HUNGERFORD ARCADE – “SUNDAY DRIVER”

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – “SUNDAY DRIVER”: Hungerford Arcade is renowned for its unusual, quirky items and here is one of them.  Stallholder, Ian Spuffard showed me this fantastic tin plate car “Sunday Driver” that is in fantastic condition.  His father, who is 81 was given it as a present from his father when he was in his teens.   “Sunday Driver” […]

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – ANTIQUE MAP OF YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – ANTIQUE MAP OF YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT: This article was written before the Coronavirus lockdown Hello Again   First of all, please let me apologise for the title of this short article, but it was the best I could do as I sit here waiting for one of the ferries to arrive from the mainland.   I am sitting here in the […]

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – “NOEL & GERTIE

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – “NOEL & GERTIE: Hello Again   I have never ceased to be amazed by what you find and lose when you are moving house.   Our move to Deal has been no exception as items that we thought long lost suddenly showed up again.   One of these items was a recording of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence which […]

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – A RARE PIECE OF MOORCROFT MAKES A HILARY’s DAY!

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – A RARE PIECE OF MOORCROFT MAKES A HILARY’s DAY!: Hungerford Arcade is always making someone’s day and today was no exception.  Because today, a young lady on her visit to the Arcade could not believe her eyes when she spotted a rare piece of Moorcroft which she had been hunting down for at least two years!   The piece in question was a superb […]