California's skies will be getting darker
now Trump has banned them from banning dirty cars!
But then the skies over Brazil, Peru and
Indonesia are already dark! There's a metaphor in there somewhere about a
gathering storm . . .
. . . toys; we need toys!
Toy Shows
Saturday 21st September 2019
Gloucester - Steven Clement Fairs
Churchdown Community Centre, Gloucester,
Gloucestershire, GL3 2JH
eMail: clementfairs@aol.com
01380 725 322
10:00 - 14:00hrs
eMail: clementfairs@aol.com
01380 725 322
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
Refreshments available
Refreshments available
Henfield - David
Parsons - Toy & Train Collectors Fair
Henfield
Village Hall, High Street, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9DB
eMail - modelcarmart@gmail.com
Mob. - 07742
609 865 (David)
10:00 -
14:00hrs
Admission £2
'Delicious' breakfast/refreshments
available
Romford - SRP Toyfairs
North Romford Community Centre, 32 Clock
House Lane, Collier Row, Romford, Essex, RM5 3QJ
Web. - http://srptoyfairs1.co.uk/
eMail: srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk
Tel. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 12:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
Rugby - Barry Potter / BP Fairs 'Rugby Vintage'
The Benn
Hall, Newbold Road, Rugby, CV21 2LN
Web. - www.bpfairs.com
Tel. - 01604
846 688
Mob. - 07966
527 177
10:30-15:00hrs
Admission
£3.50 (early-bird £7, from 08:00hrs), OAP's £3, Children £1
Sunday 22nd September 2019
Coventry - Barry Potter / BP Fairs
The
Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry, CV8 3FL
Web. - www.bpfairs.com
Tel. - 01604
846 688
Mob. - 07966
527 177
10:30-15:00hrs
Admission
£3, seniors £2.50p, children £1, early bird (from 08:00hrs) £6
Free parking
Great
Bentley - R
& G Toy Fairs
Village Hall, Plough Road, Great Bentley,
Essex, CO7 8LD
Internet presence unknown
Tel. - 01206 251 351 (Gary)
Tel. - 01255 473 509 (Richard)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission £2.00, under 16's free
Free parking, refreshments
Haydock
Park - Barry Stockton Fairs - Toy
Fair
The
Exhibition Centre, Haydock Park Racecourse, WA12 0HQ
Web. - http://barrystocktonfairs.co.uk/
Tel. - 01513 343 362
10:30 - 14:30hrs
Admission - Adult £2, Children £0.50p
Tel. - 01513 343 362
10:30 - 14:30hrs
Admission - Adult £2, Children £0.50p
Orpington - SRP Toyfairs
Crofton Halls, Orpington, Kent, BR6 8PR
Web. - www.srptoyfairs1.co.uk
eMail: srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk
Tel. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
Weston
Supermare - Wendy
Hobday - Doll Fair
Royal Hotel, South Parade, Weston Supermare
Tel. - 01895 834 348
Hours unknown
Admission fee unknown
Possibly the worst website still on the Internet! I hope 'Bluechip Computer Support' aren't charging her for that?
Wilton - Steven Clements
Michael Herbert Hall, South Street, Wilton,
SP2 0JS
eMail -
clementfairs@aol.com
Tel. - 01380 725 322
Mob. - 07958 101 891
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission unknown
Tuesday 24th September 2019
Garstang - Janet Pearson -
Garstang Evening Fair
Kirkland & Catterall Memorial Hall, PR3
0HR
Web-presence unknown
01282 439 009
18:00 - Finnish
Admission fee unknown
Tonbridge - SRP Toyfairs (evening fair)
Angel Lane,
Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1SF
Web. - http://srptoyfairs1.co.uk/
eMail: srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk
Tel. - 07739
998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
18:00 -
20:00hrs
Admission
£1.50p, children Free
Auctions
Saturday 21st September 2019
Newark - Northgate Auctions
17 Northgate, Newark, Nottingham, NG24 1EX
Tel. - 01636 605 905
Fax. - 01636 612 607
Mixed toys, vintage and modern
Monday 23rd September 2019
Downham
Market - Barry
L Hawkins
The Estate Office, 15 Lynn Road, Downham
Market, Norfolk, PE38 9NL
Web. - www.barryhawkins.co.uk
eMail - info@barryhawkins.co.uk
Tel. - 01366 387 180
Web. - www.barryhawkins.co.uk
eMail - info@barryhawkins.co.uk
Tel. - 01366 387 180
Sale starts 10:00hrs
Scale models and collectable toys
Tuesday 24th September 2019
Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis Auctions
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17
9JZ
Web. - www.vectis.co.uk
eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk
Tel. - 01642 750 616
Simon Hope Matchbox Collection - Part II
Thursday 26th September 2019
Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis
Auctions (1st day of a two day auction)
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17
9JZ
Web. - www.vectis.co.uk
eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk
Tel. - 01642 750 616
TV & film memorabilia (more in a
separate post here at Small Scale World on Monday)
"The Tony Hillman
Collection.
