. . . at least we have toy fairs! Actually the
diary's a bit thin this week on most other events, but there's conversely a
decent bunch of actual toy fairs, so something for everyone, if they go look,
and a three day Vectis sale!
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Toy Fairs
Saturday 7th December 2019
Brentwood - J&J Fairs (John
& Julie Webb)
International hall, Brentwood Centre,
Doddinghurst Road, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 9NN
Web. - www.j-jwebbtoyfairs.com
eMail - jandjfairs@virginmedia.com
Tel. - 01522 880 383 (J & J Webb)
10:00 - Approx. 14:30hrs
Admission £3, seniors £2.50p, 1st child £2
Chalk Farm, London - Guideline
Publications - London Toy Soldier
Show
Haverstock School,
24 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, London, NW3 2BQ
Web. -
www.toysoldiershow.co.uk
eMail - kim@guidelinepublications.co.uk
Tel. - 01908
274 433
10:30 -
16:00hrs
Admission
£6, early bird (from 09:30hrs) £10, late hares £4 - after 14:00hrs
Parking £5 (reasonable
for London!)
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Sunday 8th December 2019
Ashington - David Parsons - Toy
& Train Collectors Fair
Ashington Community Centre, Foster Lane,
Ashington, West Sussex, RH20 3PG
Web. - www.modelcarmart.co.uk
eMail - modelcarmart@gmail.com
Tel. - 01424 846 676 (Pete)
Mob. - 07742 609 865 (David)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Adults £1.50, concessions £1
[Is he? Two shows on one day? I think one of the dates published
elsewhere (Henfield - below) is a big fat error?]
Brecon - Chris Dyer Fairs
Market hall, Town Centre, Brecon, Powys,
Wales, LD3 7LG
Web. - www.chrisdyerfairs.co.uk
Tel. - 01643 702 757
Mob. - 07966 694 579
10:30 - 15:00hrs
Admission £2
Chartham - SRP Toy Fairs
Station Road, Chartham, Kent, ME13 7RA
Web. - http://srptoyfairs1.co.uk/
eMail - srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk
Mob. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
Cirencester - Retro Ronnie
Bingham Hall, King Street, Cirencester,
Glousecstershire, GL7 1JT
Web - www.retroronnie.com
Mob. I - 07708 385 061
Mob. II - 07900 266 427
10:00-hrs 'till finish
Admission unknown, early bird (from
08:00hrs)
Refreshments
CANCELLED
Great
Bentley - R
& G Toy Fairs
Village Hall, Plough Road, Great Bentley,
Essex, CO7 8LD
Tel. - 01206 251 351 (Gary)
Tel. - 01255 473 509 (Richard)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission £2.00, under 16's free
Free parking, refreshments
Advertised
by some sources; this show was held on the 23rd November.
Kirkby-in-Ashfield - Townsend
Toy & Train Fairs (Malcolm Townsend)
Festival
Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 7DJ
Web. - www.tttf.co.uk
Mob. - 07951
072 790
10:00 -
14:00hrs
Admission fee unknown, aaccompanied under-16's free
Free
parking, refreshments
Wirral - Barry Stockton Fairs - Merseyside Hobbies & Model
Railway Show
Hulme Hall,
Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 5DH
Web. - http://barrystocktonfairs.co.uk/
Tel. - 01513 343 362
10:30 - 15:30
Admission - Adult £4.50p, Children £1
Web. - http://barrystocktonfairs.co.uk/
Tel. - 01513 343 362
10:30 - 15:30
Admission - Adult £4.50p, Children £1
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Monday 9th December 2019
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Tuesday 10th December 2019
Elsecar - Newcomen Fairs Ltd. -
Elsecar Toy & Train Fair (evening fair)
Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, Nr.
