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Sunday, 20 September 2020

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 […]

Saturday, 12 September 2020

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 […]

Thursday, 3 September 2020

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 […]

Friday, 21 August 2020

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – THE ROAD TO NOWHERE

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – THE ROAD TO NOWHERE: Hungerford Arcade’s own Marathon Man, Ian Spuffard, is planning to run this year’s London Marathon on a treadmill on the Town Hall steps.  Has anyone got a treadmill we can borrow?!    The actual marathon, re-scheduled for Sunday 4th October, has been cancelled to all but elite runners.  However, if he completes the 26.2 miles, […]

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – THE ROAD TO NOWHERE

HUNGERFORD ARCADE – THE ROAD TO NOWHERE