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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Jun 231 min read
The Incredible Power of Art
Art has been intertwined with the human sense of awareness and story telling since the beginning of time. Cave drawings from prehistoric...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Mar 231 min read
A taste for Art!
Local Oxfordshire Artists will be showcasing their talents here at GBR - 1 Bromsgrove, Faringdon, South Oxfordshire -11th - 27th May...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Mar 231 min read
Antiques in the Physical World
No1 Bromsgrove, Faringdon, Oxfordshire is a Victorian gem, originally developed as a Drapers store the premises still boast extensive...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Nov 19, 20232 min read
New Retail HQ for GBR
Exciting times for Antique Dealers GBR! Extensive work is currently underway to prepare retail premises in the historic market town of...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Home Working 21st Century Revolution
According to U.K. Government statistics, in April 2020 46% of people in employment worked from home for at least part of the month. For...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
May 1, 20201 min read
Life in the saddle
A few decades before the explosion of today’s Lycra clad ‘Tour de France’ inspired road cyclists a new wave of cyclist was blazing trails...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Jan 12, 20201 min read
But can you deliver?
Probably the most frequent questions we receive are can we ship Internationally, and do we deliver in the U.K. We pride ourselves in...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Jan 1, 20201 min read
2019... a Vintage Year!
One of the great attractions of working in the world of Antiques and Decorative Salvage is the huge variety of nostalgic and historical...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Dec 22, 20191 min read
A sprinkling of magic!
The most successful Retail and Hospitality Interiors cleverly employ varying degrees of visual theatre. Good design physically and...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Dec 10, 20191 min read
Art, Design & Architecture for interiors
There is something reassuring and reenergising about encounters with great design that is familiar to us. Whether it’s world class...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Jul 26, 20191 min read
Keeping the Faith
Through a period of incredible political and industrial strife in the late 60’s and throughout the 1970’s, emerged an unlikely and...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Jun 16, 20192 min read
The real Chitty Bang Bang.
Childhood memories are vivid of Dick Van Dyke (Caractacus Potts), Sally Ann Howes (Truly Scrumptious), Lionel Jeffries (grandad), Robert...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Jun 10, 20191 min read
Maritime hero
First glance of this wonderful furniture creation simply took our breath away. Respected commentators on design often quote that...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Feb 18, 20192 min read
A Truly Grand Building
Very occasionally we get the opportunity to promote our business at events held in venues that echo the past decades and centuries of our...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Dec 21, 20181 min read
The Comic
Contrary to public opinion, satire and irreverent satirical humour wasn’t invented in the 1980’s. We have the creator and contributors of...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Nov 6, 20181 min read
Lest we forget
“The War to end all Wars”....that famous quote by H.G.Wells reflected an idealists view, based on the unprecedented scale of human loss...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Aug 11, 20181 min read
Britain proudly leads the world....
We have much to thank our inventive and industrious Victorian relatives for. One thing in particular is the advancement in glass design...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Jul 20, 20181 min read
Everyday heroes.......
We couldn’t let the RAF100 centenary year pass without paying tribute to the thousands of distinguished Airmen and Women who have...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Jun 20, 20181 min read
Where the love of old begins...
Throughout our lives certain people, places and things provoke a deep life long fondness. We were reminded of this very recently whilst...
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Peter - GBR Expedition Leader
Mar 12, 20181 min read
Bring a positive twist to your life!
Barley Twist - Thought to be of Baroque, Spanish-Moorish origin arriving in England from Portugal with Katherine of Braganza in 1661 when...
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