The Pocklington Chamber Of Trade have organised a Dickensian Late Night Shopping Event from 6-9pm on 4th December 2008.
There is all sorts of entertainment planned including:-
LIVE REINDEER!!
Snow!!!
Santa's Parade & Grotto
Brass Bands & Carol Singers
Donkey Rides
Tombola
Stalls
Traditional Hand Cranked Rides
Fair Rides on West Green
Many shops in the town will be offering free drinks and nibbles!
The REINDEER will be located in a pen in Market Place for people to see. After all - how often do you ever get a chance to see real live reindeer?
The Chamber have also managed to get the local councillors to go in the STOCKS for you to throw wet sponges (no rotten fruit though - sorry!) with the MAYOR being the first up. Very good of you to be first Jeff!!
We hope to see you all at this magical event and if you fancy joining us in Victorian costume that would be fantastic! Just think of characters from 'Oliver' and you can't go wrong! You can even enter the Fancy Dress Competition on the night!
The Acorn Gallery will open late until 8pm every Thursday from 27th November until 18th December 2008 - why not come along and browse at your leisure!
If you can manage to join us for the Dickensian celebrations then come in and say hello - join us for a glass of champagne with home-made chocolate truffles!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Tired But Happy :-)
Today I feel tired! Why? I hear you ask? Well the answer is that yesterday I spent a total of 11 hours in the car driving up to Glasgow and back!!
The reason for the trip was to deliver an original Alexander Millar oil for a potential customer to view and hopefully buy!!
I was very pleased with myself as I managed to navigate my way through Glasgow and to the gentlemans house without the aid of a Tom Tom (or a Mum Mum!!).
This is the piece in question:-
This fantastic piece now has a superb new home and I hope that Graig, will take great pleasure from it.
So this is why today I am tired but also happy that The Acorn Gallery, in these difficult times, is still trading well and showing that the art market still has wide appeal!
As we keep saying 'Art is the new FTSE' :-)
The reason for the trip was to deliver an original Alexander Millar oil for a potential customer to view and hopefully buy!!
I was very pleased with myself as I managed to navigate my way through Glasgow and to the gentlemans house without the aid of a Tom Tom (or a Mum Mum!!).
This is the piece in question:-
This fantastic piece now has a superb new home and I hope that Graig, will take great pleasure from it.
So this is why today I am tired but also happy that The Acorn Gallery, in these difficult times, is still trading well and showing that the art market still has wide appeal!
As we keep saying 'Art is the new FTSE' :-)
Monday, November 3, 2008
The First One!!
'What was I nervous about?' all the sleepless nights, pacing the floor and biting my finger nails all for nothing!!
Peter & Jayne arrived early and commented on how good the gallery was looking! They also needed to know where was the best place to get some breakfast!! We pointed them in the direction of some local eateries and off they went (which gave me chance to finish my sausage buttie)!!
By 11.15am Peter & Jayne were back and by 11.30am the gallery started to fill up with people and it stayed like that for the next 5 hours!
It was very busy, what a good job we had hired help in the form of our daughter Emily, who did a magnificient job in topping up glasses and taking photos!
Diane & I were busy introducing Peter to the collectors and looking after customers who had decided to buy - we even had a queue at one point!!
Peter was amazing to listen to, he has a story for every piece! His paintings are based on people he knows and the ups and downs of life. The secrets within the new 'May Contain Nuts' images are amazing and when they are revealed to you it makes you appreciate the talent that Peter has. Some extreme planning and forethought has gone into his work - much of which is only just becoming apparent with this latest tour!
Peter spent time with each collector dedicating their purchases with a fantastic sketch!
As a special thank you for those people who bought a print or an original piece on the day he gave a FREE limited edition print entitled 'Pick Me'! He titled and signed it in the presence of the buyer AND as an added bonus he did a tiny remarque! What a great thank you!!
For those people who didn't come to the gallery to meet Peter you missed out on a great day but don't dispair - availability of his latest work is still good - for the time being at least!
It's Thankyou time ...
Diane & I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all those people who came and enjoyed the day...
...and a huge THANK YOU to Peter and Jayne for giving up their day and making it a great success!
A special THANK YOU to the couple who travelled from Lancashire to be with us - we hope that your 'Notorious' new friend will be much admired!!
By 4.30pm we had chance to chat with Peter. He revealed that The Acorn Gallery is "The First One" to sell an original oil on his new tour!! What an honour!! Yippee!!!
Thank you Peter & Jayne, everyone we have spoken to today has asked us to pass on their thanks for such a great day! They have all said the same, that you are a great couple and it was a pleasure to meet you both!
Roll on 2009 when we will be asking you back for yet more stories and the latest installments on your wonderful impossimals!!
Peter & Jayne arrived early and commented on how good the gallery was looking! They also needed to know where was the best place to get some breakfast!! We pointed them in the direction of some local eateries and off they went (which gave me chance to finish my sausage buttie)!!
By 11.15am Peter & Jayne were back and by 11.30am the gallery started to fill up with people and it stayed like that for the next 5 hours!
It was very busy, what a good job we had hired help in the form of our daughter Emily, who did a magnificient job in topping up glasses and taking photos!
Diane & I were busy introducing Peter to the collectors and looking after customers who had decided to buy - we even had a queue at one point!!
Peter was amazing to listen to, he has a story for every piece! His paintings are based on people he knows and the ups and downs of life. The secrets within the new 'May Contain Nuts' images are amazing and when they are revealed to you it makes you appreciate the talent that Peter has. Some extreme planning and forethought has gone into his work - much of which is only just becoming apparent with this latest tour!
Peter spent time with each collector dedicating their purchases with a fantastic sketch!
As a special thank you for those people who bought a print or an original piece on the day he gave a FREE limited edition print entitled 'Pick Me'! He titled and signed it in the presence of the buyer AND as an added bonus he did a tiny remarque! What a great thank you!!
For those people who didn't come to the gallery to meet Peter you missed out on a great day but don't dispair - availability of his latest work is still good - for the time being at least!
It's Thankyou time ...
Diane & I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all those people who came and enjoyed the day...
...and a huge THANK YOU to Peter and Jayne for giving up their day and making it a great success!
A special THANK YOU to the couple who travelled from Lancashire to be with us - we hope that your 'Notorious' new friend will be much admired!!By 4.30pm we had chance to chat with Peter. He revealed that The Acorn Gallery is "The First One" to sell an original oil on his new tour!! What an honour!! Yippee!!!
Thank you Peter & Jayne, everyone we have spoken to today has asked us to pass on their thanks for such a great day! They have all said the same, that you are a great couple and it was a pleasure to meet you both!
Roll on 2009 when we will be asking you back for yet more stories and the latest installments on your wonderful impossimals!!
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