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HUNGERFORD ARCADE 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

HUNGERFORD ARCADE

40TH ANNIVERSARY

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Sunday, 9th September, Hungerford Arcade held its Anniversary Celebrations. A very special visitor arrived, Peg Collins, who, with her husband, John, were the very first owners of Hungerford Arcade. John worked tirelessly to convert a grocery shop into an antiques centre. Over the years there have been many changes to Hungerford Arcade and its present owners, Adrian Gilmore and Hazel Browne have added their indelible stamp to the Arcade. Adrian has worked seven days a week and through the night to improve the Arcade to the wonderful experience that it is today! Members of the public arrived very early to join in the festivities. Children were given presents of old monetary coins in special envelopes with the history of old money. Inside the door of the Arcade was a large table with drinks and cake for everyone! The special guest, Jonty Hearnden, arrived at 1.00 p.m. he gave a wonderful speach about Hungerford Arcade and how very special it is in the world of antiques and collectables and called on the public to carry-on supporting the Arcade as they have done for many years, to raptuous applause. The public were enthralled! Jonty then cut the magnificent cake, much to the delight of everyone, signed autographs and then walked around the Arcade meeting people, signing more autographs and thoroughly enjoying himself. There were fourteen classic cars and their owners from the West Berkshire Vintage Classic Club which caused a lot of excitement and pleasure. The first to arrive was a beautiful and special black Daimler Drophead Coupe, (year to follow) one of two which was specially made. This one for the Norwegian Ambassador and the other for Marlene Detriech! A very old Post Office van (year to follow) also arrived outside the Arcade delivering special celebratory good wishes. The cars were lined up along the road and in the car park at the rear. They had a terrific day, raising money for their charity, Lukaemia & Lymphoma Reseach. Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum Trust at Calne also came and raised £100 for the Museum by selling raffle tickets, The prize is for a stunning 1979 Triumph Dolomite 1500 which will be drawn in December. This very special day at Hungerford Arcade will be remembered by everyone for a very long time,

Rita

Are You Ready For Hungerford Arcade’s 40th Anniversary Celebrations ?

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HUNGERFORD ARCADE

40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

SUNDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER 2012

11.00a.m. to 5.00 P.M.

HUNGERFORD ARCADE

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all ready for our 40th Anniversary celebrations tomorrow – we are! We have around 14 classic vehicles coming, courtesy of the West Berkshire Classic Vehicle Club Members who do wonderful work through their classic cars, raising money for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. We also have Jonty Hearndon and he will be cutting the cake in the afternoon and also 70s music by our own Adam Thompson – Brilliant!

See you there!

Rita

HUNGERFORD ARCADE 40TH ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER

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Hi everyone,
At Hungerforde Arcade, we are frantically getting ready for our 40th Anniversary Celebrations, this Sunday, 9th September. The cake has been ordered; the West Berkshire Vintage Car Club are all set; Jonty Hearnden is looking forward to it, and will be cutting the cake to mark this landmark occasion. Don’t forget, Hungerford Arcade is the oldest antiques centre in the UK, possibly the world and has won the Best Antques Centre in the UK award, as voted by our wonderful customers in the BBC Homes and Antiques Magazine! So come along and see why for yourselves! Rita

Hungerford Arcade Weekend

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Hi everyone,

We’ve just had another great weekend at the Arcade! This week behind the scenes, we will be preparing for our 40th Anniversary celebrations which is next Sunday, 9th September. Can’t believe its here already. Hope you will all come and join in the festivities with the vintage cars, Jonty Hearndon, 70s music and the cutting of the cake. It will be a great day out! Hungerford Arcade will be open from 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m and it promises to be a brilliant day!

See you there.

Rita

40th Anniversary Announcement

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Hi, we’ve been away for a while, but now we’re back.

Hungerford Arcade will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary as an Antiques Centre on Sunday 9th September 2012. The celebrations will be spearheaded by Jonty Hearnden (antiques expert of various television shows). He will be cutting the cake at around 2.30 p.m. John Garvey of Newbury Weekly News will be in attendance; there will be fabulous classic cars arranged by Colleen and Mike Kent and 70s music by our own Adam Thompson! In the process, we will also be raising money for charity. It will be a great day out so please, do come along and enjoy yourselves. You can enjoy the wonders of the award winning Hungerford Arcade and visit the Coffee Shop up in the ‘Rafters’. We look forward to seeing you all.

Rita

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Filming BBC’s Bargain Hunt

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Filming BBC’s ‘Bargain Hunt’ last week at the Arcade. Staff Liz and Linda with presenter Charlie Ross.

The UK’s Best Antique Centre!

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It’s official! Hungerford Arcade is the best antique centre in the UK! Thanks to the thousands of people who voted for us, we had a great evening at the awards ceremony, and Kirsty Allsopp from Channel 4 told us that she bought her first antique from the Arcade at the age of 9!