils. Her first exhibition was a sell out and since then she has gone from strength to strength exhibiting in galleries and art shows all over the country. In 2008 her work was selected from a long list of hopefuls to be exhibited at the summer season at the prestigious Glyndebourne Opera House.

Jane’s mainly large scale paintings focus on the mood evoked by the sea. She says: “I spent much of my childhood sailing around the British coast which remains my inspiration. I now enjoy pottering by the sea with my children, crabbing, rock pooling and making sandcastles at our family beach hut in the Witterings or indeed anywhere by the sea”.

For more about Jane and her fabulous oil paintings, go to her website at www.janeskingley.com

9-12 October

Cambridge City Art Fair

http://www.cambridgeartfair.com/

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Hungerford Arcade Classic Car Show (Part I)

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Hungerford Arcade says a big thank you to Colleen and Mike Kent for organising the West Berkshire Classic Vehicle Club car show outside the Arcade on Sunday and to the WBCVC Members for bringing along their superb vehicles. The weather was perfect, the cars were perfect and everyone had a wonderful day as you can see from the pictures. I hope you enjoy looking at these lovely vehicles which always draw a big crowd.
Rita