Hungerford Arcade enjoyed a great day’s filming here recently when the BBC filmed their new television programme “Make Me A Dealer”.  Now, you can have your chance to take part in this show and Series Producer, Amanda Lowe explains the rules below and how you can apply.  Good luck!

Do you enjoy dabbling in antiques – do you like occasionally buying and selling interesting items in the hope that you can make a profit.  Well The BBC are making a brand new series Make me a Dealer presented by Paul Martin and we are looking for wannabe dealers to take part in the shows.  We are not after actual dealers but more people who are keen to learn how to be one and we want you to use your own money to buy items at auction and then sell them on to make yourself a profit.  We would like

people who have £150 plus to spend – the bigger the commitment the bigger the profit.  Paul Martin will give you lots of tips and guidance along the way and hopefully you will make yourself some good money in the process.  If you would be interested then do please email us with your contact details to Julia.kennedy@bbc.co.uk.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Amanda Lowe 

Series Producer -Make Me A Dealer

Hungerford Arcade is very proud to get involved with our military on Armed Forces Day.  As you will see from the pictures, everyone was happy and smiling, celebrating our wonderful service men and women.

Union flags adorned the High Street to mark this year’s Armed Forces Day in Hungerford. Hundreds of people turned out to watch the service men and women of The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers march through Hungerford as part of the celebrations at the end of the month.  The band were incredible – so perfectly in time and in tune and just sounding great.  There wasn’t a foot out of place in the marching formation as they turned “Eyes LEFT!” to salute the superior officers and veterans standing on the dias.  I’m not an emotional person but it was really quite a powerful few minutes. 

                             L-R CFN James Chadwick, Adrian and Cpt. Paul Simpson

                                                     Just look at the size of this vehicle! (Support Vehicle Recovery)

Adrian with Pte Bradshaw

Arcade co-owner, Adrian Gilmour with soldier, Keeley Bishop

Hungerford Arcade invites you all to come to our fabulous Vintage Fashion Evening here at the Arcade on Tuesday, 10th July.  It is truly an event not to be missed.

Don’t forget, our in-house cafe, Rafters will be open all day until 8.30 p.m for food and refreshments.

Hungerford Arcade is very proud to publish Part 2 of our Classic Car Show, courtesy of the West Berkshire Classic Vehicle Club.  

Again, Thank you Colleen and Mike Kent of the WBCVC and all the Members who brought their wonderful vehicles along to the Arcade which made for a great family day out, enjoyed by everyone.

This beautiful Rover Vanden Plas EFI is owned by our very good friends, Mike and Colleen Kent from the West Berkshire Classic Vehicle Club. They organise this great event for us twice a year for which we are extremely grateful. We all just love it. Mike is standing on the right admiring his work.

Then we had Martin’s stunning 1980’s Dennis fire engine which is well known for raising money for the WBCVC charity, “Help Us Beat Blood Cancer”. The club itself raises tens of thousands of pounds each year for this wonderful cause.

L-R Keiran Fisher, Luke Chapman and Hannah Spiller (Martin’s daughter). They love this Dennis Fire Engine and enjoy helping Martin whenever they can, in between their studies. Wonderful people.

This wonderful WWII US Army jeep is owned by Roy Parr. Roy is a great supporter of all events and will be back here in November with his jeep raising money for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal along with all our friends wearing their old uniforms and driving their fantastic vintage army vehicles. It’s a wonderful sight.

This beautiful Mini van is a wonderful sight. They are quite rare now and fetch quite a lot of money. They owner of this one had an offer to sell it at the show but he declined.

This is the other side of the family. Lovingly named Mini Mouse. She is a beauty and even has mini dice as wheel caps. Wonderful.

This Triumph Dolomite Sprint (lovingly known as ‘Dolly Sprint’) is a fabulous example of this iconic car. It was very, very fast and had a great reputation. It was launched in 1973, has a 2L, 16 valve engine with overhead cam. Even today, it would do in excess of 110 mph!

With the appropriate Wolseley grille bigger and longer boot and better-equipped interior. It looks great.

This wonderful Wolseley was built at Longbridge in the 1960s and was a luxurious rival to the mini.

Hungerford Arcade would like to say a huge thank you to Colleen and Mike Kent of the West Berkshire Classic Vehicle Club who organised this wonderful event and their Members who brought along their fabulous classic cars for the day.

