Ah, Well its British weather for you

Every year a group of parents get together to put an open air concert at the local school. Great fund raiser and gives the performers a feel of real value. A paying audience (£5.00 per person) can bring chairs, table, hamper, booze, candelabras, flags, rugs brollies etc, Parking very close to the site so nothing to much trouble. Some seasoned campaigners even bring their own Gazebos.

Its a great night were parents and friends enjoy an evening of light music played to a very high standard. The night's finally is a firework show. The door open at 5:30 to about 300 souls and the concert starts at 7:30 finishing at 10:30.

Unfortunately this year disaster hit, Four of us put the two Gazebos up on Friday night, as usual and by Saturday (5:30) when we next had access to the school we found the mangled wreckage on the school roof. Photo shows part of the recovered wreckage.

But in true British spirit the concert went on inside with some of the audience in the corridors and as usual it was a Grrreeaaatttt Night.

Torch Special for the Motorist or Camper

we, at Hobby and Leisure felt that if you were unfortunate enough to have a breakdown, run out of fuel or have to abandon the car at the side of the road these little gizmos should draw attention to the fact you are stationery. It is safer to place one a few paces from the rear of the car and it would make sense to add one a few paces to the front, to warn the on coming traffic.

We have a number of these “Safety Torches” in stock and thought it would make sense to offer them in pairs. So if you buy one you get one free. This is a genuine special offer at a time of year when the family car will be expected to do more mileage than usual.

Buy one get one free

We felt that if you were unfortunate enough to have a breakdown, run out of fuel or have to abandon the car at the side of the road these little gizmos should draw attention to the fact you are stationery. It is safer to place one a few paces from the rear of the car and it would make sense to add one a few paces to the front, to warn the on coming traffic.

We have a number of these “Safety Torches” in stock and thought it would make sense to offer them in pairs. So if you buy one you get one free. This is a genuine special offer at a time of year when the family car will be expected to do more mileage than usual.

The Who "Specials"

As a "professional schoolboy" Doctor who still holds the same fascination for me now as it did all those years ago when I was a boy in Porthcawl, South Wales.
I remember my dad and I watching many an episode, me from behind the settee. Looking back I remember it as being "our time" Saturday afternoon after a hard days play or gardening in dad’s case. The Doctor was played by William Hartnell, the reception was "grainy" and in black and white.

Like the Doctor the TVs have transformed so has the trick photography and effects created, but one of the best off shoots from the 280 odd stories is the toy development. Young fans have, for a number of years, been able to buy jointed, fully poseable figurines of many of the principle characters created by the programs, and we have managed to scoop a number of them. I have shown some from Series 5 (The Eleventh Doctor) for which we offer as a special