Tag: Raynham Hall

Auctions and a seismic upset at Wimbledon

After a constructive Great Centenary Auction organising meeting, and a tour of inspection of the area where the Raynham Hall auctions will take place (the rehearsal aka James and Sons July sale, and the big event in September), which latter took in some heavy lifting but also provided some photo opportunities as you will see, it was back to the shop and more imaging. Some of the pictures I am putting up will have been seen by users of Facebook and Twitter.

Although I missed much of the day’s action from Wimbledon I was back in time to listen to the closing stages of 19 year old Nick Kyrgios’ spectacular defeat of world no 1 Rafael Nadal. The last time a world no one was beaten by a teenager was nine years ago when Federer was beaten by Nadal.

Now for those pictures…

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Yes - we have been assigned quarters in the stables.
Yes – we have been assigned quarters in the stables.

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A nuisance of pigeons - or perhaps the alliteration of a pestilence of pigeons.
A nuisance of pigeons – or perhaps the alliteration of a pestilence of pigeons.

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This interesting window i situated in a position where the only person who regularly has the chance to see it is me.
This interesting window i situated in a position where the only person who regularly has the chance to see it is me.

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Stock for the July auction.
Stock for the July auction.
A stout ring like this on each section of door, a chain to link them and a stout padlock will sort out security.
A stout ring like this on each section of door, a chain to link them and a stout padlock will sort out security.

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On auction day(s) a marquee will be set up on this lawn.
On auction day(s) a marquee will be set up on this lawn.

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The Great Centenary Charity Auction.

The Great Centenary Charity Auction, to take place at Raynham Hall this September is well and truly up and running. Having been asked to take on handling social media I have had to reactivate my Facebook account so that I can attend to posts via that medium. Fortunately I am not going to have to sign up to twitter. The auction will be raising funds for research into blast injuries.

Some good donations have already been received, as you will see from the attached media. There are three websites for you to check out in this context:

www.greatcharity.org

www.jamesandsonsauctioneers.com

www.britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/ww2-centenary/the-great-centenary-charity-auction

The attached media shows some of the first donations…

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