Rita had to a photo with Marshall before he left for Wales
Arcade has everything for the avid collector. This week, we had the most amazing gentleman from Australia who is a top-notch collector, Marshall Horne.
Marshall could not believe it when he saw Bob Walpole’s unit 20 as before his very eyes, he saw an enormous selection of whisky jugs, ashtrays and other advertising items. By the time Marshall had finished, Bob’s unit was almost empty.
You see, back at home in Australia, Marshall has a collection of over 5000 pieces comprising whisky jugs, ashtrays and figurines all advertising different makes of whisky.
Chris helping Marshall with his boxes
Marshall also likes pin cushions and bought a fabulous large, antique, solid silver oval pin cushion box which stood on beautiful small cabriole legs. The top opened up to reveal storage where you can keep all sorts of things.
After a full day of collecting, Marshall’s boxes got higher and higher and luckily he was staying over at the Three Swans Hotel just across the road from the Arcade. We arranged to meet at the Arcade before opening on Sunday morning so that we could carefully load all the boxes into the car for his drive down to Wales. Terrible weather!
Our wonderful stallholder (U128) and staff member, Chris Joliffe kindly came in early to help with the loading.
Marshall is in the process of building an extension to his home back in Australia to house his ever growing collection. Sounds fabulous!
Marshall, you were great fun and we thoroughly enjoyed your company on Saturday. Have a great journey home. Rita, Chris & Chula.
A small section of Marshall’s many, many boxes. The metal piece is a lovely ceiling pot rack
