Category: Hostess range

  • Another brand new Hostess No 35!

    Another brand new Hostess No 35!

    What can I say?  Here we have another brand new Hostess No35 made from scratch at our workshops here in Bristol.  This one is going into newly restored 1930s Showmans van.  What a beauty!

  • Brand new Hostess No35!!!

    Brand new Hostess No35!!!

    Here’s something a bit special!  This is a Hostess No35 we have made from scratch for a client.  We only take on a few of these a year as they are such a lot of work to get them right.  The client chose ‘Northern county blue’ for the colour of his enamel and I got to say it looks stunning!

  • Hostess Mahogany fronted coal draws

    Hostess Mahogany fronted coal draws

    Here we have our new mahogany fronted coal draws for the Hostess Range.  These are exactly as the ones supplied by Mellors of Oldham in the early 20th century.  The only difference being that our versions have stainless steel draws.

  • Stunning Hostess No35 for showmans van

    Stunning Hostess No35 for showmans van

    They might be a lot of work but these brilliant little Hostess range really are a thing to behold.  These ranges would have been fitted to the vast majority of travelling wagons and van for both the showmen and gypsies of the late 19th/ early 20th century.  This examples dates from circa 1920 and now restoration is complete it will be returned to its original van