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 8HJ
Web. - www.newcomenfairs.co.uk
eMail - sales@newcomenfairs.co.uk
Tel. - 01226 744 425
19:00 - 21:00hrs
Admission £1.50p, children 50p
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Wednesday 11th December 2019
Burton-upon-Trent - Townsend Toy & Train Fairs (Malcolm Townsend) - Evening Fair
The Town
Hall, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2EB
Web. - www.tttf.co.uk
Mob. - 07951 072 790
18:00 -
20:30hrs
Admission
unknown, accompanied under-16's free
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Thursday 12 December 2019
Theydon
Bois - Joe
Lock Fairs (evening fair)
Village Hall, Coppice Row, Theydon Bois,
Essex, CM16 7ER
Internet presence unknown
Mob. - 07866 641 215
19:00-21:00hrs
Admission £1
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Auctions
Wednesday 11th-Friday 13th December 2019
Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis
Auctions (3-day sale)
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17
9JZ
Web. - www.vectis.co.uk
eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk
Tel. - 01642 750 616
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Friday 13th December 2019
Sheffield - Shefield Auction Gallery
Windsor Road, Heeley, Sheffield, S8 8UB
Tel. - 0114 281 6161
Viewing - Thursday 12th 09:00- 16:45, from
08:30 on sale day
14:00 - Finish
Engineered Live Steam Models &
Railwayana Auction (from 10:00hrs)
Specialist Collectable Toys & Model
Railway Auction (from 11:00hrs)
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Other Events
Selected dates from now to Tuesday 24th
December (Christmas Eve)
Aylsham - Bure Valley Railway -
Steam Trains to Santa
Aylsham Station, Norwich Road, Aylsham,
Norfolk
Web. - www.bvrw.co.uk
Nothing much else around of the toy-related
verity, lots of Christmas Markets setting up now, Leeds has a good one I believe, Guildford another one, and other towns have day-events, evening
events and the like; Ironbride are
doing a themed Victorian weekend, you can often find erzgebirge type stuff at
the better (more European/Germanic tradition-following-) ones, so worth
searching out if you feel a sudden need for wooden novelties!
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Overseas Events
Saturday 7th December 2019
Pinellas
Park (USA)
- Regal Railways - Christmas Show
(trains)
Lopez Inc. Hall, 7177 58th Street North,
Pinellas Park, FL 33781, Florida, USA (venue)
501 East Bay Drive, Apt. 1503, Largo, FL
33770, Florida, USA (promoter)
Tel. - ++17 272 441 341
09:00-14:00hrs
Admission, $5.00 children under 12 free,
'early-bird' $7.00 (reserve between 08:00-09:00hrs)
Vendors and exhibition model train layout
Lunch Available
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Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th December
2019
Timonium (USA) - Greenberg's - Great Train & Toy Show
Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road,
Timonium, MD 21093, Maryland, USA (venue)
Greenberg Shows, 280 Carlton Drive, Carol
Stream, IL 60188, USA (organiser)
Web. - http://greenbergshows.com/
Tel. - ++6302 794 087
Fax. - ++2405 974 482
10:00-16:00hrs
Admission is $10 Saturday (for both days) or $9 Sunday (on-site ticket sales cash only), children 11 and under free
10:00-16:00hrs
Admission is $10 Saturday (for both days) or $9 Sunday (on-site ticket sales cash only), children 11 and under free
Running alongside the Baltimore Stamp & Coin show
Thought for the day - they could do
aluminium . . . if they wanted to?!!
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If you are
an event promoter/show curator/auctioneer and you want your toy, model,
collectable, military, historical 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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Links
On both sides of the pond! And nice to see last
year's news-link story has been scaled-down rather than cancelled.
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Received With Thanks
Parcels
Two - no less! Through the letter-box
yesterday (Thursday), one from Mr. Evans in North London and one from Mr. Berke
in North America! The London one was - I think - the rest of the last lot (more
Star Wars Command and two more of those nice, shiny Britains copies, except one is Lone
Star this time!), the NYNY one will be H is for...'ed in the next week or
two.
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Pictures and Prose
An interesting shot came from Theo, it was
going to be a future Q is for Question Time after both
Kent Sprecher and myself failed to ID it, but I've sussed it out now and it
will join a post (hopefully next Tuesday) made mostly of Angelo's latest shots,
so a bit of synergy going on there!
And I should be adding a shot to the early Airfix page sometime next week after
Danny O'Neil sent me more on the Feathalite
figures from Oz. I've also had more on firefighters from Theo, along with bath
toys and other bits from Brian B in NYC.
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Publication
As I was leaving the house this morning, I
saw Plastic warrior 177 (an auspicious calibre for a magazine!) on the mat, so
didn't have time to read it, however, due to the train strike, I did have time
to quickly peruse it and can report it looks to be a pretty Pharaonic issue!
Thanks to all for everything, it all adds
an extra dimension to the Blog.
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Other SSW Stuff
This Week I are bin mostly . . . Herdin'
Deer
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My advent calendar has already turned-up a
soldier, a tree and a bear! Twenty still to come - it's a naughty one with an
extra 25th chocolate, on the 25th!
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Thumbs Up!
Five weeks tomorrow and it's almost back to
its old self, but appearances are deceptive and it's still quite hert'y, it has
a sort of painful pins-&-needles which I'm told by people who have been
equally stupid suffered similar injuries that it might take a month or two
for that to wear-off. I imagine it's all the internal cut-ends of little
microscopic stuff worming around to find each-other and join back up? It's
still quite numb as well.
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