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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 24, 2018

News, Views Etc . . . Forthcoming Events

Last quiet week of the quiet period, I haven't got anything ready for the weekend, and I'm too busy sorting my stuff to pop-up the library on Saturday, so it's these dates and something late on Monday!

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Toy Fairs

Sunday 26th August 2018

Rayleigh - SRP Fairs
Sweyne Park School, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 9BZ
Web. - http://srptoyfairs1.co.uk/
eMail: srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk
Tel. - 07739 998 012
10:00 - 14:00hrs

Cirencester - Retro Ronnie Toy Fairs
Bingham Hall, King Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1JT
Tel. - 07708 385 061
Tel. - 07900 266 427


Monday 27th August 2018

Bridgnorth - Toy & Train Collectors Fairs (Tony Oakes)
Bridgnorth Leisure Centre, High Town, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4ER
10:30 - 15:00hrs
Tel. - 01270 652 773
Mob. - 07825 631 323
Admission £2, accompanied children under-16 free.


Tuesday 28th August 2018

Garstang - Janet Pearson (evening fair)

Kirkland & Catterall Memorial Hall, The Avenue, Churchtown, Garstang, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 0HR
01282 439 009
18:00 - Finnish

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Auctions

Tuesday 28th - Wednesday 29th August 2018

Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis (2-day sale)
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9JZ
Web. - www.vectis.co.uk
eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk
Tel. - 01642 750 616


Wednesday 29th - Thursday 30th August 2018

Newbury - Special Auction Services [SAS] (2-day sale)
81 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG19 6HW
Tel: 01635 580595
Fax: 0871 714 6905
Wednesday - Robots Galore!
Thursday - General Sale

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Toys in the Media

Halifax again, one landscape and one portrait, same classic wooden building-bricks!

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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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