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April 21 DOLL CLUB MEETING, REEBOK AND BARTON DOLL FAIRDIDN'T HAVE A GOOD DAY AY GEORGE CARNEL, ONLY SOLD £16 WORTH AND THE STALL WAS £22, I DID MANAGE TO BUY A NICE CHAD VALLEY SKITTLE GAME IN IT'S ORIGINAL BOX AND SOME BITS FOR MY FLORAL GARDEN, I ALSO GOT 3 HORNBY CARRIAGES FOR THE CLOCKWORK TRAIN, IT'S A VERY MIXED GOODS TRAIN NOW!
THIS SATURDAY IT'S THE NORTH-WEST DOLL CLUB MEETING ON SATURDAY, I'LL TAKE SOME THINGS TO SELL. THE DAY AFTER IT'S REEBOK, HOPEFULLY I'LL BE ABLE TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION THEN AND SELL SOME OF MY EXTRAS.
BARTON DOLL, TEDDY AND MINIATURES FAIR IS ON THE 10TH OF MAY, SUSAN BREWER, WHO WRITES THE DOLL BOOKS AND EDITS DOLLSHOWCASE AND DOLL MAGAZINE IS COMING, SHE ALSO WRITES FOR COLLECT-IT. LOOK OUT FOR THE JULY EDITION!
IT'S THE SCARECROW FESTIVAL AT WRAY NEXT WEEK, IT ENDS ON THE BANK HOLIDAY, I'M HOPING TO GO TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK AND TAKE LOTS OF PHOTOS, SOMETIMES THE SCARECROWS HIDING DOWN THE ALLEYS AND BACK ROADS ARE THE BEST. SHOULD HAVE LOTS OF PHOTOS TO ADD IN THE NEXT FEW April 19 GEORGE CARNEL TOY FAIR, MAYFLOWERS AND BLUEBELLSI TOOK BOOTS FOR A WALK THIS MORNING AND SAW THE MAYFLOWERS AND BLUEBELLS ARE FLOWERING, THEY ARE EARLY I THINK. WISH THE WEATHER WAS THE SAME, HOPEFULLY IT'LL START WARMING UP SOON, I'M GOING TO SCOTLAND SOON FOR A FEW DAYS, TAKING MUM TO SEE WHERE HER GREATGRANDAD WAS BORN AND EXPLORING KIRKCUBRIGHTSHIRE.
ON BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND MY DAUGHTER HAS BOOKED FAMILY AND FRIENDS INTO A CAMPSITE AND SHE IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY BAR-B-QUE THERE. IT'S NEAR HOWARTH, SHOULD BE A GOOD NIGHT.
TOMORROW IT IS GEORGE CARNELL TOY AND TRAIN FAIR, I'M HOPING I WILL SELL SOME THINGS AND FIND SOMETHING NICE TO BUY. THE WEEKEND AFTER IT'S MANCHESTER DOLL CLUB, NEW MEMBERS WELCOME, AND THEN REEBOK SO AM VERY BUSY AT THE MOMENT. COULD DO WITH SOMEONE TO DO HOUSEWORK, WORKING FULL TIME AND DOING E-BAY AND FAMILY HISTORY DOESN'T GIVE ME ENOUGH TIME. I'VE NOT FOUND MUCH TO BUY ON E-BAY RECENTLY AND THINGS AREN'T SELLING WELL, MOST THINGS I SELL GO FOR LESS THAN I PAID BUT I NEED TO SELL TO HAVE MONEY TO BUY! April 16 FAMILY HISTORY AND THE GARDENS AT GESGARTH HALL. KATHE KRUSE DOLLGOT A NICE DOLL ON E-BAY LAST WEEK, SHE LOOKS VERY KATHE KRUSE LIKE AND MY FRIEND IS SENDING PHOTOS OF HER TO A LADY WHO KNOWS THE KATHE KRUSE DOLLS, SHE HAS NO MARKINGS BUT WHOEVER SHE IS SHE IS BEAUTIFULL.
LAST SATURDAY I WENT TO ROCHDALE TO SEE IF I COULD FIND ANY TRACE OF MY GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER, HE WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND AND MARRIED A GIRL FROM LONDON, THEY LIVED IN CLEMENTINA STREET IN 1871, AND BY 1881 THEY WERE RUNNING A CONFECTIONERS SHOP ON YORKSHIRE STREET. CLEMENTINA STREET IS STILL THERE BUT THERE ARE NO HOUSES ON IT. THE SHOP ON YORKSHIRE STREET IS NOW PART OF PAULSONS CYLE SHOP, THE FRONTAGE DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE CHANGED MUCH. I TOOK THE DOG ROUND THE RESEVOIR AT WARDLE AND MANAGED TO FALL AND GET REALLY MUDDY SO I HAD TO WALK ROUND COVERED WITH MUD!!!!
ON SUNDAY I TOOK MUM OUT, WE HAD A RIDE OUT THROUGH ABBYSTEAD AND I WALKED BOOTS BY THE RIVER. WE THEN HEADED UP TO WRAY TO HAVE A MEAL AT THE GEORGE AND DRAGON. ON THE WAY WE SAW GESGARTH HALL, NEAR CATON, WAS HAVING A GARDEN OPEN DAY. I HAVE WONDERED WHAT THE HALL LOOKED LIKE EVER SINCE WE USED TO PASS THE END OF THE DRIVE ON OUR WAY BACK FROM HOLIDAY WHEN I WAS A CHILD, SO WE DECIDED TO GO AND HAVE A LOOK. IT WAS WELL WORTH IT, THE GARDENS ARE REALLY NICE AND THE HALL IS A LOVELY BUILDING. THEY HAVE AN OPEN DAY ON THE SECOND SUNDAY IN THE MONTH UNTILL OCTOBER. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE CLIMBING ROSES, THEY SEEM VERY OLD WITH TRUNKS YOU COULD ONLY JUST GET YOUR HAND ROUND.
THE DOLL MUSEUM IS REOPENING ON MONDAY, IT IS MARGRETS MUSEUM AND WAS IN PENRITH, THE NEW VENUE IS AT CARLISE, JUST DOWN FROM TULLIE HOUSE. I AM GOING TO TRY AND GET THERE SOON. April 03 PUDSEY AND LAKELAND PLANGON DOLL CLUB.WENT TO PUDSEY WITH SHELLEY, SHE BOUGHT A LENCI DOLL TO GO WITH THE ONE SHE HAD, THEY WERE TOGETHER ORIGINALY SO IT'S NICE THEY ARE BACK TOGETHER. I BOUGHT AN AIRFIX MARY POPPINS IN IT'S ORIGINAL BOX, SHE WAS MADE BY THE SEMCO DIVISION OF SEMCO. SHE IS IN LOVELY CONDITION AND A VERY NICE DOLL FOR MY COLLECTION, THE ACTUAL DOLL IS UNMARKED. THE OTHER DOLL I BOUGHT WAS ANOTHER BOXED ONE, MISS MARGRET ROSE, THE DOLL IS MARKED ON HER NECK BURBANK TOYS, SHE HAS A WRIST TAG WHICH HAS BURBANK ON ONE SIDE AND ROSEBUD IN THE KEY SHAPE ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE BOX ALSO SAYS BURBANK TOYS, ROSEBUD, ROSEBUD IS A TRADEMARK USED UNDER LICENCE FRON MATTEL, SO SHE WAS MADE AFTER THE ROSEBUD FIRM WAS TAKEN OVER |
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