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No Fixed Abode, Home Counties, United Kingdom
I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Friday, August 17, 2018

News, Views Etc . . . Forthcoming Events

Bit better this week, getting back up to speed after the short summer hiatus?

Shows

Saturday 18th August 2018

Exeter - Ray Heard Train & Toy Fairs
Matford Centre, Matford Park Road, Exeter, EX2 8FD
Tel. - 01823 48 00 97
10:00 - 15:30hrs
Admission £2, free parking, refreshments

Llangollen - Chris Dyer Fairs
Llangollen Pavilion, Abbey Road, LL20 8SW
Tel. - 01643 702 757
Mob. - 07966 694 579
10:30 - 15:00hrs
Admission £2

Oxford - Richard Atkins Fairs
Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1AB
Tel. - 01869 347 489
10:30 - 15:00hrs

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Sunday 19th August 2018

Orphington - SRP Toyfairs
Crofton Halls, Orpington, Kent, BR6 8PR
Tel. - 07739 998 012
10:00 - 14:00hrs

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Auctions

Saturday 18th August 2018

Bury St. Edmonds - Lacy Scott & Knight
Tel. - 01284 748 600 (general enquires)
Tel. - 01284 748 623 (Oliver Leggett - auction)
Toy and Collectors Models




Thursday 23rd August 2018

Heathfield - Watson's Auctions
Heathfield Auction Rooms, Burwash Road, Heathfield, TN21 8RA
Web. - watsonsauctioneers.co.uk
eMail - auctions@watsonsauctioneers.co.uk
Tel. - 01435 862 132
Toys & Transport Memorabilia

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Other Events

Friday 17th (today) - Sunday 19th August 2018

1 Sandown Park Racecourse Be Creative With Lego Event 17th-19th August; Brick Battles; Flyer; Handout; Mythical Beasts; News Views Etc...; Public Art; Safari; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; The great Brick Adventure; Warriors;
Sandown Park Racecourse, Surrey - The Great Brick Adventure
Lego Event

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Elsewhere
Sunday 19th August 2018

2 18th Old Timer Car Auto-Jumble Meeting Belgium 19th August 2018 18 leme Ressemblement International; Bourse D'echange; Dimanche 19 Aout; Flyer; Handout; News Views Etc...; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Wervik Belge; www.oldtimermeeting.be;
Wervik, Belgium - 18th Old-Timer Meet
Tel. - +003256 313 338
Exhibition, auto-jumble and swap-meet

I notice the theme for this year is 'Renualt', so grab a jam-jar of rusty metal bits from the shed at the bottom of the garden and you could be in with a chance of a placing in the final concourse parade!

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If you are an event promoter/show curator/auctioneer and you want your toy, model, collectable or popular-/youth-culture type sale/exhibition/event listed here - FOR FREE - or linked to; please eMail me -

maverickatlarge[at]hotmail[dot]com (corrected!)

- stating the date/s of the event, address of event, contact details, opening/viewing times, admission pricing and any other relevant facts/details or features - parking, travel notes, disability access, availability of refreshments, event subject matter &etc.

And please mention any flyer-art or poster-/leaflet-scans but send by separate eMail, in case they go to the 'junk' folder, from where they can be recovered and marked safe, but only if I know they're there!

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