The Tony Hillman Collection,
features 129 lots of cinema and film lobby cards and stills, Star Wars press
books and literature, Photoplay and other monthly film magazine groups including
Empire, Film and Picture Show etc; plus movie posters and production notes,
film scripts and screenplays.
The collection started in 1955
when on holiday in Great Yarmouth I got the idea of collecting autographs, the
first ones being Ronnie Ronald, The Beverly Sisters and Charlie Chester.
Returning home to Birmingham every Saturday evening I’d go to the Hippodrome
and wait at the stage door for autographs of the variety artists, getting
anyone who came out so my first books were mainly of unknown names. I rarely
went to the other city theatre, the Alexander, which did plays, as at that time
I didn’t know of many actors but I did get Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
As I got older and more
knowledgeable about actors, I started doing trips to London to get top names
and by that time I’d started building up a collection of film magazines and
books and bits and pieces scrounged from cinema managers
By the late 60’s and being in a
dead-end job and with my interest in the cinema I decided to try for a job in
the industry and got one in the publicity department of Classic Cinemas based
in London’s West End. Being close to the
theatres and hotels made it easy at times for getting top names, such as one
evening after a few minutes wait at Claridge’s getting Bing Crosby then a walk
around the corner and getting Fred Astaire coming out of the Athenaeum, while
at other times it could be a long fruitless wait.
Contacts in the distributor’s
publicity departments helped build up “Classics” stills collection and mine
until in 1974 Classic’s head office was closed. I asked what was going to
happen to the publicity material and was told to help myself, so I did, taking
the lot,
After moving North in the early
70’s I started writing a film column for a local magazine and doing research on
films made in the North East and the film actors born in the region. I put the
information to use by doing talks for various groups and when it was the
“Centenary of the Cinema” I got six plaques for the region and put my collection
to use by mounting a good number of exhibitions.
It’s now come to the point to
thin some of the collection down and hope that it will give enjoyment to some
other collectors."
Friday 27th September 2019
Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis
Auctions (2nd day of a two day auction)
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17
9JZ
Web. - www.vectis.co.uk
eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk
Tel. - 01642 750 616
Trains and model railways
Other Events
Thursday 19th September (yesterday) -
Sunday 3rd November 2019
Newcastle - Discovery Museum -
Brilliant Bricks
Discovery Museum, Blandford Square,
Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Web. - www.discoverymmuseum.org.uk
'The story of Northern innovation,
recreated in Lego'
Expect Lego
black puddings, Lego slag-heaps, Lego whippets and Lego flat-caps?
(that's a joke, not 'racism' Mr. Stadinger, It'll be Ironbridge and shit like that, but that's obviously shit as in Rap 'shit' not 'bad shit', or 'shit as in bad' because bad-shit's probably quite good shit if you smoke shit, like rappers, so it could be rap shit AND bad shit, except there's NO drugs - it's bits of ENGINEERING and shit . . . I have to try and explain myself to the morons in Pennsylvanian, but I don't think they get it, even then . . shit!)
Dedham
- Munnings
Art Museum - Behind the Lines: Alfred Munnings, War Artist, 1918
The Munnings Art Museum, Castle Hill, Dedham,
Colchester, Essex, CO7 6AZ
Tel. - 01206 322 127
Wednesday to Sunday, 14:00-17:00hrs, closed
Mondays & Tuesdays (or groups by appointment)
Saturday 21st/Sunday 22nd September 2019
Duxford - Imperial War Museum -
Battle of Britain Air Show
Imperial War Museum, Duxford aerodrome,
Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Web. - www.iwm.org.uk
Pre-booking Required
Bitton - Avon Valley Railway Trust
- 1940's Weekend
Bitton Station, Bath Road, Bitton, Bristol
Web. - www.avonvalleyrailway.org
Re-enactment, costume, vintage military
vehicles &etc.
Overseas Events
Saturday 21st/Sunday 22nd September 2019
Mariembourge (Belgium) - CFV3V - Train Show
A Côté de la Gare, Couvin, Mariembourge, Belgium
Tel. - ++060 312 440
Saturday 21st September 2019
Köln (Germany) - Auktion Team Breker - Auction Sale
Otto-Hahn Straße 10,
50997, Köln-Godorf, Köln, Germany
P.O. Box - 50 11 19, 50971, Germany
Web. - www.breker.com
eMail - auction@breker.com
Tel. - ++02236 384 340 (Herr. Uwe H.
