My Genesis Pen
Hemswell Antique Centre Hemswell, home to an enormous and popular antique centre, is a hop, skip, and jump from where I live. A few weeks ago, shopping list in hand - short as Hemswell is not cheap, we set out hoping to find a stunning bargain. If you ever visit Hemswell Antique Centre, you will be tempted by all sorts of ‘bargains” that you never realised you needed. We had to staunchly walk past grandfather clocks, a rather expensive George II dresser, a vintage Ewbank carpet sweeper, and many more fabulous finds! We ambled through the many units, blinkered, and determined to find an appropriate bookcase and small table for our newly decorated study. Many hours and two cups of tea later, we made our purchases and I chanced upon a room lined with glass cabinets filled with bits and bobs that were both familiar and shocking. Familiar because I recognised many items from my childhood, shocking because all these items were in an antique shop!! I was hooked and wandered ...