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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, November 2, 2018

News, Views Etc . . . Forthcoming Events

Easing off now as we get closer to Christmas, but still some good shows out there, and more to come (Sandown next week!), so see if there's one near you and 'fill your boots' with plunder - THAT'S why pirates have baggy boots!

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Shows

Saturday 3rd November 2018

Beconsfield - Toy & Train Fairs
Beconsfield School, Wattleton Road, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1SJ
Tel. - 02082 051 518 (Peter Levinson or Diane)
10:30 - 14:30

Crawley - SRP Toyfairs
The Hawth Theatre, Hewth Avenue, Crawley, Sussex, RH10 6YZ
Tel. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs

Ludlow - Tony Oaks Toy Fairs - Ludlow Toy & Train Collector's Fair
Ludlow Racecourse, Bromfield, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 2BT
Tel. - 01270 652 773
Mob. - 07825 631 323
10:30 - 14:00hrs
Admission £2
Free parking

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

Wrexham - Barry Stockton Fairs - Hobbies & Model Rail Show
Wrexham Memorial Hall, Bodhyfryd, Wrexham, LL12 7AG
Web. - http://barrystocktonfairs.co.uk/
Tel. - 01513 343 362
10:30 - 15:30
Admission - Adult £3.50, children £1.00

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Sunday 4th November 2018

Bolton - Barry Potter / BP Fairs - 'Macron'
The Premier Suite, Macron Stadium, Bolton, Lancashire, BL6 6SF
Tel. - 01604 846 688
Mob. - 07966 527 177
Admission £3.50 (early-bird £7), OAP's £3, Children £1
Free parking

Exeter 'Westpoint' - Bulldog Fairs
Westpoint Arena, Clyst St. Mary, Exeter, EX5 1DJ
Tel. - 01373 452 857
Mob. - 07917 125 641
10:30 - 14:30hrs
Admission £4, each under-16 free with adult, 'Early Bird' £10 from 08:30hrs

Falkirk, Scotland - McLaren Models
Tel. - 01324 624 102

Note - Gerry at SRP Fairs has cancelled the Herne Bay show previously pencilled-in for Sunday.

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Auctions

6th November 2018; 81 Greenham Business Park; Antiques; Fax: 0871 714 6905; Fine Art; mail@specialauctionservices.com; Militaria; Newbury; Newbury - Berkshire; RG19 6HW; SAS Auctions; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Special Auction Services (SAS); Tel: 01635 580595; Tuesday 6th November 2018; West Berkshire; www.specialauctionservices.com;

Tuesday 6th November 2018

Newbury - Special Auction Services (SAS)
81 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG19 6HW
Tel: 01635 580595
Fax: 0871 714 6905
Antiques, fine art and militaria

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Tuesday 6th / Wednesday 7th November 2018

Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9JZ
Web. - www.vectis.co.uk
eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk
01642 750 616
'Specialist Sale' both days - subject unknown

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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

- 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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Thanks to Bob De Silva for pointing out that the Vintage 20mm site link was no longer working, but the time you read this I should be fixing it!

2 minutes later . . . Done;

http://vintagewargamingfigures.info/rblack/index.html

2 comments:

Terranova47 said...

How nice that the new link is headed by a photo of Edward Woodward as David Callan. The charactors interest in model soldiers did much in the late 60's to boost interest in wargamming and hand made metal 54mm figures by Hinton Hunt and Rose.

Hugh Walter said...

Favourite movie back in the day . . . has anyone tried toughening their hands for a fist fight by massaging a bucket of wet sand?!!! Of course at school we called him Edwood Woodwood and their was some little ditty?

H