Boris is blackmailing Parliament, Trump is
sending his goons in to break-up cross-party hearings, Bolsonaru is advising
the Italian right, and all 'Tabloid Britain' wants is some poor cow from the 'States
to be extradited for a traffic accident?
Let's get things into perspective here
peep's, the kid was 19, and on a motorcycle, about the commonest combination
involving death after 'Driving hatchback aged 21 with three drunk girls on the
backseat'?
The 'diplomat's' wife (he was a spy and his
career is almost certainly over if not seriously curtailed) was on the wrong
side of the road, a situation I've found myself in every-time I've left the Autobahn at Herne - I didn't kill anyone; so nobody's after me!
She had offered to cooperate, and the
finding would have been 'accident' or at the worst 'misadventure', but the US
spooks panicked and whisked her away, yet it's not a major diplomatic spat,
it's only a Tabloid over-reaction and miss-representation, which the boy's -
understandably heartbroken - parents are being encouraged to ride to the max,
with both Boris and Trump trying to get capital from it - the pair of turds.
There is no guilty party, ergo; there are no
'winners', only losers.
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Toy Fairs
Saturday 26th October 2019
Brentwood - J&J Fairs (John
& Julie Webb)
International hall, Brentwood Centre, Doddinghurst
Road, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 9NN
Tel. - 01522 880 383 (J & J Webb)
10:00 - Approx. 14:30hrs
Admission £3, seniors £2.50p, 1st child £2
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Clocks change back to
GMT prior to Sunday morning
Sunday 27th October 2019
Doncaster - Barry Potter / BP Fairs
- 'Doncaster Racecourse'
Doncaster Exhibision
Centre, Leger Way, Doncaster, DN2 6BB
Web. - www.bpfairs.com
Tel. - 01604 846 688
Mob. - 07966 527 177
10:30-15:00hrs
Admission - Adults £4, Seniors £3.50p, Children £1, 'Early Bird' (from 8 a.m.)
£10
Plenty of free parking
Orpington - SRP Toyfairs
Crofton Halls, Orpington, Kent, BR6 8PR
Tel. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
Reading - Tony Oaks Toy Fairs -
Toy Fair & Exhibition
(Incorporating 'Reading Vintage Toy Fair')
Rivermead Leisure Centre, Richfield Avenue,
Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8QE
Internet presence unknown
Tel. - 01270 652 773
Mob. - 07825 631 323
10:30 - 15:00hrs
Admission £4.00, accompanied children under
16 free, 'early bird' (from 08:30hrs) £10.00, 'lazy bird' (from 09:30hrs) £7.00
Parking, refreshments, full facilities
Layouts and displays
Dateline show - dealers should carry stock
up to 1995 only
{If you've
never been you should give it a go, it's one of the better shows in the year's
calendar}
Seaford - Robert Horsecroft - Toy
& Antique Collectors Fair
Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road, Seaford,
East Sussex, BN25 4QW
Internet presence unknown
Tel. 1 - 01323 899 879
Tel. 2 - 01424 846 676
10:00 - 14:30hrs
Admission £1.50p, children under 12 free
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Tuesday 29th October 2019
Elsecar - Newcomen Fairs Ltd. -
36th Elsecar Toy & Train Fair (evening fair)
Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, Nr.
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 8HJ
Tel. - 01226 744 425
19:00 - 21:00hrs
Admission £1.50p, children 50p
Garstang - Janet Pearson -
Garstang Evening Fair
Kirkland & Catterall Memorial Hall, PR3
0HR
Web-presence unknown
01282 439 009
18:00 - Finnish
Admission fee unknown
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Thursday 31st October 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
(expect needy children with buckets)
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Auctions
Tuesday 29th & Wednesday 30th October
2019
Newbury
- Special
Auction Services (SAS) - Two-day Auction
81 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, West
Berkshire, RG19 6HW
Tel. - 01635 580595
Fax. - 0871 714 6905
Toy trains and model railways
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Wednesday 30th October 2019
Warrington - Warrington & Northwich
Auctioneers & Valuers
551 Europa Boulevard,
Westbrook, Warrington WA5 7TP
Tel. - 01925 658 833
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Thursday 31st October 2019
Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis
Auctions (2-day sale)
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17
9JZ
Tel. - 01642 750 616
General toy sale
"The General Toy sale to be held on the 31st of October features
boxed and unboxed groups of Matchbox, Corgi, Dinky, Solido, Sunstar, Lledo,
Minichamps, Vanguards and many others. Plus, British Touring Car Champions
groups, Piccolino boxed white metal vehicles and kits, Matchbox Super Kings
Tankers, Tekno and WSI trucks and trailers; and Corgi Forward March groups,
gift sets and Aviation Archive. The sale will also include TV and Film related
models, modern tinplate vehicles, Hot Wheels re-carded and boxed set groups and
Matchbox of Yesteryear collections. There is also a good selection of Football
memorabilia, board games, jigsaws, pictures, book and magazines, Videos,
Scalextric, Mega Bloks and Lego, plus a number of soft toys and Steiff Jolly
Golly and Bear sets."
