I would also add that it was a full-moon
yesterday and it's Friday the Thirteenth, so one can't be that surprised . . .
oh . . . and news just coming across from the 'Well Fancy That' department is that
a government requested and paid for independent report came out today (the day after
a General Election) stating that waiting times in the NHS got worse last
month, that's the NHS Boris was assuring us he loves like a brother . . . oops!
If you voted Tory yesterday and are poorly, I hope you'll have the decency to
go to the back of that queue before an over-worked nurse sends you there?
And - this close to Christmas -
there's precious few events to drown one's sorrows in, nor - indeed -
celebrate, and anyway, we'll all need to start husbanding our money!
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Toy Fairs
Saturday 14th December 2019
Gateshead - Jim Corr Fairs - Toy,
Train & Sci-Fi Fair
Gateshead International Stadium, Neilson
Road, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE10 0EF
eMail - jim_corr73@hotmail.co.uk
Mob. - 07504 035 955
10:00 - 15:00hrs
Admission £3, children/senior citizens £2,
'Early Bird' £5
Maidstone - Michael
Spencer - Maidstone Vintage Toy
Fair
Lockmedow
Market Hall & Leisure Complex, Barker Road (Hart Street entrance),
Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8LW
Internet
presence unknown
Tel. - 01622
298 159
Mob. - 01732
840 787
09:00 -
15:00hrs
Admission
£2.50p
Park &
ride, pay and display parking, refreshments
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Sunday 15th December 2019
Stafford - Barry Potter / BP Fairs - 'Stafford Showground'
The Preston
& Argyle Suites, Stafford County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18
0BD
Web. - www.bpfairs.com
Tel. - 01604 846 688
Mob. - 07966
527 177
Fax. - 01604
771 070
10:30-15:00hrs
Admission
£4.00 (early-bird £8), OAP's £3.50, Children £1,
Free parking
Pudsey,
Leeds - Steel
Promotions - Leeds (Pudsey) Toy/Train Fair
Pudsey Civic Hall, Dawson's Corner,
Stanningley Road, LS28 5TA
Internet presence unknown
Tel. I - 0161 283 1255
Tel. II - 0161 766 2012
10:00-15:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
Café, licensed bar
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Auctions
Tuesday 17th & Wednesday 18th December
2019
Newbury
- Special
Auction Services (SAS)
81 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, West
Berkshire, RG19 6HW
Web - www.specialauctionservices.com
eMail - mail@specialauctionservices.com
Tel. - 01635 580595
Fax. - 0871 714 6905
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Overseas Events
Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th December
2019
Dulles (USA) - Greenberg’s Great Train & Toy Show
Dulles Exposition Center, Chantilly, VA,
Virginia, USA (venue)
Greenberg Shows, 280 Carlton Drive, Carol
Stream, IL 60188, Illinois, 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-or-under free
10:00-16:00hrs
Admission is $10 Saturday (for both days) or $9 Sunday (on-site ticket sales cash only), children 11-or-under free
Sunday 15th December 2019
Montvale (USA) - National Collectors Club - Montvale
Train & Toy Show
The St. Joseph High School, Montvale NJ,
07645, New Jersey, USA (venue)
PO Box 604, Englishtown, N.J. 07726, New
Jersey, USA (John)
PO Box 812, Ramsey, N.J. 07446, New Jersey,
USA (Joe)
Web. - http://www.eastcoasttrainparts.com/98mar8.htm
Tel. I
- ++7328 455 966 (John)
Tel. II - ++2013 275 254 (Joe)
09:00-15:00hrs
Admission $7.00
Featuring America's premier model train
dealers
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Links
Because of the time difference, this may be
of use to you if you happen to be near North NY State and read this in the next
hour or two!
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News
A World War II mascot teddy bear that went
to war in a tank fetched £4,000 at auction earlier in the week. That's a
Christmas story if ever I read one!
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H is for How They Come In
Has gone almost as quiet as the show dates
and auctions, but I still managed two things to show you this week;
A leery, purple and puke-green bag of Moshi Monsters, something which is on
the long-list and has been since I announced the imminent staring of them (and
there ilk - they are piling-up) on the Blog about two summers ago!
And I also managed an almost perfectly 54mm
Santa Clause - caught in the act of stealing someone's door-wreath! And I think
he's going to announce the theft by ringing a bell to wake them . . . bad
Santa! He's poured resin, but it's that 'polystone' stuff which loks quite
chalky.
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Other Stuff
Only a horse this week, in the figural line
(and Santa I suppose!) on the advent-calendar front and more 'hobby-' than
'cavalry-', note also how the different lighting and backgrounds change the
colours of what is identically-coloured chocolate, always shot with flash,
stopped-down two grades.
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