Breker)
Fax. - ++022363 843 430
Optical amusements, photographica and
cinematographic collectables sale
Roseville, (USA) - Dolls4All - Crossroads Doll & Teddy
Bear Show
The Grounds, Placer County Fair, 800 All
America City Blvd, Roseville, California, USA
Web. - http://dolls4all.com/
10:00- 15:00hrs, early-bird: 9:00
Admission unknown (early-birds US$10.00)
Sunday 22nd September 2019
Aachen (Germany) - Jurgen Hörner - Toy Fair
Kurpark-Terrassen, Aachen, Germany
Tel. - ++0210 251 133
Chicago (USA) - Roger Garfield - Chicargo Toy Soldier
Show
Hyatt Regency Schaumburg, 1800 East Golf
Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173, Illinois, USA
eMail - roger@chicagotoysoldiershow.com
Tel. - ++8475 675 355
10:00-15:30hrs
Admission US$10.00, children 12-and-under free
Probably the most professionally-run show
on the circuit
Walldorf (Germany) - Automania - Diecast Fair
Stadhalle Walldorf, Marfelden-Walldorf,
Germany
Tel. - ++6221 786 422
Monday 23nd September 2019
Unterhatching (German) - Automania - Diecast Fair
Hatchinga Halle, Unterhatchin, Munich,
Germany
Tel. - ++6221 786 422
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!
H is for How They Come In
This chap; Bob the Builder or a dozer-operating Bob-clone, was found lying in
the street! He's obviously from the younger-infant end of the toy-market, but
will still go in the tub with all the other larger-scale seated
civilians/drivers!
Picked this up just before final editing of
last week's 'show dates' in a Basingrad charity shop (back there today, so who
knows what I might turn-up?), consisting of a job-lot of ceramics; the green
duck is a small fairing, the owl earthenware, while the puppy is probably a Wade thing? The foxy-looking bear (?) is
either doughcraft or chalkware, but I haven't done a dig to decide as it's
well-sealed with varnish (suggesting flour & water!), and the glass bird
may be damaged with the upper beak now a hard-to-explain cresty-thing! But they
were 50p.
This is getting silly! It's another - new
sculp - Chap Mai! In defence of the
shop, it was in the same basket as the truck I picked up a week or so ago, so I
may have just missed it first time round! I have removed the 'soldier' from the
bonnet in the same way as last time - a dab of nail-varnish remover on the end
of an ear-bud/Q-tip.
Came-in this week; there are three posts on
these in the queue - really a more frivolous Christmassy posting thing - but
they garner traffic for other sources, so not to be sniffed at! Gogo's Crazy Bones, including some early
ones (I'm slowly learning them - early ones have no paint and a cruder
sculpting style) and I might sort them into a forth post!
Links
Go 'Strhaarliah! Toy Soldier-collecting Political leader . . .There's hope for us all!
From the WTF but looks like fun Department!
Received With Thanks
- Imagery and a press-release from Vectis, I've parceled them up as a stand-alone 'News, Views...' on Monday.
- We've seen the Captain Pugwash from Mr. Berke, but he's since sent more on them - Vivid Imaginations is the maker, and the line was from a range which included bean-bag figures, squirting toys (put that in the tag list and I'll get more traffic than the White House!) and a Black Pig Adventure Pirate Ship which could be useful for smaller 54/60mm figures - main deck's a bit short!
- Theo van der Weerden has sent some stuff following-up on some of last week's posts, but I've only just found it so I don't know if I can use it here, or just tuck it in the archive for 'latters'!
Thanks all, as always, and it reminds me
there are various follow-ups to sort out, so I may have a day or two on them at
some point.
Other News
Hopefully by the time you read this I will
have got the planet-dividers right! If not I'll put something simple in quickly
and remove this so you'll never know I tried!
No toy news, I've given the paper's a miss
this week - it's all old Etonians misbehaving! The only lesson of Brwreakshit
(other than don't have Brwreakshit) is never send your son (no daughters ever!)
to Eton, he'll end-up sexist, racist and behaving like a deranged performing-seal!
I might catch-up at the weekend, although I'm gutted the 'i's
gone-up 20p for the Saturday edition!
"What'er
we sorting? Unknown civilians? Why don't you know them then? So you won't be
needing this lid? For . . . a while like?"
Away From Toy Soldiers
Mentioned in the week at some point I think.
. .
. .
. not as hot-a-shots as some you'll find on-line, but there is - nevertheless -
something pleasing about capturing them yourself, even on a little pocket camera
- the naughty Rosemary Beetle, so
pretty! And yes - related to the spud-munching Colorado!
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