These classic vehicles certainly drew a crowd.   Everyone was so pleased to see them and enjoyed great chats with the owners.  As you will see below, we had a fabulous turnout.  Part Two of the show will follow shortly.

The next Classic Vehicle Show will be on Sunday, 23rd September 2018.  Make a note in your diary so that you do not miss it!

This Immaculate Standard 8 went into production in 1953. It has independent front suspension and a four-speed gearbox. They were entered in RAC and other rallies by the works team and driven by legends such as Paddy Hopkirk. They did very well.

The fantastic Austin Healey in pristine condition went into production in 1952 under a joint venture between BMC (Leonard Lord representing the company) and the Donald Healey Motor Company (Renowned automotive engineering and design company).

Arcade stallholder Alan brought his Austin Healey Sprite (affectionately known as ‘frogeye’ – the car, not Alan). It is a small open sports car which was produced in the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1971. The Sprite was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, just before that year’s Monaco Grand Prix.

This Landrover is owned by Arcade stallholders, Gary & June Crook. It is called a ‘Lightweight’. In the early 1960s both the Royal Marines, and the British Army required a vehicle that could be carried by air. They had taken delivery of the Westland Wessex helicopter, which could carry a 2,500 lb (1,134 kg) load slung beneath. With the removable body panels taken-off it was below the limit. Since improvements to the helicopters meant more lift was available, the MoD accepted it for use.

This car is a fabulous Morris 8 (1935) complete with picnic basket on its own carrier rack on the back.

This great family car takes you back to the care-free days of Sunday afternoon drives out into the countryside to have a wonderful picnic.

Stunning Aston Martin V12 Vantage. The carbon fibre around the engine bay is the highest quality and looks just like glass. This dream car was and is still loved by ‘Top Gear’ and everyone else.

This superb Triumph TR5 was a sight to behold. It is pristine. Built by the Triumph Motor Company in Coventry, between August 1967 and September 1968. Visually similar to the TR4 (also styled by Michelotti) the TR5 roadster sported Triumph’s much more powerful 2.5-litre straight-6, fitted with Lucas mechanical fuel-injection and producing 150 bhp (110 kW).

This beautiful Ford Zodiac has been owned by the same person or over 50 years when it was almost new. Rob Young was a very young man when he saw it being sold at the garage he worked at. “One day that Zodiac will be mine”, he said. And here it is!

Hungerford Arcade has been buzzing again this weekend and the High Street was alive with fun and laughter as the World Village Market came to town.  There was mini fairground rides, cheeses,  freshly cooked paella, in fact, everything you can think of.

Frys Teak, owned by Billy Fry had the most amazing things.  Life-sized horses and donkeys.  garden furniture made from 3,000 year old teak and comical pigs with moving arms and legs.

Hungerford Arcade thank all the organisers for such a fantastic market.

The Antiques Fair & Flea Market was also on at the Town.  This beautiful Cadillac dress on the  vintage clothes stall was just one of the many was one of the many

Hungerford Arcade owners, managers, staff and stallholders send our heartiest congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their baby boy.

Hip hip hooray!!!!!

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Hungerford Arcade owners, managers, stallholders and staff wish you all where ever you are a very Happy St. George’s Day.

L-R Stallholders Frances Jones and Ann Parker with Arcade co-owner Adrian Gilmour holding Ann’s beautiful Pug, Spencer

A 2-day family-friendly street market featuring colour, character and originality!

Zoom Events is delighted to be hosting their popular World Village Market in Hungerford for the first time this April. The Market will be held on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th April 2018 with the High Street providing the ideal location for what promises to be a fantastic shopping and eating experience in the town centre.

The 2-day street market will feature unique and colourful stalls showcasing a variety of products and mouth-watering food from around the globe. The event aims to bring together products and produce of colour, character and originality!  Visitors can expect to find stalls selling delicious groceries, beautiful ethically produced jewellery, crafts and accessories as well as tasty street food served from pop-kitchens.

Hungerford World Village Market will run 9.00am-6.00pm on Friday 28th April and 10.00am-5.00pm on Saturday 29th April 2018. The Market is set to be the first of two events in the town this year organised by Zoom Events; the second being Hungerford Food & Drink Festival on 30th June and 1st July. Zoom Events is looking forward to welcoming both the residents of Hungerford as well as visitors from further afield to both Hungerford World Village Market and Hungerford Food & Drink Festival.

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More information can be found at www.zoomevents.co.uk and www.facebook.com/zoomeventsuk