HUNGERFORD ARCADE – “WHEN STEPHANE MET WILLIAM”

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – “WHEN STEPHANE MET WILLIAM”: As some of you might have guessed, I love poetry and frequently haunt the book section under Rafters Café to see what I can find.   To me poetry is the truest form of writing and the most difficult.  I have studied it since my early years and do not pretend to understand all of its …

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – “VINTAGE G & T – HEN PARTY”

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – “VINTAGE G & T – HEN PARTY”: Hungerford Arcade is a great place for buying china particularly dinner and tea sets so many ladies come to buy for weddings, tea parties or just for home.  Also wedding organisers come to the Arcade buying tea sets, coffee sets, candlesticks and vases.  Other popular table items are odd cups and saucers to hold candles …

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – “SUFFRAGETTE COLLECTABLES”

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – “SUFFRAGETTE COLLECTABLES”: Hungerford Arcade is full to bursting with antiques and collectables.  The one thing that is rarely seen anywhere in the antiques world is Suffragette memorabilia.  I think this is mostly because a lot of it is held in museums, handed down the generations in families involved in the movement and people just do not want …

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – “QUEEN MARY 2”

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – “QUEEN MARY 2”: Hungerford Arcade friend, George who you may remember from our Classic Vehicle Shows (he has the Rolls Royce Silver Shadow III).  Today however, George has got his sea legs on and is sailing away on a luxurious cruise on none other than the Queen Mary 2.  Wow!!!  Look below at the wonderful photographs George kindly …