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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.

Thursday, July 19, 2018

News, Views Etc . . . Forthcoming Events

Auctions first this week, with three up-coming (is that bad English? I think that's bad English . . . well; sod it!) over the next week . . .

1 - Newbury - Special Auction Services SAS 81 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG19 6HW Webite www.specialauctionservices.com eMail mail@specialauctionservices.com Telephone 01635 580595 Facsimile 0871 714 6905 Transport Models Memorabilia Auction Sunday 22nd Tuesday 24th July 2018
Sunday 22nd July 2018

Newbury - Special Auction Services (SAS)
81 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG19 6HW
Tel: 01635 580595
Fax: 0871 714 6905
Transport Models (first half of a split, two-day sale)


Monday 23rd July 2018

Lewis - Wallis and Wallis
West Street Galleries, Lewis, Sussex, BN7 2NJ
Tel. - 01273 480 208
Fax. - 01273 476 562
General Toy Sale


Tuesday 24th July 2018

Newbury - Special Auction Services (SAS)
81 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG19 6HW
Tel: 01635 580595
Fax: 0871 714 6905
Memorabilia (second half of a split, two-day sale)

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Toy fairs are thinner on the ground this week, as the summer holidays kick-off with the break-up of the state-sector schools on Friday . . .

Sunday 22nd July 2018

Kirkby-in-Ashfield - Townsend Toy & Train Fairs (Malcolm Townsend)
Festival Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 7DJ
Mob. - 07951 072 790
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Accompanied under-16's free
Free parking, refreshments

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


Tuesday 24th July 2018

Tonbridge - SRP Toyfairs (evening fair)
Angel Lane, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1SF
Tel. - 07739 998 012
18:00 - 20:00hrs
Admission £1.50p, Children Free


Wednesday 25th July 2018

Burton-on-Trent - Townsend Toy & Train Fairs (Malcolm Townsend, evening fair)
The Town Hall, Burton-on-Trent,  Staffordshire, DE14 2EB
Mob. - 07951 072 790
18:00 - 20:30hrs
Accompanied under-16's free

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Other Events

2 - Brighton Summer Toy & Model Train Show Sussex Vintage Model Railway Collectors Venue,  Knoyle Hall, Knoyle Road, Brigton, BN1 6RB, Website www.sussex-transport/svmrc, eMail sussexvintagemrc@hotmail.com Saturday 21st July 2018
Saturday 21st July 2018

Brighton - Summer Toy & Model Train Show (Sussex Vintage Model Railway Collectors)
Venue - Knoyle Hall, Knoyle Road, Brigton, BN1 6RB
Tel. - 01323 893661
Mob. - 07785 567251
Admission £4.00, accompanied children free
Layouts, displays, trade stands
Lunch and refreshments
Disability-access to ground floor only

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Finishing with the big one, which will probably get a second reminder/mention next week . . .

Friday 27th - Sunday 29th July 2018

London (Olympia) - London Film & Comic Convention
Exhibitions, trade stalls, show exclusives, over 100 guest stars booked.

Note - you need to double check on tube times as I seem to recall is a funny service there weekdays v. weekends?

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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 -

maveickatlarge[at]hotmail[dot]com, 

- 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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