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April 16 CARBOOTS STARTING UP AGAINITS THE START OF THE CARBOOT SEASON! I FIND IT GETS A LOT HARDER TO BUY MUCH NOWDAYS. I USED TO COME BACK WITH BAGS FULL FROM ONE CARBOOT BUT NOW I'M LUCKY TO GET A FEW THINGS AND HAVE TO TRAVEL TO MORE.
I WENT TO MUMS AT EASTER AND WE WENT TO A FEW THERE, I MANAGED TO FIND A NICE TEDDY TO REPAIR BUT NOT MUCH ELSE. WE HAD A NICE TRIP ROUND NORTH WEST YORKSHIRE, [ THE DALES ] IT WAS LOVELY AND VERY QUIET CONSIDERING IT WAS A HOT EASTER WEEKEND. I BET YOU COULDN'T MOVE IN THE LAKES.
WE WENT TO FLOOKBOUGH ON EASTER SUNDAY AND MUM MANAGED TO WALK ROUND IT ALL, IT'S QUITE A BIG CARBOOT. AFTER WE WENT FOR A MEAL IN CARTMEL, IT WAS VERY GOOD AND THE GIRL WHO SERVED US WAS VERY HELPFUL. WE WERE ALLOWED TO TAKE BOOTS IN AND THEY DID HALF PORTIONS FOR MUM.
I GOT SOME NICE THINGS AT GREENHALGH THIS WEEKEND, A CHINESE DOLL, A MAGIC KIT FROM THE 60'S AND A COUPLE OF CHILD FIGURES I COLLECT, THESE WERE THE BEST BARGAIN FOR A BIT, £1.50 FOR 3 AND THEY ARE USUALLY 8- 12 POUNDS. THEY ARE JIONING THE REST OF MY COLLECTION. THE FIRST ONE WAS GIVEN ME BY MY GRAN WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12 AND I'VE ABOUT 40 NOW.
I FINISHED STRINGING THE UNIS DOLL I GOT AT PUDSEY AND DID IT PROPERLY SO WAS QUITE PLEASED. SHE LOOKS NICE NOW, QUITE A SWEET SERIOUS FACE AND THE LAST OF A BARCH OF OLD DOLL DRESSES I BOUGHT A LONG TIME AGO April 05 very busy latley, toyfairs e-bay and auctionsHAVE NOT BEEN KEEPING UP WITH DIARY RECENTLY AS LOTS HAPPENING, WENT TO IKLEY AUCTION, DIDN'T BUY MUCH AS COULDNT AFFORD WHAT I WANTED, DID GET A NICE COMPOSITION HEAD RINGMASTER/ GYPSY DOLL, A MINIBRIX DOLL MADE IN ITALY, WHICH PUZZLED ME AS MINIBRIX IS AN ENGLISH FIRM ISN'T IT? AT THE LAST MINUTE I DECIDED TO BID ON TWO DOLL HOUSES, ONE WAS AN AMERSHAM AND THE OTHER A VERY GOOD HOMEMADE COPY, I HADN'T LOOKED AT THEM PROPERLY BUT NO ONE WAS BIDDING SO I THOUGHT I WOULD AND I GOT THEM FOR £20. WHEN I GOT HOME I FOUND THEY HAD FURNITURE AND GRECON DOLLS IN. IT WAS A NICE SUPRISE!!!
WENT TO PUDSEY TOY FAIR AS WELL AND BOUGHT A LARGE BAG OF DOLL CLOTHES, SPENT AGES WASHING AND IRONING THEM, DONT LIKE IRONING!!! THERE WERE SOME NICE THINGS AND LOTS OF RUBBISH BUT THEY WERE WORTH THE PRICE. I ALSO BOUGHT A SFBJ DOLL, VERY DIRTY AND IN PIECES BUT VERY GOOD PRICE AND SHE LOOKS VERY NICE NOW SHE IS CLEAN BUT I STILL HAVE TO RESTRING HER WHICH WONT BE EASY AS THE ELASTIC IS SET INTO THE LIMBS. I ALSO BOUGHT A NICE ORIENTAL DOOR OF HOPE TYPE DOLL WITH A MISSING LEG AND FOOT BUT THEY DONT SHOW UNDER HER LONG DRESS. I ALSO GOT A NICE MISS PEDIGREE WHICH IS A TRADE FAIR SAMPLE, SHE IS MARKED ON HER BACK AND IS VERY NICE.
BEEN REDUNDANCIES AT WORK SO HAVE BEEN WORRIED BUT FOUND OUT MY JOB IS SAFE FOR NOW. BE NICE TO HAVE AFFORDED TO TAKE REDUNDANCY BUT I NEED THE MONEY, GOT BILLS TO PAY.
I WENT TO ANOTHER AUCTION YESTERDAY AND BOUGHT TWO NICE COMPOSITION BABIES BUT THEY NEED RESTRINGING AND THE SOCKET NEEDS BUILDING UP AS SOMEONE RESTRUNG ONE TOO TIGHT SO THE SOCKET GOT DAMAGED.
BEEN LISTING THINGS ON E-BAY AS WELL, SO BUSY WITH THAT. GOING TO SEE MUM TOMORROW FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, WE MIGHT GO TO SOME CARBOOTS AND WILL TAKE HER OUT FOR RIDES ROUND THE LAKES ETC. |
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