Events

We're delighted to have been chosen as a finalist in not one, but TWO categories in Forward Ladies Women in Business Awards 2015 for Yorkshire & The North East!

Lucy Scott Paul, owner of Bah Humbugs has been chosen as a finalist in the following two categories are Yorkshire Business Woman in Retail and Best Online Yorkshire Business.

We're especially pleased to have been short listed because the competition this year has been very tough as the Forward Ladies Managing Director, Griselda Tobogo commented:

“The calibre of entries has been increasing year on year, but this year we have a number of outstanding entries, which have attracted women from all ages, all professions and all walks of life.  We are also delighted to hosting regional heats in Newcastle, Manchester, London and Nottingham for the first time, which means we can showcase some of the best talent from across the whole of England.

“We also have categories to showcase the underrepresented women working in traditionally male dominated fields such as STEM, Digital and Online category, and have received some outstanding entries in this category.  The judges have seriously had their work cut out for them this year.”

We've got our fingers and toes crossed for the 29th of September when the regional winner will be announced at a glittering ceremony in Newcastle. All the winners will be put forward to the National Finals in November - so it's really exciting stuff!

Lucy Scott Paul, owner of Bah Humbugs won the Forward Ladies Business Woman in Retail Award for Yorkshire in 2012 - so to be shortlisted in the awards for a second time was a real surprise. "I'm delighted to have been shortlisted for Forward Ladies Women in Business Awards again, and to have been shortlisted in two categories is just amazing! Working in Retail can be tough, especially when the UK was suffering a recession. Running an online business can be challenging too so to be recognised in this way has been just marvellous!"

Bah Humbugs is an online sweet shop selling all the sweets from your childhood. Bah Humbugs also specialises in a wonderful selection of sweet gifts, including Retro Sweet Hampers, Eighties Sweet Hampers, Seventies Sweet Hampers, Giant Sweet Hampers and Sweet Party Bags.

Please do keep your fingers crossed for us & we'd like to wish all the other finalists GOOD LUCK!

As the weather gets warmer (slightly), we all start looking forward to what summer will bring.  We know there will be weddings all over the country, in churches, stately homes, gardens, chapels, by riversides, on beaches and anywhere else that today's happy couples can think of to make their big day that little bit special and unusual.

Here at Bah Humbugs we are always delighted to be a part of such celebrations.  We have supplied wedding favours, table decorations, wedding gifts, bridesmaids favours and more in the past and are now delighted to be the proud owners of our very own Sweet Cart!!

This great Sweet Cart can be hired from us and can include the jars, sweets, scoops and bags for your guests to help themselves.  We also do a range of delicious pre-bagged Fudge, a selection of lucky bags, cones of sweets or sweet buckets if you wanted some of your sweets pre-packed.

Sweets can be of your own choosing if you wish to follow a theme for your big day, or you can leave the choice to the team at Bah Humbugs who will organise a selection according to your budget and guest numbers.

A selection of sugar free, gluten free, gelatine free sweets are also available so we can meet most dietary requirements.

If you are thinking of having a Sweet Cart at your wedding why not give us a quick call to the number on the website or drop us an email and we can discuss your requirements.

And a Sweet Cart is not just for weddings...... if you want to throw a special birthday party, have something different at a baby shower, a hen do, a christening party, then why not hire the cart.  We have ranges of sweets that we specialise in such as Scandinavian liquorice, retro sweets by the decade, pick n mix, a fantastic range of boiled sweets, toffees, fudges, bon bons and much, much more!

Let your imagination go wild and get in touch to make the arrangements!

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Bah Humbugs is delighted to announce the arrival of Assorted Flavour Jelly Belly Sport Beans just in time for Le Grand Depart!

Whether you're a pro athlete, or you've recently got the cycling bug as the huge wave of anticipation sweeps through Yorkshire, then you might want bag yourself some of these.

The Jelly Belly Jelly Beans come in their own resealable sachet and include  Orange, Lemon-Lime, Fruit Punch & Raspberry flavours.

Each packet contains added Vitamins B & C and provides 25g or Carbohydrate and 120mg of Electrolytes.
"Portable Power" at your fingertips!

Hello again

After all the excitement about the bunting I thought it only right to share a little bit more information for those of you not in Yorkshire or not suffering from Le Tour Fever!

In November 2013, in readiness for Le Tour, Harrogate Borough Council launched the 'Le Tour de bunting' project, asking for volunteer knitters to knit tiny jerseys to be strung up around Harrogate Borough in readiness for the Tour.

They were inundated with responses and had to stop taking any more knitters on!

Go Yorkshire!!

http://www.harrogate.gov.uk/pos/Pages/LeTourdeBunting.aspx

Good Morning Blog fans!

The talk of the town today is bunting - who would have believed something so trivial could cause such ructions?

If you have been reading our recent blogs about the impending arrival of Le Tour de France in our North Yorkshire market town of Masham, then you will have read about the fabulous (tiny) knitted jerseys that have been strung up around the town as bunting.

Yesterday North Yorkshire County Council came and removed the bunting!  Why?  Because "We noticed that the lighting columns were leaning and in the interest of safety we asked for it to be taken down and not to be hung from lighting columns", a spokeperson from the Council has said.

