Was anyone else at Snape Maltings today? Did Alan get his table?

The wife wouid be played by Dorothy Atkinson who was Pauline in ‘Mum. ‘ Toby Jones Alan gazing lovingly at the table of his desire whilst his wife is stomping around outside the shop glaring at people. Do not side with Alan , the table isn’t coming anywhere near my lovely house.

reminds me of the Pete and Dawn’s vow renewal in Gavin and Stacey - when she realised he’d chosen a hideous ring 😂 in this YouTube clip from 2:40 onwards

Yes, so am I !!!

We don’t buy furniture without discussing and deciding together - but if my DH flipped and ordered that it would be going in the shed.

The table is awful. and made of junk wood. and expensive. What were you thinking Alan? Even if it went with the theme of the house (it wouldn’t in mine whatsoever) it’s still a horrible table.

I own my house and my DP lives here, but I still wouldn’t pick furniture without chatting about it with him for his opinion 😂 even though it’s totally my call.

Alan sounds stubborn. And has no taste.

But not everyone likes matchy matchy decor!

I like to think I do my bit for the skilled artisans in the vibrant city of Jaipur, as there's a bookcase, a tallboy set of drawers and 4 side tables in my living room from that vibrant city.

I'm totally team Alan. And if he needs somewhere to store his side table whilst the divorce goes through I'll take it off his hands.

Clafoutie for Poet Laureate 🙌

Sorry, but reclaimed wood? Manufactured in India? Simple (and rather crappy) design? And they're selling it for £150?

I can't even begin to imagine what the mark-up must be on that.

Snape Maltings sounds like a pleasant place for a mooch and a coffee, but not for actually buying things. Although I might turn up for the free drama.

I’m team Alan’s wife. It’s not a particularly nice table and my husband has ‘form’ for buying household items that look weird or clash.
to wit - he bought two new garden chairs as one of our broke. Two bright blue reclining chairs which I had no idea about until he brought them home. Fine if your garden is ‘seaside themed’ - ours isn’t.
Then he decided we needed a bigger blanket to go over the duvet cover we were using sans duvet in hot weather. Came back to some green monstrosity which again, clashed totally w the colour scheme.

if he had his way noting would match in this house, but he’s call me fussy!!

Dh suggests you cast one of the Chippendales in the upcoming West end play.
#teamalan

Love the poem.
I also agree that if this had been a man berating his wife over said table there would be calls for her to ‘ ltb’
I like things not to match too much ( such things don’t really bother me ) but I can imagine they live in a property where such things are very important to her and he wanted to break the mold a bit and have something he wanted regardless of it fitting in anywhere. I never understood why things like this are so important to people , but we’re all different and this shop sounds great, not that I could afford anything out of it I bet!

Or it could have been a small act of rebellion to start to reclaim his soul which has been crushed by an unbalanced embarrassing controlling woman.

Snape Maltings sounds absolutely like my kind of place (and I also assumed Yorkshire, possibly because of the mention of a Hepworth sculpture, even though they’re all over the place.)

And this thread is just begging for the laugh reaction to be reinstated.

This reminds me of the epic row I witnessed in Waitrose of all places.

The husband had clearly gone off piste with the loaf of bread he’d chosen which the wife took out of the trolley and put back on the shelf. He then retrieved the bread and put it back in the trolley explaining he wanted to try a new bread. She lost her ever loving shit and started throwing and I mean THROWING loaves of the same bread into the trolley until she’d cleared the shelf of his chosen bread.

He just stood there looking like he’d seen the same behaviour many times before.

Ive always hoped he enjoyed his new bread

Someone needs to share this thread with Snape Maltings management.

Does the shop have a phone number? Could you call them and ask them if Alan got his table? 😬🤣

This post sums up what is wrong with MN. If this was the other way round you’d be saying he’s abusive, an awful man etc but as it was the woman screaming at the man, it’s fine and likely somehow his fault.

This thread is absolutely making my Sunday morning! I'm in Suffolk and now feel the urge to head to Snape Maltings asap! Poor Alan, hope he's sitting with his morning cuppa proudly upon his new side table!

I wonder if Snape Maltings will have an influx of visitors today?
This is amazing publicity

This is my favourite thread ever! Much too far away in Devon to visit Snape, but very invested.

FWIW, I hate that table and dh wouldn't get it through the door. However, I'd have waited till later to yell rather than doing it in public, so #teamalan here too.

My dog is absolutely open to offers to play her part in the TV series too. Does her face fit, OP?! Half Yorkshire, half JR and a combination of snuggly lapdog and merciless bunny killer.

This is one thread where I'm hoping the media do pick it up and we get answers! 🤣

Nor me! Going to be checking back, waiting for @violetcuriosity 🍿
As sad as some will find it, this is the sort of stuff I live for 😂

Update : Alan this morning writing his goodbye note to the Mrs on his side table

I need to know! DH wouldn’t let me hang around to find out

This made me laugh - very mean of him!

As an aside I used to visit a friend who lived in Suffolk and we spent many happy hours at Snape Maltings. She died some years ago now but I know she'd have hung around the candlesticks to see the outcome😄

I'm curiously invested in this.
The table is definitely not to my liking, and I think this was a straw that broke the camels back moment.
My pup wants to play the dog in the upcoming drama, but I'm picturing floofy Bichon rather than opinionated terrier?

They both have sculptures there!