This month a young man, Patrick Shipman, came in to buy a surprise birthday present for his mother Debbie. Debbie is a long term customer of ours from Winterbourne who has been visiting the Arcade since she was only 16 years old.
Debbie is now a seasoned collector having spent over half her life purchasing antiques and collectibles. Whenever Debbie visited us along with Patrick, she would remark on how much she loved our “Welcome” tapestry which has been hanging in our entrance for many years.
So as a surprise for Debbie’s 60th birthday, Patrick paid us a visit to explain how his mum loved the sign and asked if he could purchase it for her special day.
We were of course touched by this story and felt the sign should rightly belong with Debbie. So well done to Patrick and a very happy 60th birthday to you Debbie, you are both most “Welcome” of course!
