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Re: Hooray Hall. Adventures of a Handyman.
Good Evening All, time for an update on what's been happening in Handy's life over the last few days.
On Friday Lady H sent me to help out her Art Teacher who is holding an exhibition at her studios. It's the first time she has run one from home during winter so waited until the day before to realise that as she lives 10 miles from the nearest street lighting it could be fun getting people in and out in the dark.
I spent Thursday afternoon and Friday Morning furiously wiring up 15 Halogen flood lights.
Now the exhibition consisted of the artists own work and that of her students such as Lady Hooray.
There were quite a few of them helping out and sat quietly in a corner wire strippers in hand I played the part of a fly on the wall.
The Students all Middle aged and profoundly Middle Class women all well into middle age. It was like listening to a sound track of Absolutely Fabulous.
Dahling, Sweetie, Kiss Kiss, Wonderful Dahling. Then when backs were turned out came the venom
It would be safer in the Lions enclosure with the real cats.
On Friday I actually met a Chap called Jasper. He was with his wife who had several pieces on display.
Now in my line of work I meet a lot of people with doubled barrelled names, but this couple were triple barrelled.
Now at this point I normally change a few things to protect the innocent, but truly this couple were called Jasper and Judith Clive-Ponsonby-Ffoulkes. With two eff's
One of the women there was well known to Mrs Handy and myself and is probably about the most normal of the lot. After the Clive Posonby Ffoulkes had left she said to me that's a typical 70+ middle class woman with too much money and time on her hands.
I thought you could hardly describe yourself as working class.
Anyway to finish, when I went up to the hall this morning Lady Hooray said I think I may have volunteered you. My artist friend wants some photographs taking of the exhibition and I told her you have a good camera, your expected about 12.
While your there could you take a picture of my Bust
One of the breakfast guest nearly choked on his tea when I replied, Your Ladyship I told you I don't take those sort of pictures any more, besides if you want it photographing wouldn't here in private be a better idea.
So here it is Lady Hooray's Bust in all it's Glory
This is one of a life size acrobatic Hare that I helped to set up
One of a group of 3, they weigh a ton and have to be lifted at least 5 feet high.
And one of the exhibition. The cheapest piece was £85.00 going up to 3.5K and all by amateurs. I don't think I will be investing in any new pieces of art any time soon.
Regards for now, Handy
Good Evening All, time for an update on what's been happening in Handy's life over the last few days.
On Friday Lady H sent me to help out her Art Teacher who is holding an exhibition at her studios. It's the first time she has run one from home during winter so waited until the day before to realise that as she lives 10 miles from the nearest street lighting it could be fun getting people in and out in the dark.
I spent Thursday afternoon and Friday Morning furiously wiring up 15 Halogen flood lights.
Now the exhibition consisted of the artists own work and that of her students such as Lady Hooray.
There were quite a few of them helping out and sat quietly in a corner wire strippers in hand I played the part of a fly on the wall.
The Students all Middle aged and profoundly Middle Class women all well into middle age. It was like listening to a sound track of Absolutely Fabulous.
Dahling, Sweetie, Kiss Kiss, Wonderful Dahling. Then when backs were turned out came the venom
It would be safer in the Lions enclosure with the real cats.On Friday I actually met a Chap called Jasper. He was with his wife who had several pieces on display.
Now in my line of work I meet a lot of people with doubled barrelled names, but this couple were triple barrelled.
Now at this point I normally change a few things to protect the innocent, but truly this couple were called Jasper and Judith Clive-Ponsonby-Ffoulkes. With two eff's
One of the women there was well known to Mrs Handy and myself and is probably about the most normal of the lot. After the Clive Posonby Ffoulkes had left she said to me that's a typical 70+ middle class woman with too much money and time on her hands.
I thought you could hardly describe yourself as working class.
Anyway to finish, when I went up to the hall this morning Lady Hooray said I think I may have volunteered you. My artist friend wants some photographs taking of the exhibition and I told her you have a good camera, your expected about 12.
While your there could you take a picture of my Bust
One of the breakfast guest nearly choked on his tea when I replied, Your Ladyship I told you I don't take those sort of pictures any more, besides if you want it photographing wouldn't here in private be a better idea.
So here it is Lady Hooray's Bust in all it's Glory
This is one of a life size acrobatic Hare that I helped to set up
One of a group of 3, they weigh a ton and have to be lifted at least 5 feet high.
And one of the exhibition. The cheapest piece was £85.00 going up to 3.5K and all by amateurs. I don't think I will be investing in any new pieces of art any time soon.
Regards for now, Handy
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