Nicola Walker kindly sent me a photo of Thomas Smith’s of Robertsbridge attention the Tunbridge Wells Show in 1933. This is the first photo I have seen of SDmith’s when they were paired with the Gray-Nicholls cricket bat facvtgory in Robertsbridge. Thank you Nicola.
Earlier this week, David from Maryland in the USA sent me a few photos of a Trug that he had found whilst cleaning out his late mother’s home. The Trug had a particular stamp on the bottom which is shown in the first photo. As you will see it says “Robertsbridge & Herstmonceux” and david…
We are very pleased to announce that we have now welcomed back one of our previous customers in the USA, the Kinsman Garden Company based in Pennsylvania. Graham and Michele Kinsman started their company two years before my brother Peter and I started ours and we worked with them for many years. They acted as…
Next week my trusty Craftsman, Caleb, and I are attending the Malvern Autumn show at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, Worcestershire. This is normally a two day show but this year, in the absence of the RHS Malvern Spring Festival, it will run over three days. See you there!! We will be in the…
We’ve been struggling since July to get a Trug delivered to an extremely patient customer in Sweden. We sent it, out of desperation, via Hermes, which offered a quicker service than Parcelforce and DPD had already failed us. All due to Brexit! Today Aleksandra e-mailed to say “Dear Robin, Just to let you know…
On the weekend of 24th-25th July we ran a Trug Making Appreciation Course at Mantel Farm in Henley Down, near Battle. www.mantelfarmshop.co.uk It was the first time that we had organised a course with Kerry and Jason and it had been a long time in the planning due to COVID-19. We started with a…
As a result of recent changes in European Union VAT regulations we now have to deduct VAT from our consumer customers when we send Trugs to EU countries from the UK valued at under 150€. It is patently obvious that we are unable to work these out ourselves as each country has different VAT rates!!…
We are sorry to say that the above show has been cancelled by the organisers, so you can’t see us in Malvern until the end of September when we will be attending the Malvern Autumn Show. See you there!
Our next show, the second for this year, is the Good Life Show at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, Worcestershire. Caleb Pimm and Robin Tuppen will be manning our stand and look forward to meeting visitors during the show. The show takes place on Wednesday and Thursday 21st and 22nd July. See you there!…
