This is the man who was complaining earlier
this week that the Electoral Commission, were all '...from the political class' and 'look
at them...all establishment people', this man who was a City B'wanker for
many years before spending the next 20-odd as err . . . a politician . . . you
don't GET more establishment than b'wankers!
He's also been barred from his 'local' for
an apparent hit-and-run - on the landlord's car - and been covered in flavoured
milkshake! Meanwhile his belief in democracy doesn't extend to Channel
4 and he won't answer questions on his desire to close the NHS;
it's all from the book according to Trump.
Toys . . . we all need more toys . . .
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Toy Fairs
Saturday 25th May 2019
Sandown
Park - Barry
Potter / BP Fairs
Exhibition
Centre, Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9AJ
Tel. - 01604
846 688
Mob. - 07966
527 177
10:30 -
15:00hrs
Admission -
Adults £6.50p, seniors £6, children £2, early bird (from 08.00hrs) £10.00
Tons of free parking
Hopefully - see you there!
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Sunday 26th May 2019
Chartham - SRP Toy Fairs
Station Road, Chartham, Kent, ME13 7RA
Mob. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
Lincoln - J&J Fairs (John
& Julie Webb)
The Exhibition Centre, Lincolnshire
Showground, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 2NA
Tel. - 01522 880 383
10:00 - 14:30hrs Approximately
Admission £2.50p, seniors £2, 1st child
£1.50p
Southport - Barry Stockton Fairs
Splash World, Dunes Leisure Centre, The
Esplanade, Southport, PR8 1RX
Tel. - 0151 334 3362
10:00 - 14:30hrs
Admission £2.00, children 50p
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Tuesday 28th May 2019
Garstang - Janet Pearson -
Garstang Evening Fair
Kirkland & Catterall Memorial Hall, PR3
0HR
Web-presence unknown
01282 439 009
18:00hrs - Finnish
Admission fee unknown
Tonbridge - SRP Toyfairs (evening fair)
Angel Lane,
Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1SF
Tel. - 07739
998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
18:00 -
20:00hrs
Admission
£1.50p, Children Free
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Auctions
Saturday 25th May 2019
Poole - Cottees Auctions Limited
Mannings
Heath Road, Poole, Dorset, BH12 4NQ
Tel. - 01202
723 177
Collectable
toys and model railways sale
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Wednesday 29th May 2019
Newbury
- Special
Auction Services (SAS - day 1 of a 2-day auction)
81 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, West
Berkshire, RG19 6HW
Tel: 01635 580595
Fax: 0871 714 6905
'Glorious Trains' Part Two
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Thursday 30th May 2019
Newbury
- Special
Auction Services (SAS - day 2 of a 2-day auction)
81 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, West
Berkshire, RG19 6HW
Tel: 01635 580595
Fax: 0871 714 6905
'Toys for the Collector'
Spalding - M&M Auctions - Day-1
of a 2-day sale
Unit 4, Plover Court, Stephenson Avenue,
Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 3SW
Tel. - 01406 422 848
Viewing - 29th May and mornings of sale
days from 08:30hrs
Day-1 die-cast sale
Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis Auctions
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17
9JZ
01642 750 616
1-Day model railway sale
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Friday 31st May 2019
Elstree - Excalibur
Auctions (Day 1 of a 2-day auction)
The Village
Hotel, Elstree, Hertfordshire, WD6 3SB (venue)
Chiltern Business
Centre, Woodside Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP6 6AA (office)
02036 330
913
Free Tea or
Coffee
General toy
and collectables auction
[Second day
of sale: Saturday 1st June 2019]
Spalding - M&M Auctions -
Day-2 of a 2-day sale
Unit 4, Plover Court, Stephenson Avenue,
Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 3SW
Tel. - 01406 422 848
Viewing - 29th May and mornings of sale
days from 08:30hrs
Day-2 die-cast, railway and Meccano sale
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Overseas Events
Saturday 25th May-Sunday 26th May 2019
Victoria,
Canada - Cherry Bomb Toys - Victoria Ultimate
Hobby & Toy Show
Perkes Areana, G.R. Pearkes Recreation
Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (Venue)
Cherry Bomb Toys, 1410 Broad Street,
Victoria, BC V8W2B1, Canada (organisers)
Tel. - 2503 858 697
09:00-15:00hrs
Admission Can$5.00, each day, 'early bird'
(Saturday only - 08:00-09:00hrs) Can$15.00, under-12's free.
