Netanyahu says it's all a set-up and a
coup, and unfair, but actually the chap charging him, was appointed by him, and
has charged him with a heavy heart, after years of investigations which have
already lead to Mrs. Netanyahu admitting similar charges and doing a deal to keep herself out of jail!
When Boris was asked about honesty in
politics the whole audience laughed at his answer. Why would anyone be
considering voting for a man a whole ITV audience laughs at? A man who took a commons-majority
of 11 and turned it into a minority of 32 in less than fifty days! A man who
horse-traded for an election on the 12th rather than the 9th, so he wouldn't be
the shortest serving premier ever . . . self-serving little shit-bag.
But I love watching his hair fall out,
almost hourly; by February he'll have to start polishing it because there'll be
nothing left to comb-over!
Then the same audience laughed at Corbyn's
attempts to nail-down his policy on Brwreakshit! He not the Stalinist beast
they all make him out to be, but equally; he can't hit a ball into an open
goal. Compare his speeches with Bernie's over the pond, Corbyn is a jolly nice
chap with an over-developed socialist streak, but he's no leader.
Neither of them are 'Statesmen'? It's got
to be the Liberals, to save ourselves from ourselves . . . or from our fellows!
Fortunately you can take you mind off such
things by buying toys . . .
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Toy Fairs
Saturday 23rd November 2019
Didcot
- Retro
Ronnie
Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, OX11 7JN
Web - www.retroronnie.com
Mob. I - 07708 385 061
Mob. II - 07900 266 427
Hours unknown
Admission unknown
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
Oxford - Richard Atkins Fairs -
Toy and Train Collectors Fair
Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington,
Oxford, OX5 1AB
Tel. - 01869 347 489
10:30-15:00hrs
Admission unknown
Refreshments
Free Parking
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
Worcester - Tony Oaks Toy Fairs
Perdiswell Leisure Centre, Bilford Road,
Worcester, Worcestershire, WR3 8DX
Internet presence unknown
Tel. - 01270 652 773
Mob. - 07825 631 323
10:30-14:00hrs
Admission £2, free parking
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Sunday 24th November 2019
Aston
Clinton - Joe
Lock
Green Park, Stablebridge Road, Aston
Clinton, Buckinghamshire, HP22 5NE
Internet presence unknown
Mob. - 07866 641 215
18:00-20:00hrs
Admission £2
Barry (nearer Cardiff, not 'Island') - Chris Dyer
Fairs
Barry Leisure Centre, Greenwood Street,
Barry, Wales, CF63 4RU
Web. - www.chrisdyerfairs.co.uk
Tel. - 01643
702 757
Mob. - 07966
694 579
Admission £2
10:30-15:00hrs
Catterick
Garison - Jim
Corr - Toy, Train & Sci-fi Fair
Catterick Garrison Leisure Centre, Gough
Road, Catterick DL9 3EL
eMail - jim_corr73@hotmail.co.uk
Mob. - 07504 035 955
10:00-14:00hrs
Admission £3, child/seniors £2, early bird
£5
Free Parking, café
Exhibition layouts
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
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
Lincoln - J&J Fairs (John
& Julie Webb)
The Exhibition Centre, Lincolnshire Showground,
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 2NA
Web. - www.j-jwebbtoyfairs.com
eMail - jandjfairs@virginmedia.com
Tel. - 01522 880 383
10:00-14:30hrs Approximately
Admission £2.50p, seniors £2, 1st child
£1.50p
Midhust - SRP Fairs
The Grange, Bepton Road, Midhurst, West
Sussex, GU29 9HD
Web. - www.srptoyfairs1.co.uk
eMail: srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk
Tel. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
[Probably] 10:00-14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
Wimborne
- Model Toys & Trains Collector's Fair
Queen Elizabeth's Leisure Centre (Sports
Hall), Blandford Road, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, BH21 4DT
Internet
presence unknown
Tel. - 01202 590 158
10:15-14:30hrs
Admission unknown
Large free car-park
Refreshments
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Tuesday 26th November 2019
Garstang - Janet Pearson -
Garstang Evening Fair
Kirkland & Catterall Memorial Hall, PR3
0HR
Internet presence unknown
01282 439 009
18:00-Finnish
Admission fee unknown
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Other Events
Thursday 14th November 2019 (last week!)
- Saturday 18th January 2020
Kilmarnock - East Ayrshire District
Council (?) - Comics: Explore & Create
The Dick Institute, Elmbank Avenue,
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Web. - www.eastaryshireleisure.com
From Denis the Menace (the original and
proper one) to Captain America with interactive elements
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Thursday 21st - Sunday 24th November
2019
Newcastle - Ticketmaster - Marvel
Universe Live
Utilita Areana, Arena Way,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Web. - www.ticketmaster.com
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Saturday 23rd November 2019
Colchester - Dolly's Daydreams -
Doll Show
The Assembly Rooms, High Street, Dedham,
near Colchester, Essex C07 6DE (venue)
Open 10.30am to 4pm.
Admission £1.50 (half price entry after 13:00hrs),
accompanied children under 16 free
Dolly's Daydreams, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
(organiser)
email - dollysdaydreams@btinternet.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/dollysdaydreams
Tel. - 01945 870 160
Mob. - 07860 517 048
email: dollysdaydreams@btinternet.com
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Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th November
2019
Exeter - Continuity Fairs -
International Antique & Collectors Fair
Westpoint, Exeter, Devon
Web. - www.continuityfairs.co.uk
Ludlow - Ludlow Castle - Ludlow
Medieval Christmas Fayre
Ludlow Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire
Festive shenanigans with a medieval twist,
expect living history, jesters, knights,
carols and booze!
