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February 26 BARTON DOLL FAIRIT'S BARTON DOLL,TEDDY AND MINIATURES FAIR THIS SATURDAY, I HOPE SOME OF YOU MAKE IT TO THE FAIR. IF YOU ARE PLANING TO GO TO RIVINGTON, BOBBY'S BEARS FAIR IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET TO BOTH, MINE IS JUST OFF JUNTION 32 OF THE M6 AND ON THE A6 AT BARTON VILLAGE HALL. VERY EASY TO FIND ONLY 3 MILES FROM THE MOTORWAY AND NO TURN OFFS TILL YOU GET TO THE HALL. THERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE PREVIOUS FAIRS ON THE ALBUM. February 20 REEBOKHAD GOOD DAY AT REEBOK, BOUGHT A LOT OF PIPPA'S AND CLOTHES INCLUDING JASMINE WHICH I'VE BEEN WANTING FOR A LONG TIME. I'VE BEEN SPENDING THE LAST TWO NIGHTS SORTING WHICH I'M KEEPING AND PHOTOGRAPHING THEM. I'LL BE ADDING THE PHOTO'S TO THE TEENAGE DOLLS ALBUM.
I SOLD ENOUGH AT THE FAIR TO COVER THE AMOUNT I SPENT SO IT WAS A NICE DAY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A LONG ONE. THERE WERE SOME VERY NICE THINGS AT THE FAIR AND THERE WILL BE MORE PHOTOS ON THE TOY FAIRS ALBUM.
PANCAKE TUESDAY TODAY SO I MADE MYSELF PANCAKES FOR TEA,THEY WERE VERY NICE. YESTERDAY I PHONED THE PAPER TO PUT THE ADVERT FOR BARTON DOLL, TEDDY AND MINIATURES FAIR IN THE LOCAL PAPER, IT IS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS NOW TO THE FAIR SO HOPEFULLY I'LL SEE SOME COLLECTERS THERE.
IT'L BE NICE TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN, IT SEEMS A LONG TIME SINCE THE DECEMBER FAIR. February 17 BOWLAND WILD BOAR PARK AND REEBOK.HI, REEBOK TOMORROW, HOPE IT'S A GOOD DAY, WEATHER IS GOING TO BE NICE I THINK. IT'S BEEN GORGEOUS TODAY, VERY WARM, CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ONLY FEB.
I TOOK JOE TO BOWLAND WILDLIFE PARK THIS AFTERNOON, IN THE MORNING HE WENT TO A PARTY AT ZOOM, SO HE HAS HAD A BUSY DAY. HE HAS GONE TO STAY WITH HIS COUSIN AND UNCLE DAVE TONIGHT AS SARA AND SIMON HAVE GONE TO OXFORD TO SEE THE WHISKEY CATS AGAIN. I THINK THEY MUST BE THE MOST TRAVELLED OF THEIR FANS.
THE WILD BOAR PARK WAS VERY GOOD VALUE AT £3 EACH, WE FED DEER, LLAMAS AND LAMBS, HELD CHICKENS AND SAW REINDEER CALLED DONNER AND BLITZEN AND THE WILD BOAR. THE AREA IS IN THE FOREST OF BOWLAND AND IN ELIZABETHAN TIMES THE WILD BOAR WOULD HAVE ROAMED FREELY THROUGH THE FOREST. THE FALLOW DEER WERE VERY TAME AND ATE OUT OF OUR HANDS, IT IS DEFINATLY WORTH A VISIT, WE REALLY ENJOYED IT.
I BOUGHT THE TODHUNTER PIXIE YESTERDAY, HE IS JUST AS NICE AS I REMEMBER, I DIDN'T THINK I'D BE ABLE TO AFFORD HIM AFTER THE CAR REPAIR BUT I HAD A BIT MORE THAN I THOUGHT SO I BOUGHT HIM. I'M VERY GLAD I DID, NOT EVERYONE LIKES THEM BUT THE WORKMANSHIP IS EXELLENT AND HE HAS A VERY CHEEKY GRIN.
EARLY START TOMORROW TO GET TO THE FAIR IN GOOD TIME TO TAKE IT EASY SETTING UP. DONT HAVE TO TAKE BOOTS OUT AS HE'S AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND.