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Other Events
Clocks change back to
GMT prior to Sunday morning
Thursday 24th (yesterday) - Sunday 27th
October 2019
Glasgow - Stitch & Hobby -
The Creative Craft Show
SEC, Glasgow, Scotland
(If you are near or passing it might be
very useful for tools or materials for modellers or figure painters)
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Saturday 26th October 2019
Lyndhurst - Wendy Hobday - Dolls
& Doll's Houses
Community Centre, Main Car Park, Lyndhurst,
Hants, SO43 7NY
Internet presence unknown
Tel. - 01895 834 348
Hours unknown
Admission fee unknown
Holt - MGM Fairs - Dolls &
Doll's Houses
Holt Community Centre, Kerridge Way, Holt,
Norfolk, NR25 6DN
Tel. - 07818 462448
Hours [probably] - 10:30-15:00hrs
Admission [probably] - adults/seniors:
£2.50, children: 50p
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Saturday 26th - Sunday 27th October 2019
Farnham - Maltings - Festival of
Crafts
Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Long
Bridge Road, Farnham, Surry, GU9 7QR
Saturday - 10:00-17:00hrs (approximately)
Sunday - 10:00-16:30hrs (approximately)
(This is more of a general show (I've been)
and among the pottery and glass-blowers there is dolls stuff, novelty stuff and
Christmas stuff - worth a punt!)
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Saturday 26th October - Sunday 3rd
November 2019
Cardiff - Museum of Wales - Traditional
Fairground
St Fagans National Museum of History,
Cardiff, Wales
In addition to the above the whole period
will be knee-deep in Halloween stuff, Diwali stuff and 'Half-Term' stuff,
some of which may have useful stalling-out or novelty/trinket purchasing opportunities!
So check your local-press, local library or 'High Street' notice-boards for the
next week or three? And then we'll be into the Christmas Market season . . . eight
weeks to go!
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Overseas Events
Clocks [UK Time] change
back to GMT prior to Sunday morning
- should only affect you if travelling from
Britain over-night
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th October
2019
Friburg (Switzerland) - Retro Technico - Toy, Music and
Technology Fair
Forum Building, Friburg FR, Switzerland
Tel. - ++0793 283 200
(Toys, trains & railway, musical
instruments and vintage PC/gaming gear)
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Sunday 27th October 2019
Feytait (France) - CAJAF - 20th Old & Collectable Toy's
Fair
Incorpoating the '1st Limobricks' Lego
event
Espace/Salle Georges Brassens, Salles du
pastel et Pierre Louis, Place de l'Europe, Marie de Faytiat, Faytait, Limoges
87220, France
Tel. I - ++0636 979 667
Tel. II - ++0682 226 138
Tel. III - ++0683 495 908
Admission free
Free parking
Genval (Belgium) - 68 Art - Toy Auction
Manoir du Chateau du Lac, Au Matin's
Manoir, Avenue Hoover 8, 1332 Genval, Belgium
Tel. - ++0486 382 054
Tel. - ++026 449 767
Auction 10:00-15:00hrs
Viewing Friday 25th (today) & Saturday
26th 10:00-19:00hrs
München
(Munich, Germany) - Automania - Toy Fair
MAN-Truck-Forum, Munich, Germany
Tel. - ++06221 786 422
Die-cast and general toys
Steinsel (Luxembourg) - Module-Club Luxembourg - Train &
Railway Show
Centre de Loisirs Norbert Melcher,
Steinsel, Luxembourg
Tel. - ++0661 682 404
Thann (France) - Thierry Dungler - 34th International Toy
Exchange
Centre Sportif, Collège Charles Walsh, Rue Jean Flory, Thann 68, France
Tel. I - ++0033 / 6 / 85 550 046
Tel. II - ++0389 372 686
09:30-17:00hrs
Troisdorf (Germany) - Jürgen Hörner - Toy Fair
Stadhalle Troisdorf, Troisdorf, Germany
Tel. - ++0210 351 133
Wanze (Belgium) - AMAF - Toy & Train Fair
Salle Binamé Spirou,
Wanze, Belgium
Tel. - ++085 713 343
Zürich (Switzerland) - Ursula Alber - Toy Fair
Kunsthaus Vortragsaal, Zürich, Switzerland
Tel. - ++00436 644 041 926
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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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H is for How They Come-in
Two bears! That was it this week; two bears
for a quid, or beyahs as Arnie would call them -
"Gim'me
your beyah, noowww, or'hy blowyouwaayyy!"
That's how the cookie crumbles sometimes,
you get good weeks and we've just had a few in a row, and you get quiet weeks,
this was one of those, but I did get those gliders for next time - another
quid!
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Links
Wargaming in Bahrain - wear something
sensible, don't take booze and try to say something intolerant of women, gays,
or Sunis or should it be Shia's?
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Staff Stuff
Parcels' cometh there, two . . .
"I
think there's something in this end boss, but it's a bit tight!"
(Loyal readers - it was empty)
"I'll
try the other ennnn..?!?..d"
"WHUMMP!"
"Wheeeeooowww!" (Loyal readers - cat; head-over-backwards, polystyrene
baton, empty-box-one and empty-box-two all disappeared over the side of the bed
before this shot was in the camera! They are supposed to be good at balance?)
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Other Stuff
Walnuts, gathered from over the tracks, the
same day I shot the Rosemary beetle, drying under the fire after I left them
too long in the bag and their cases turned to a heap of quid-ink black-jelly
mess! But I ate five after this shot was taken and the nuts are fine!
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