Little Blue Beach Hut – Blog 6
11 September
- A Blue oyster shell with a Blue Whitstable seascape was waiting for me on the steps when I arrived on my Blue bike. Who was the mystery pilgrim?
- I discovered a Blue pencil sharpener but I don’t know who deposited it amongst the things on the table
- Sue, Janet and Louise brought a collection of Blue stones one painted with Blue glitter and one with the word sea painted on it
- A little Blue bottle of men’s cologne was handed to me
12 September
- Magz Hall pinned up a Blue Canterbury to Whitstable bus timetable
13 September
- Cycled on my Blue bike to the Little Blue Beach Hut by the big Blue sea
- Hung a Blue picture of yachts brought by Helen because she said she only brought rubbish last time she visited!
- Ethel was here yet again and Ethel’s sister came too
- A miniature box of Roses chocs was placed on the visitor’s table by Estelle
15 September
- Opened Little Blue Beach Hut for the last weekend of the Whitstable Biennale
- Jan Iley posted a Blue make-up bag and a Blue Frisbee from St Paul’s Way Trust School
- Karen sent a postcard of a Blue sculpture
- Amy blew up a Blue balloon saying that the installation reminded her of a Blue bird’s nest
- Sue Walton left a Blue reading-glass packet
- Suzy Harris placed a Blue book of postcards
- Gavin Orpin brought his Blue truck played with by all his brothers
- ‘I hand over my Blue paintbox trusting this will inspire me in the future’ Marilyn
- ‘Handing over my Blue tie to mark my retirement’ David
- Alan Walton arrived with two Blue balloons
- Mick placed the remains of a Blue balloon with other Blue found items
- Dante brought some Blue
- Sally Kindberg left a Blue bottle top, a Blue Gletscher Eis sweet and one of her sheep saying what a happy Blue hut
- Micky said ‘I brought you a Blue scent bottle, Blue cotton, Blu-tac mouse, Blue key ring, Blue Nivea and a Blue plastic thingy?’
- Olivia discovered that Tartar sauce has a Blue wrapper
- Ella came with Blue card
- Sophie hoped the Blue catalogue she designed for the Satellite Programme counted
- Lesley and Jen hung four lovely Blue buttons
- ‘I brought a Blue egg, a Blue Z, a Blue peg, a Blue pen, a Blue pencil, Matilda’s rainbow picture, a Blue spiral and Blue paper axe. I also brought my son and granddaughter; I loved the Blue Blue Blue.’ Shalley, Edward and Matilda
- ‘I was going to bring a Blue booklet about the coastline in Kent, France and Belgium but left it in the post office! So instead, I brought a bottle of water with a Blue lid and a Blue label, all the way from Sittingbourne … by bicycle’ Gill
- Micky donated a Blue second class postage stamp from Scotland
- Jonathan Barnes found Blue things from the beach so that his grandchildren could have a stone
- Delivered a souvenir to the home of Liz Knowles who anonymously left a pile of Blue items on the steps writing her address in Blue chalk on the slate
16 September
- Jackie made a miniature bouquet of little Blue flowers and laid them on the steps of the Blue hut
- Trish’s sister gathered bits and pieces between the groynes
- Matthew left a Blue bag – unused – that he carries’s when walking his dog
- Ian and Katie forgot to bring something Blue. They had put aside an old Oyster card
- Liz, Lara, Klaudia and Rik from Performance Klub Fiskulturnik brought a Blue folder and a Russian Winter Olympics timetable book
- Liz wrote ‘very Blue. Hope you are not Blue too’
- Danielle gave Lucas’s little Blue romper suit to the hut
- Tina brought her son BLUE Thomas to the Little Blue Beach Hut
- Adam Dreyer left two fragments of his Blue Barclay Visa card!
- ‘Brilliant! Very much reminds me of Mother Shipton’s Cave in Knaresborough. We brought Blue matches and a Blue toy dog with wheels.’ Dan and Gemma Burrows
- ‘What a lovely surprise! Not to be sniffed at – sorry I only had some Blue tissues as my offering! Janet
- Susan and Luke left a piece of Blue and white china
- Nicki Leggatt placed a Blue glass cube
- Brazilians Laura Barbi and Artur Assis left a Blue chewing gum package and her Blue student card
- Marti sent a Bluebell matchbox with a little Blue fish inside
- There’s a Blue necklace by the Blue crystal. Who hung this?
- I noticed a Blue pencil and a Blue tag had been placed on the Virgin’s hands. I wonder who brought them?
- Andrew and Ros Rootes wrote ‘The best Blue ever! A fantastic installation. Even the wind blew.’
17 September
- I emptied the Blue installation and had fish and chips for the last time looking out to sea. Nearly 600 pilgrims visited the little Blue Beach Hut.
Thank you for all your contributions. You placed a huge amount of Blue items taking away Whitstable water or white stones printed with a heart, wrapped in printed calico, tied up with string and a printed fish label.
There are plans for the Little Blue Beach Hut to live on. Keep an eye on my website
Susan Shaw
shawbarber@talktalk.net
www.susanshaw.net