Events

Conservatory furniture and all weather furniture from Lloyd Loom of Spalding will be on show at this year’s Chelsea Flower show.  Their new colour Duck Egg  is on the Babbington range (including the new Babbington Footstool) and the  the new Arctic Grey on the all-time favourite: the classic  Belvoir Chairs.

 
The show is on between the 25 and 29 of May. Lloyd Loom of Spalding can be found at stand number EA85 on the Eastern Avenue.

Their London Showroom located on the Pimlico Road, which adjoins the Royal Hospital Road where the show takes place, will be open as usual.

Lloyd Loom of Spalding is an innovative British manufacturer making the genuine Lloyd Loom weave and furniture using traditional techniques and materials.   Every piece is individually handmade using steam-bent beech wood and the unique twisted paper and wire Lloyd Loom weave and is coloured to the client’s specification.  The factory and showroom has been in the market town of Spalding since 1985 and is the only company in the UK making Lloyd Loom furniture.   The range contains more than 150 different products.

www.lloydloom.com

The Travelling Souk Season  is upon us. Owners of beautiful manor houses will once more throw open their doors to stall holders and by doing so make money for their chosen charity (10% of each purchase goes to a charity). It is a great way to find special, unusual gifts and products you cannot find in department stores, and at the same time wander around  houses that are not normally open to the public.

This year the list is even longer than last and unusually kicks off in May with an event at Leeds Castle on 22nd and 23 May.

The Autumn Diary 2010 

28^th September – Micklefield Hall, Hertfordshire

1^st October – Mill Hall, Berkshire

5^th October – Frome Valley Vineyard, Paunton Court, Hereford

7^th October – Lyford Grange, Oxfordshire

8^th October – Kilver Court, Somerset

12^th October – Delbury Hall, Shropshire

14^th October – Donhead House, Dorset

18^th October – Gunthorpe Hall, Rutland

19^th  & 20^th October – Kimberly Hall, Norfolk

1^st & 2^nd November – Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire

8^th  & 9^th November– West Bradfield House, Devon

10^th November – The Arundell Arms Hotel, Devon

15^th & 16^th November – Thyme at Southrop, Southrop Manor, Lechlade

18^th November – Knights Hill Hotel, Norfolk

19^th & 20^th November – Ascot Racecourse

22^nd & 23^rd November – North Hidden Barn, Berkshire

24^th &25^th November – Hexton Manor, Hertfordshire

Early December – Parnham House, Dorset

Eighteen one or two day private events are to be held in beautiful houses and exciting venues, like Ascot Race course, during the autumn of 2010. Each event has up to 55 stallholders selling superb quality wares ranging from luxurious cashmere clothes and throws to delicate silver jewellery and ornaments. All can be seen decorating the hosts’ furniture from boot room to bedroom giving the feel of a real Arabian souk.

Travelling Souk events happen all over the UK and have raised well over £300,000 for charity since 2003.  Over the years they have travelled the length and breadth of Great Britain, from Dundee to Devon and from Norwich to Newport. Charities that have benefited are many and varied and include, Maggies Cancer Caring Centres, JDRF, Marie Curie Cancer Care, and Help for Heroes.

The magical ingredients that keep visitors coming back to The Travelling Souk can be summed up in three words: location, temptation and sensation. The venues are captivating and extraordinary; unseen manor houses of Great Britain sprinkled with a liberal dose of revamped barns and racecourses.

Tickets for the events are available on the Travelling Souk website. If you are not able to visit an event, you can find many of the exquisite products on www.thetravellingsouk.com supporting The Travelling Souk’s online charities, Breast Cancer Haven and Leonard Cheshire Disability.