Door prizes every half hour
Sunday 26th May 2019
Gourney
en Bray, France - Club Miniarev - 19th Collectors Fair and Antique Toys
Gymnase, Rue Jules Ferry, 76220 Ville du
Gourney-en-Bray, France
Tel. 1 - 0232 531 636
Tel. 2 - 0235 905 615
Tel. 3 - 0679 042 875 (Club Miniarev, Monsieur Merlin Martial, 4
Impasse des Violettes)
08:30-16:30hrs
Entry Free
Tables €8-per-meter
Refreshments - Bar, Brasserie
[Jules Ferry Secondary School]
Note: This even is not being held on the
27th May 2018 as advertised on Vichy's site, that was last year!
Lons,
France - Tandem
Events - Old Toys and Meeting of Geeks
Le Suanier, Parc Expo Juraparc, Reu du 19
Mars 1962, Montmorot, Lons, France
Tel. - 0668 317 905 (Laurent, 6 Rue Orset, 71590 Gergy)
09:00-17:00hrs
Admission €2, free
for under-12's
Buffet refreshments
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Thursday 30th May 2019
Joigny,
France - Tandem
Events - Old Toys and Meeting of Geeks
Marché Couvert (Covered Market), Quai Henri Ragobert, 89300 Joigny,
France (location)
Tel. - 0668 317 905 (Laurent, 6 Rue Orset, 71590 Gergy)
09:00-17:00hrs
Admission €3, free
for under-12's, ticket includes entry to the adjacent militaria fair (see
below)
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Other Events
Friday 24th May (today)-Sunday 26th may
2019
London - ExCel Centre - MCM
Comicon
ExCeL London, One Western Gateway, Royal
Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL
Friday 24th; 10:00-19:00hrs (last ticket
sale and ticket scan 17:00hrs), Saturday 25th; 09:00-19:00hrs (last ticket scan
17:00hrs, no ticket sales), Sunday 26th; 09:00-17:00hrs (last ticket sale and
ticket scan 16:00hrs), last re-entry; 30 minutes before closing
Under-10's Free
Wednesday 29th May - Sunday 2nd June
2019
Stockholm,
Sweden - Royal
Philatelic Society of London - Stockholmia2019 (stamp fair)
Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre,
Stockholm, Sweden
Show Hours . . .
Tuesday 28th May 2019 - 15:00-19.00hrs
('Trade' Vernissage exclusively for Philatelic Exhibitors, Dealers and Invited
Guests)
Wednesday 29th May 2019 - 10:00-18:00hrs
Thursday 30
May 2019 2019 - 10:00-18:00hrs
Friday 31st May 2019 - 10:00-18:00hrs
Saturday 1st June 2019 - 10:00-17:00hrs
Sunday 2nd June 2019 - 10:00-15:00hrs
Competition and non-competitive exhibition
displays. Participation is open to all Fellows and Members of the Royal
Philatelic Society London (RPSL)
Thursday 30th May 2019
Joigny,
France - Tandem
Events / UFA - 1ère Salon/Bourse
Militaria (1st Militaria Collectors Fair)
Marché Couvert (Covered Market), Quai Henri Ragobert, 89300 Joigny,
France (location)
Tandem Events, 6 rue Orset, 71590 Gergy, France (organisers)
Tel. - 0668 317 905 (Laurent)
09:00-17:00hrs
Admission €3, free to under-12's, ticket includes entry to the adjacent
toy fair (see above)
Uniforms, armour, documents/ephemera, insignia, medals &
decorations, modelled miniatures, re-enactors, AFV's
Armed forces, police and fire-fighting
[Expect a lot of 6th June overspill]
Friday 31st May-Sunday 2nd June 2019
Birmingham - National Exhibition Centre
(NEC) - UK Games Expo
The NEC, North Ave, Marston Green,
Birmingham B40 1NT
&
The Hilton Hotel, Pendigo Way, Marston Green,
Birmingham B40 1PP
Tel. - 01562 69391 (09:00-16:00hrs -
Mon.-Thu.)
Trade hall's opening times - Friday 31st and
Saturday 1st; 09:30-18:00hrs, Sunday 2nd; 09:30-16:00hrs
Now until Monday 26th August 2019
London - British Museum - 'Manga'
Room 30, British Museum, Great Russell
Street, London, WC1B 3DG
Web. - www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/manga.aspx
eMail - tickets@britishmuseum.org
Tel. - +44 (0)20 7323 8181 (bookings)
Admission £19.50, under-16's free, 2-for-1 tickets for students on
Fridays - prices may vary Organised with The National Art Center, Tokyo and the
Organisation for the Promotion of Manga and Anime
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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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PW News
Off the back of the show two weeks ago were
two new 'Specials', one on Speedwell
which I will do a review of when I return to full Blogging, and another (above)
on Solido's plastic figures which
sold-out before I got to it, but is still available from the details below.
