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Hello all Bah Humbug followers!

How are you finding the drop in temperature as we enter autumn? Bit of a shock after the sunshine of the summer.  Here in Masham the raincoats and umbrellas have made an appearance but for half term week it looks as though the sun will be shining, for at least some of the time anyway. Let's hope it last until Halloween so that all the Trick or Treaters out there can stay dry while they scare their victims!

We're making preparations for our Halloween offering so, for everyone who doesn't want to have a trick played, make sure you put a visit to the shop on your list of things to do and stock up on your treats.

We have lots of Halloween themed treats, chocolate eye balls, Halloween chocolate coins, special Halloween sours and much, much more! The shop is decorated and awaiting your visit but be prepared, we have some spooky guests!

Looking a little further forward with an eye on the bonfire season we have added to our usual toffee offering with wonderful bonfire toffees, together with a bigger choice of Mega Lollies, including Treacle or Toffee.  You might just be looking for something to warm you up, and we have a great range of herbal sweets that are just the job.

For any locals who listen to Radio York, you may have heard clues on their Finders Keepers slot which would lead you to our door.  It's always great fun to be included in local broadcast and events so we hope you were listening but if you missed it you can catch up here.

Bah Humbugs - BBC Radio York - Finders Keepers October 2016.mp3

We look forward to seeing you soon and don't forget that if you live further afield you can always order online or drop us an email if you have any special requests for party bags, gifts or special orders.

Bah Humbugs

Hello from the Team at Bah Humbugs!

If you're local then it's a great time to be in and around Masham, especially if you're looking for a little shopping discount with a bonus!  If you're not local and planning on visiting us for a holiday, or you're just passing through you can still join our Make the Most of Masham loyalty card scheme and benefit from the discounts and offers available.

What you get...

For £5 you get a beautiful cotton bag with with an illustration by local artist Rob Blades, and a membership card for the Make the Most of Masham Scheme which entitles you to various discounts, benefits and offers at many local businesses.  You can buy your bag and membership card here at Bah Humbugs, @bahhumbugs, and every time you spend £10 or more you will get a 10% discount so, if you're looking to stock up on your sweets, buy a gift from our great range of Decade Buckets, Retro Hampers, Sweet Buckets, or many others options then this gives you a fabulous discount. Bags are also available at Masham Community Office, @VisitMasham, and a few other participating shops. Why not pop in to get yours? For more info go to the Visit Masham website

Bag Illustration by Rob Blades

Support for Masham

We are also very excited about the support we are getting from Stray FM at the moment! @StrayFM are getting ready to launch a three month 'flag-waving' campaign to promote our town, so tune in and make sure you keep up to date with what's going on.

We look forward to you popping in and grabbing your bag!

Hello all!

If you're planning to come to Masham this Spring Bank Holiday weekend then you're in for a treat.  Masham Market Spring Festival will be on and you will be able to browse the stalls. Check out who'll be here by looking at the Masham Market website. There will also be additional stall holders for the Farmers Market on Sunday 1st May.

In the Town Hall you will find a 'Handmade' fair on Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May, and there is a Art, Craft and Design exhibition by Brigantia being held in the Blue Light Gallery at Masham Community Office running from 30th April to 3rd June.

It would be lovely to see you, so pop into Bah Humbugs and browse our sweet selection.  If you've got birthday presents to buy you can check out our hampers and gift buckets.

Bah Humbugs Decade Buckets

Bah Humbugs Hampers

While you're here you can pop into one of our lovely pubs for a drink and a bite to eat, or try the award winning Vennell's restaurant.  A brewery tour makes an interesting diversion so why not visit one of the two Breweries, Black Sheep or Theakstons.  If art is your thing then see some artist's work at The Gallery (Ian Scott Massie), The Nolon Stacey Gallery or The Little Picture House Gallery (Nikki Corker), or make a visit to Uredale Glass.

There is so much more to do while you're here such as taking a look round our beautiful church, going for a walk around the river and visit Marfield Wetlands Nature Reserve.  If you feel there's too much for you to see in one day then why don't you stay for a few? Lots of accommodation in the area, so check out the Visit Masham site for options.

Whatever you're planning on doing this Spring Bank Holiday weekend have a great time, and if you happen to be here then we look forward to seeing you in Bah Humbugs!!

Hi folks

Who's been suffering the very changeable and slightly bizarre weather changes this week?  One minute it's bright sunshine, as it is now in Masham, and the next it's snowing as it did for quite a few hours yesterday?

All this changeability has such an effect on the type of things we sell in the shop.  Earlier this week people were seated at our outside table enjoying our Brymor Ice Cream, but yesterday they would have been covered in snow!  Perhaps our stocks of winter warmers, such as Winter Mixture, Army & Navy or Aniseed Twists are going to continue to sell for a while.

However, this morning the sun is shining! So it could be sweets more reminiscent of summer that draw in the customers.  How about Edinburgh Rock, or Berwick Cockles, both of which remind me of childhood holidays.  The ever popular Sherbet Lemons are a good sunshine sweet, as are our range of chewy bonbons...  I wonder if we could categorise all our sweets by season?  Perhaps too difficult for some of the more 'guilty pleasure' types such as Salted Caramel Fudge or Treacle Toffees.

