From: Grenville Allen
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 at 10:51
Subject: Re: Merry Christmas, Grandpa! And you with your international reputation. Haven't we both done well?!
To: Terence Ross
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 at 10:51
Subject: Re: Merry Christmas, Grandpa! And you with your international reputation. Haven't we both done well?!
To: Terence Ross
Just click/tap on this! And you will see an encapsulation of where I am now. Saves me going on.
If you accept my FB friend request everything will be made even more coherent.
Cyril died a couple of years back at 84. When you left me and Tony Abrahams put me in charge of recruiting my replacement Cyril turned up for an interview. I turned him down in favour of that ex-CDP reprobate Dave Edmunds.
Years later Hazel wondered who this white haired old man was hanging round my display in the Royal Victoria Place shopping centre in T Wells. Lo and behold it was Cyril! He'd moved from Kingston to Staplehurst.
We kept bumping into each other in various places like the Tenterden Waitrose car park where he told me about Terry's cocaine addiction from 14 and his sad demise in a care home.
I dunno. Sorry to hear about your cancer. Which one is it? Terry Howard's was leukemia (blood cancer). I was diagnosed with either a syrinx or full blown MS. I occasionally fall over while talking and walking. Either way we've managed to get a blue badge so we can park in all sorts of silly places.
Glad to hear Ros and your ever-growing brood are doing ok.
We're now at the bottom of Zig Zag Hill nr Shaftesbury with its Gold Hill made famous by Ridley Scott's Hovis commercial in 1973. My Sunrise at Chiddingstone, featuring a Kent oast led to a quick adaptation ~ Sunrise at Gold Hill ~ featuring an air balloon and tiny black cat sitting on a doorstep waiting to be let in. Below is one of my many FB posts with Photoshopped swan ('cos the gallery's in Swans Yard). This particular giclée print is minus an air balloon. There are numerous sizes and versions of my image as you can imagine. Yesterday Hazel took over 900 just during our three hour morning shift, selling my large donkey Sanctuary pic and a few of my aforementioned Gold Hill pics. I sell the most pics and Lindsay Keir RA takes the most money with her hare and bird originals. THIRTY artists here now and a waiting list ~ all down to the way Hazel and I have instilled in 'em all a mentality where you give the customer a shopping experience. I've branded the place, given it a quirky tone of voice (as is my wont) and so on. All the gloom and doom is actually helping us: like the Hollywood movies were an escape from the Depression.
Have a good one, Tel.
Grenville Allen
On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 at 16:30, Terence Ross wrote:
Hi Grenn,Still not sure about the beard delete?How you doing? You and H keeping well?How time flies? Still got our RD award?Where do you live now? Still near Winchelsea or have you moved on?Everyone seems to be dropping like flies, Terry Howard a while back, A few CDP people I knew now gone as well!!!! My old partner Kim got throat cancer, he's now well. Do you keep in contact with that old Hockney look a like? Not seen Trevor B in a while. He's now moved on from advertising as well. although he still has his name on the agency door. Now spends most of this time producing movies!I got the big C 11 years ago… But as you can tell I'm writing this so I managed to beat it as well…..Two granddaughters now. Both Katherine and Rebecca happy in their careers and married off.Still live in Anerley.Work ticks along nicely, I'm lucky I get great PR from the car mags and I exhibit at Goodwood twice a year. So still working. Albeit a little slower now….Ros is well.We'll see what 2023 brings apart from ULEZ! Strikes and anything else that can be blamed on Putin!Merry Christmas!Cheers.Terry.On 24 Dec 2022, at 14:26, Grenville Allen <grenvilleallen@gmail.com> wrote:<gswan.jpg><hcygnets.jpg>That's my best selling Sunrise at Gold Hill with air balloon on one of my displays (above). All the art direction, Photoshop, copy etc for ALL the social media done by me: https://www.instagram.com/gallerycygnet/ https://www.facebook.com/thecygnetgallery/ https://twitter.com/GalleryCygnetThe Cygnet GalleryGrenville
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