THERE ARE MORE PICTURES OF THE WILD BOAR PARK ON THE LANCASHIRE PHOTO ALBUM.
February 11 RIVINGTON AND DOLL INDUSTRIES DOLLWENT TO RIVINGTON YESTERDAY, BOOTS ENJOYED PLAYING IN THE SNOW, HE DOESN'T GET TO SEE IT OFTEN. WE WALKED FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS, UP TO THE PIGEON TOWER, ALONG THE SIDE OF WINTER HILL, TAKING THE UPPER PATH DOWN TO BELMONT AND BACK DOWN TO RIVINGTON BARN. IT WAS QUITE SLIPPY AT TIMES AND BIT SLOW GOING AS WELL BUT WE HAD A GOOD WALK.
THIS MORNING WE WENT TO LANCASTER CAR BOOT, BOOTS IS GETTING USED TO GOING ROUND CAR BOOTS NOW! I BOUGHT A DOLLS HOUSE TO RESTORE, LOOKS POSSIBLY LIKE A TRIANG BUT I'M NOT SURE. IT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK, HOPE I GET TIME TO SORT IT. ON THE WAY HOME I CALLED AT MY SONS TO PICK UP MY DOLL INDUSTRIES HARD PLASTIC DOLL THAT HE WON ON E-BAY FOR ME, IT HAS ALREADY HAD IT'S HAIR WASHED AND GOT A NICE FAIRY GLEN DRESS AND CINDERELLA SHOES TO MATCH THE DRESS, SHE'S JUST SITTING WAITING FOR HER HAIR TO DRY BEFORE SHE JOINS THE OTHER HARD PLASTICS. IT'S THE FIRST HARD PLASTIC D.I.L DOLL I'VE SEEN WITH MARKINGS AND SHE IS A VERY SLIM YOUNG TEEN DOLL NOT A YOUNG CHILD.
VALENTINES DAY ON WEDNESDAY! DONT THINK ANYONE WILL REMEMBER THOUGH.
I'VE BEEN DOING MORE ON FAMILY HISTORY AND FOUND THE SCOTTISH CONNECTION WE KNEW WAS THERE IS ONLY FOUR GENERATIONS BACK, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS BORN IN ROCHDALE BUT HIS DAD WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND, NOT FOUND OUT WHERE YET THOUGH. GRAN NEVER KNEW HER DAD AS HE DIED WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED BY A PRINTING MACHINE IN STOCKPORT, WE THOUGHT HE CAME FROM PRESTON, GOOD JOB HE HAD AN UNUSUAL NAME OR I'D NEVER HAVE FOUND HIM. GRAN WAS ONLY THREE WHEN HE DIED. STILL HAVEN'T FOUND MUCH ABOUT MY GRANDDAD VALENTINE YET, WE KNOW HE WAS A MASTER SHOEMAKER BUT DON'T KNOW ABOUT HIS PARENTS.
IT'S CHINESE NEW YEAR ON SATURDAY AND I'M TAKING JOE, WE WENT LAST YEAR AND HE REALLY ENJOYED IT, HE LIKED THE FIRECRACKERS AND FIREWORKS BUT HE LIKED THE DRAGONS BEST, SAME AS I DO, WONDER IF IT'S ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT WE WERE BOTH BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON.
GOOD NIGHT NOW, WORK TOMORROW. February 07 OASIS WILDLIFE PARKHI,
SARA AND SIMON TOOK CLARE TO SEE THE WHISKEY CATS LAST FRIDAY AT CARLISE, SHE REALLY ENJOYED IT AND WAS DANCING ALL NIGH, SHE SLEPT ALL THE WAY HOME. MATHEW SAID HELLO TO HER FROM THE STAGE AND SHE BOUGHT A CD, SO SHE HAD A LOT TO TELL HER FRIENDS AND THE STAFF AT THE BUNGALOW! SHE STAYED AT SARA'S OVERNIGHT AND JOE STAYED AT MINE. ON THE SATURDAY WE PICKED HER UP AND WENT TO CARNFORTH TO SEE MUM AND TO OASIS WILDLIFE PARK, WE HAD LUNCH THERE THEN WENT TO SEE THE MERE CATS, PATAGONIAN HARES, BIRDS AND MARMOSETS BEFORE GOING IN TO SEE THE REPTILES, THE BEST BIT ACCORDING TO JOE. WE ALL HELD A BLUE TONGUED SKINK, STROKED A BEARDED DRAGON AND AN IGUANA, WATCHED A TORTOISE STAND ON ALL THE LIZARDS BUT BEST OF ALL, WE ALL STROKED A SNAKE WHICH WAS ROUND OUR NECKS! WE ALL ENJOYED IT, EVEN MUM, MAYBE BOOTS, THE DOG, DIDN'T AS HE WAS STUCK IN THE CAR WHILE WE WERE THERE.