Apparently, if the (tiny) knitted jerseys were to get wet the weight of them might pull the lamp post over.  If you check out the link to BBC news you will see just how tiny these jerseys are, and you will also see one of the offending in the picture.  Now if this is all it takes to make a lamp post lean enough to be a safety issue, then I would think that North Yorkshire County Council need to come and ensure that the posts are secured a little better.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-27919262

We have also hit the local news on Stray FM!

https://twitter.com/search?q=bunting&src=typd

Residents and businesses like ourselves now have the bunting strung up on our walls (let's hope these are slightly less likely to fall over than the lamp posts!!!)

Why don't you have a drive out to Masham this weekend and see for yourself?

Pop into Bah Humbugs and browse our shelves for your favourite sweets.  Strawberries & Cream, Refresher Chews, loads of Liquorice, Sherbet Pips, scrumptious Toffees and delicious Fudge, a fantastic selection of hard boiled sweets.

Bah Humbugs Traditional Sweet Shop......... stocks all your favourite retro and traditional sweets so even if you can't get here you can browse our website and order your sweets online.

Visit the Masham Tour de France website if you're thinking of visiting for the event

http://www.mashamevents.co.uk/

Hello all you lovely Bah Humbugs fans out there!  I thought I would share with you a picture of our lovely traditional sweet shop, nestled in our glorious Yorkshire Dales market town of Masham.  We are all getting very excited about Le Tour de France travelling through Masham on 5th July and Ms Humbug has been busy decorating the shop front in celebration of Le Grand Party!

If you haven't already decided what you want to do when Le Tour visits Yorkshire then why not come to Masham.  There is plenty of parking and there will be access in and out of some of the car parks all day despite the main road being closed for the race.

It promises to be a weekend to remember and Masham is certainly getting in the party spirit.  There will be live music, bars, gift stalls, food stalls, big screens and much much more going on over the weekend so check out some of the following web sites to make your plan:

http://letour.yorkshire.com/

http://www.visitmasham.com/events/event/le-tour-yorkshire-through-masham/

http://www.mashamevents.co.uk/

http://www.mashamsportsassociation.co.uk/le-tour-masham/

While you're here pop in and browse our range of retro sweets, liquorice, sweet gifts, sweet hampers, boiled sweets and much more.

We look forward to seeing you!

If you could see our little market town of Masham right now it couldn't fail to bring a smile to your face.  The excitement is building at a great speed and we still have three weeks before the epic race reaches our lovely Yorkshire Dales town.

Mini 'jerseys' in all the racing colours are strung up around the town and, as bunting goes, these are fabulous! We have flags flying, brightly coloured bicycles adorning shop fronts and all sorts of imaginative decorations put up by local businesses, making the town a very happy and jolly place to be.  And the sun is shining which makes it all so much more pleasant for everyone.

Bah Humbugs has a bicycle with the King of the Mountain colours - white with red spots - which looks amazing about our doorway.

If you haven't yet decided where you want to be to watch Le Grand Depart then why not come to Masham? There are campsites, parking and access to and from the town all day via routes not affected by the race.  There will be plenty of entertainment from the night before, throughout the day on Saturday and into Saturday evening.  Food stalls, bars, gift stalls and much more to make everyone's visit and stay an exciting and fun filled day.

Bah Humbugs traditional sweet shop will be open as usual on the market square, and we will also have a sweet stand on the recreation ground amongst all the other happy stall holders.

Why not pick up some sweets to see you through the day?  Something like Dandelion & Burdocks which are a delicious hard boiled sweet that really taste of the popular traditional retro drink.  Or if you have a more classic taste in mind you could grab yourself a bag of Sherbet Lemons, a great zingy lemon flavour with that delicious fizz of sherbet.

You may well be in Masham all day so you could use your time wisely and do a little shopping for gifts and treats while you're here.  Our Retro Sweets Hampers are always popular gifts, or perhaps you know someone who would like to receive a Best of British Jar, a Kilner jar packed full of traditional British hard boiled sweets.

You might just want to pop in for an ice cream and say hello.

Whatever you plan on doing for 5th July be sure to check out the routes and what's on.  Try looking at Masham's Community Office web site,  www.visitmasham.com or the Welcome to Yorkshire site www.yorkshire.com

Let's hope the sun shines and we all have a great day!

Le Grand Depart

Looking out from Bah Humbugs into the peaceful market place of Masham, on what is a lovely sunny spring day, it is hard to imagine what it will be like when Le Tour de France, Le Grand Depart comes to town!

Not that Masham is a stranger to welcoming throngs of visitors to our beautiful Yorkshire Dales town.  Throughout the year so many people enjoy spending their holidays here, soaking up the atmosphere.  With annual events such as the Masham Steam Rally and the Sheep Fair, we in Masham are well used to accommodating the masses!

Stage 1 of Le Tour brings the cyclists directly through Masham just after lunch time on 5th July.  Masham has plenty of parking availability, places to stay, places to eat and some wonderful shops, including Bah Humbugs of course! If you're thinking of visiting for Le Tour (or any other time) then have a look at www.visitmasham.com. Check out their events page for other activities taking place over Le Tour weekend.

Many roads will be closed during the race so if you need to plan your route North Yorkshire County Council have a comprehensive web page on the road closures

If you're looking for more details on what is happening in Yorkshire for Le Grand Depart then take a look at Welcome to Yorkshire's dedicated website.

Obviously a visit to Bah Humbugs is a must....... you need to stock up on your favourite sweets!  Now what they be??? Lemon Sherbets, Sweet Peanuts, Strawberry Bonbons, Fizzy Cola Bottles?? And if you can't be with us for Le Tour why not visit our website and take a leisurely browse through our wonderful selection of mouthwatering goodies?

We look forward to seeing you - with or without your bicycle!