Favourite Great Yorkshire Show catwalk memories

July 17, 2020 1 Comment

How we have missed the Great Yorkshire Show this week! Having said that, the online films have been a treat, and given a lovely insight into what makes the show and some of the folk behind its success. Sometimes it’s good to step back and reflect. What we miss most, of course, is the fabulous[Read More]

My favourite Yorkshire walks book

July 10, 2020 No comments

Lockdown has brought plenty of stress and misery but there have been a few positve aspects and one is that more people have discovered the joy of walking in Yorkshire. When all there was to do was take a daily walk, scores of people trooped past my window to follow the finger posts pointing them[Read More]

Vintage Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Steiff up for auction at Tennants

July 3, 2020 No comments

Fancy a Chanel midnight blue quilted leather handbag, anyone? Or a Louis Vuitton suitcase? Both go under the hammer tomorrow, Saturday, July 4, as part of the Costume, Accessories & Textiles Sale at Tennants Auctioneers in Leyburn. North Yorkshire. There are vintage textiles, period costume, luxury designer accessories, giant sample perfume bottles, lace, quilts and[Read More]

Yay! We reopen at 53 Bo’ Grove in time for Father’s Day

June 12, 2020 No comments

If it’s beer tankards you want, we got them. Steins and German wine glasses, retro jug and glass sets? We can help you at our Gorgeous Yorkshire shop-within-a-shop at the fabulous 53 Bo’ Grove in Harrogate which reopens its antiques and vintage centre on Monday. Although the cafe and garden centre and The Refilling Station[Read More]

North Yorkshire Open Studios

June 4, 2020 No comments

So many wonderful events in Yorkshire have been cancelled due to the pandemic but necessity is the mother of invention and many organisers have dreamed up new ways of bringing music, art and performances to use. The latest is the 2020 North Yorkshire Open Studios, which was set to run this weekend, June 6 and[Read More]