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Sunday 24th November 2019
Bitton - Avon Valley Railway -
Santa Special
Bitton Station, Bath Road, Gloucestershire
Web. - www.avonvalleyrailway.org
Ride the rails with Santa Clause -
prior-booking required
Nantwitch - MMFairs - Doll Fair
The Civic Hall, Market Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5DG
10:30-15:00hrs
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Overseas Events
Saturday 23rd November 2019
Dover (USA) - Regal Railways - Train Show
Hillsborough County Fairgrounds, 215 Sydney
Washer Road, Dover, FL 33527, Florida, USA
Admission, $5.00US, children under 12 free
, early bird $7.00 (reservation needed, 08:00hrs in)
09:00-14:00
Vendors and Model Train Layouts
Lunch Available
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Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th November
2019
Park Place, 800 West Fourth Street, Williamsport,
PA 17701, Pennsylvania, USA
Web. - http://www.toytrainexpo.org
Wilmington (USA) - Greenberg Shows - Greenberg’s Great
Train & Toy Show -, PA
Shriners Auditorium, 99 Fordham Rd,
Wilmington, MA 01887, Massachusetts, USA (venue)
280 Carlton Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188,
USA (organiser)
Web. - http://greenbergshows.com/
Web. II - http://www.trainshow.com/wilmington
(show)
Tel. I - ++6302 794 087 (organiser)
Tel II - ++ 19786 574 202 (venue)
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
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Sunday 24th November 2019
Antwerpen (Belgium) - Dipro BVBA - International Collectors
Fair
Antwerp Expo, Antwerpen, Belgium
Web. - www.dipro.be
Tel. - ++032 395 638
10:00-17:00hrs
Toy, Train, Die-cast, Doll & Bear Show
Dublin (ROI) - Brian Collins Enterprises - Collectables
Toy Fair
Collinstown Suite, The Carlton Hotel,
Dublin Airport, Old Airport Road, Cloghran, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland
(Eire)
Tel. - 00353 879 827 712
[Findable on Facebook - Brian Collins]
Admission "Small charge"?
Merignac (France) - Burdijouets - Salon du Jouets Ancien et
de l'Automobilia
(Old Toy and Automobilia Fair)
Pavillon du Pin-Galant, 33700 Merignac,
France
Facebook - www.facebook.com/burdijouets
Tel. - ++0556 442 292
09:00-17:00hrs
admission €3.00,
free for minors under-13
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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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Missed
Almost missed the train auction at Vectis today, but covered it yesterday -
phew!
Missed 'Comics in Ayrshire', but it runs
until the 18th January 2020 so details are now above.
Missed MCM Comicon - NEC Birmingham - last
weekend!
Missed 'History of Video Games' - Bristol -
last weekend!
If I don't know about it in time, I can't
post it here in time . . . seeeemples!
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Received with Thanks
Angelo has sent all the images needed for a
comprehensive box-ticker on a quite sought-after Italian company's Wild West
figures, I just need to work out how to best collage them to sort them into an article.
Chris Smith sent more images on Speedwell scenics (and Cherilea), so a follow-up to the
follow-ups is . . . err . . . still in the pipeline, but getting there! He also
sent a nice naval Q-mark which I will try to add some other matelotes
too, and discovered (between eMails) a really nice game which I will try to get
myself, before Blogging . . . maybe after Christmas.
And Adrian Little brought a few bits to
Sandown for me last weekend, some of which may have posted by now (WHW blanks), others are in the pipeline
(Zang Guardsman), as is a show
report, but it's more of an H is for... post!
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Link
Socksmith - Merry Festive Gift idea!
Socksmith - Merry Festive Gift idea!
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Toy News
GI Janes
The armymen 'Armywomen' thing took a
slightly dim turn in the last week or two with the decision by BMC to use an internet funding platform
to finance the enterprise, so it won't be quite what it's been hyped as to the
media; a full-on production set of rack-toys, but rather; a 'print-to-numbers-ordered',
limited edition (and probably commensurately expensive) experiment.
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Also mentioned here recently, the Bronte
book sold this week, going over the higher estimate to finish above
£half-a-million, before buyer/seller premiums are added, it has been sold to
someone bidding for the museum and will join the four others.
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H is for How They come In
Not for me; for the tree! And actually
should have been in last week's or the week before's post? But I thought I'd
hold them until only a decent period of time remained between the posting and
the day! These were both from the temporary charity Christmas-card stall which
sets-up in the Library each year, and which carries a few other novelty items -
the guardsman is a hollow ceramic like a small fairing, and also comes with
blue trousers; the robin is poured resin, but pretty innocuous . . . I'll try
to lose the glitter at some point!
20p, you can't say 'no' at 20p can you? Well clearly I can't! Hong Kong kake-dec, mid
1970's? And the painted has slipped on the rim of the hat, leaving him with a
rather piratical patch over his eye!
I supose the purchasers (at full price)
will bang-on about reverse irony, ironic-kitsch double-irony or the old standby
"It's just a bit of fun",
but actually, think about it for a minute and it's none of the above, it's just
[expensive] cheap kitsch, cheapening the idea of St Nicholas in favour of the
'culture of puking, Brit-abroad, Balearic surfer-dude types!
Anyway, that's them; I'll keep one of each
and churn the rest back to charity! And may the God's of all things show
charity to whoever came up with these! I'd also like to know what was in the
other cavity; owner's kept it?
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Other Stuff
♪♫♫♪ It's beginning to look a
lot like Christmas! ♪♪♫♪♫
By the way - those four-pack mince-pies
from Sainsbury's are the best
commercially available mince-pies (outside of Harrods or Fortnum &
Mason's) ever! And I've tried them all over the years . . . that's the
eighth or ninth pack this year already!
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