I WON ANOTHER DOLL ON E-BAY, A D. I. L. [ DOLL INDUSTRIES LTD] HARD PLASTIC SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT, I'M STILL WAITING FOR MY ROBERTA DOLL FROM AMERICA, I THINK SHE IS COMING SNAIL MAIL AS POSTAGE WASN'T HIGH, HOPEFULLY SHE WON'T BE TOO LONG. I'VE NOT SET UP AN ACCOUNT YET, MY SON BIDS FOR ME AND HE'S SOLD A FEW RECENTLY, TRYING TO GET SOME OF THE CAR REPAIR MONEY BACK!
IT'S NOT LONG NOW TO BARTON DOLL FAIR, IT'S REEBOK ON THE 18TH FEB THEN BARTON ON THE 3RD OF MARCH, CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS OF THE PREVIOUS FAIRS IN THE ALBUM TO SEE WHAT SORT OF STALLS WE HAVE AND IF YOU FANCY A STAY IN THE AREA, THERE ARE PHOTOS OF PLACES WORTH SEEING IN THE AREA ON ANOTHER ALBUM. WE ARE ONLY AN HOUR FROM THE LAKES AND THE PEAK DISTRICT AND THE TROUGH OF BOWLAND, BLACKPOOL AND THE FYLDE COAST ARE EVEN NEARER. THERE'S INGLETON FALLS, FELL WALKING OVER INGLEBOUGH, THE PENNINES, THE WITCH COUNTRY OF PENDLE, MARKET TOWNS LIKE GARSTANG AND GISBURN AND CASTLES AT LANCASTER, CLITHEROE AND SKIPTON AND LOTS OF SMALL VILLAGES, RIVER VALLEYS AND HIDDEN PLACES TO DISCOVER. IT'S DEFINITLY NOT GRIM UP NORTH!!  February 02 NOTHING MUCH!GOT CAR BACK SO GOING TO SEE MUM TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY GET TO SOME CAR BOOTS ON SUNDAY. I'M LOOKING AFTER JOE TONIGHT AND TAKING HIM WITH ME TOMORROW. SARA AND SIMON HAVE TAKEN CLARE TO SEE THE WHISKEY CATS, SHE'S NEVER BEEN BEFORE. THEY ARE PLAYING AT THE BRICKYARD IN CARLISE TONIGHT.
I'VE TO TRY AND GET TO A FARMERS MARKET SOMETIME, LOOKING FOR A SUPPLIER OF WILD DUCK FOR A FRIEND AND I HAVE HEARD OF A PLACE THAT HAS IT ON THE MENU, IT'S UP NEAR LONGRIDGE SO I'M HOPING THE FARMERS SHOP UP THAT WAY HAS IT.
I'M NOT PLAYING BADMINTON AT THE MOMENT, CANT PLAY AS MUCH AS I,VE A PROBLEM WITH MY HEEL AND IT HURTS MORE WHEN I'VE PLAYED. THOUGHT I'D MISS IT A LOT AS I WAS PLAYING 3 TIMES A WEEK AND I'VE NOT PLAYED SINCE NOVEMBER. I MIGHT TRY PLAYING TABLE TENNIS AGAIN INSTEAD, I USED TO PLAY A LOT, WE HAD OUR OWN TABLE AT MY UNCLES',IT WAS AN ANTIQUE DINING TABLE AND SOLD FOR A LOT AFTER HE DIED, WE HAD A NET THAT SCREWED ONTO THE TABLE!!
NO NEW DOLLS YET, JUST A TEDDY TO REPAIR FOR A FRIEND OF A FRIEND. HE NEEDS NEW PAWS AND SOME STUFFING IN HIS ARMS AND LEGS AND ALSO A NEW EYE.I'D BETTER GET HIM DONE THIS WEEKEND.
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