Paul - the Editor - kindly sent me the
above image and the following press release (my italics!);
"The Book of Speedwell
A completely revised and updated publication
covering all the known plastic figures by Speedwell.
Many more photos, including many boxed sets, and newly discovered information
on this, perhaps not so minor maker. Includes pages from a price list c:1960;
as well as a complete analysis of their farm range by Barney Brown.
(64 pages, full colour).
Solido Belge
Newly written for PW by Daniel
Lepers, this is a comprehensive look at the plastic figures produced by this
well-know Belgian company.
(24 pages, full colour)."
Contacting PW
The Editor, 65 Walton Court, Woking, Surrey,
GU21 5EE
Tel. - 01483 722 778
Fax. - 01483 772 723
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Other News
Lincolnshire Louts
UK readers will be well aware of this story
as it has been covered by all the Daily's, terrestrial TV and most radio, but
for the foreign readership; vandals broke into the Welland Academy in
Stamford, where the Market Deeping Model Railway Club had set up for a show
last Sunday, and smashed everything.
But this wasn't the usual tip over a few tables, pluck some Merit trees,
nick the mars bars and coke from the club fridge and break-into the petty-cash
box, this was a prolonged orgy of destruction in which hand-built brass
locomotive models which had taken up to 25 years to finish were individually
destroyed (some by being thrown at a basketball hoop), every table was
overturned, every display was comprehensively trashed.
In the week since there has been a vast wave of sympathy (led by one Sir
Rod Stewart, a popular singer I believe!) and the last time I looked £61k
had been pledged from all over the world.
Four youths were arrested hiding in the
school, one parent has already appeared in the tabloids with the usual 'I can't believe it of my lovely boy' and
we all know nothing will come of it as far as retribution goes, meanwhile the
lifetime's work of several of hobbyists in a - probably - close group, has gone
forever.
The parent - of course - seems to have no
explanation for why she didn't know where her 'cherub' was at three-o'clock in
the morning!!
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Link
Why the Plastic Grasshoppers Were Called
Cooties!
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H is for How They Come In
New Books
Bit tight this week on the charity-shop
front (spent-out in Twickenham! ), but I picked this trio up over the week, the Usbourne 'Model Cars' is one of those
curious things where photographs are rendered as commercial artwork and is of
limited use, but fills a gap in the library as far as toy books go, I think
their 'Model Railways' volume is in the garage and there's an Aircraft one too,
still to be found.
The Bear book is superb, I have quite a few
as they all add to the whole, but this one is particularly good on company
histories and ID'ing the various makers, and is very well illustrated.
While the Casell's 'History of Warfare' is
beautifully written, but tends to illustrations you will have seen before - if
you follow such works, but it's about the text and Mr. Humble's fluid style is
easy to read, yet get's to the 'nub of it' very succinctly.
For instance - I've read about Salamis many times (it was my O-level
graphics paper's project - design a set of Salamis
commemorative stamps!), but this is the first book that made me realise one of
the major factors on the day was that the Persians (on expedition) were
carrying masts, yards, rigging and sails, while the Greeks, who prepared 'in
the morning' for battle, left theirs on the beach, so their ships were lighter,
less likely to get caught-up in mêlées and more manoeuvrable, as well as being
less top-heavy; so less likely to roll-over when rammed or ramming.
Likewise his coverage of the end of the
Roman Empire (particularly the Western empire) is very clear and easy to retain;
poor old Marcus Aurelius - he came so close, then all those horrid little
Farage's, Erdogan's and Orban's stabbing each-other, for a six-month stint in the hot seat, if the
palace guard or the oligarchs let them live another six months!
More Books
As I'm doing books, these have also come in
over the last few months, I may have Blogged one or both, I can't remember! The
bear book (Christmas/January?) was cheap, and it's not bad, but a bit 'coffee
table' if you know what I mean, while the brands book (a few weeks ago) is very
'coffee table', but useful none-the-less, especially when there's no internet,
where you can otherwise find most of the stuff within its covers!
An Actual Toy!
It's McDonald's,
whose premiums I don't pay much attention to, but I'll make an exception for a
semi-realistic (it was a cartoon!) Snowy from Tin Tin! The head turns but the legs are hollowed-out and open from
the inner sides- you win some you lose some!
I must get a better stabbing-guy, or dust
the one I'm using!
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