Whatever the weather, Bah Humbugs has a vast array of sweets for you to choose from so why not pop in, or visit our website?  I for one however, will be hoping for a little more sunshine this summer.

Lion's Sports Mixture

Well Summer is most definitely over, not that we had much sunshine that's for sure! This weekend sees the annual SHEEP FAIR here in Masham and this year it is the 30th Anniversary of this great weekend.

If you don't know Masham, we have one of the largest and finest market squares in England, and it was always famous for sheep sales. Historically up to 70,000 sheep were sold each year. Today, the annual Sheep Fair raises lots of money for local charities, and the weekend is full of fun activities - not all sheep related!!

Anyway, the Sheep Fair marks Autumn here in Masham, and i thought i'd take a moment to let you all know what the Top Ten Best Selling Sweets have been here in Bah Humbugs Sweet Shop over the Summer.

1. Pontefract Cakes - what needs to be said about these Best Selling Sweets? They're a chewy liquorice coin, synonymous with the town of Pontefract which has a history steeped in liquorice.

2. Lemon Sherbets - tangy, crunchy lemon sweets with a sour sherbet centre

3. 1950s Decade Sweet Bucket - 1950s Sweets crammed into one of our new Sweet Buckets, fabulous selection, great for sharing.

4. Lion's Sweet Hamper - A hamper full of the entire range of sweets made by Lion's including Midget Gems and Sports Mixtures.

5. Lion's Midget Gems - the absolute 'proper' ones - with black liquorice ones.We only sell the authentic Lion's Sweets, the hard, chewy, fruity gums, so you won't find any blackcurrant flavoured black sweets here!

6. Lion's Sports Mixtures - proper Sports Mixtures, with the black liquorice ones, just like the Midget Gems.

7. Haribo Giant Strawbs - the best selling Haribo Sweet, Strawberries, Chewy Strawberries or whatever you like to call them! they are a scrumptious strawberry flavoured chew!

8. Raspberry Blue Bon Bons - why are Raspberry flavoured

9. Liquorice Torpedoes - Crunchy hard shells with a lovely liquorice centre

10. Cherry Lips - love them or hate them, they're a floral, fragrant and hard chewy gum.

Are any of these sweets one of your favourites? What sweet IS your favourite?

 Here at Bah Humbugs Sweet Shop we're always thinking of new products to whet your appetite and this year is no different! Hot on the heels of our Sweet Buckets we're delighted to launch our brand new range of Sweet Buckets - The Decade Sweet Buckets!

Perfect for those milestone events such as birthdays, anniversaries or Christmas, these Sweet Buckets are a wonderful gift to transport the recipient on a lovely, nostalgic trip down memory lane. Each one in crammed full of 1500g of sweets from a specific decade.

There are four buckets in the range so far - 1950s sweets, 1960s sweets, 1970s sweets and 1980s sweets. Here is some information about each one & of course to take a look at the rest of our Sweet Gifts then don't forget to check out our website - www.bahhumbugs.com

So if you're looking for sweets for specific event and need sweets from a specific era, Fifties Sweets, Sixties Sweets, Eighties Sweets, or Seventies Sweets? We've done the research and each of these buckets is crammed full of all the sweets you'll remember from each of these decades so you won't be disappointed!

1950s Sweet Bucket - 1.5kg of sweets from the 1950s, including Aniseed Balls, Catherine Wheels, Liquorice Root, Toffees, Dolly Mixtures, Rhubarb & Custards, Pontefract Cakes, Pear Drops, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Drumsticks, Love Hearts, Parma Violets, Fizzers & lots more.

1960s Sweet Bucket - 1.5kg of sweets from the 1960s, including Jelly Babies, Liquorice Torpedoes Coconut Mushrooms, Rhubarb & Custards, Murray Mints, Cherry Lips, Sherbet Lemons, Sherbet Fountain, Sherbet Dip, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Love Hearts, Refreshers, Double Lollies, Refresher Chew & lots more.

Groovy Seventies Sweets

1970s Sweet Bucket - 1.5kg of sweets from the 1970s, including Fizzy Cola Bottles, Midget Gems, Kola Cubes, Liquorice Comfits, Foam Shrimps, Lemon Sherbets, Anglo Bubbly, Double Dip, Cadbury Fudge, Candy Whistle, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Love Hearts, Refreshers, Double Lollies, Refresher Chew & lots more.

1980s Sweet Bucket - 1.5kg of sweets from the 1980s, including Cola Bottles, Sherbet Pips, Pineapple Cubes, Milk Teeth, Fish & Chips, Bon Bons, Wham Bars, Sherbet Fountains, Popping Candy, Dip Dab, Anglo Bubbly, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Love Hearts, Refreshers, Double Lollies, Refresher Chew & lots more.

Which one would you buy?  What's your favourite sweet from your favourite decade? Let us know in the comments section below!

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!