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May 30 WHISKEY CATSWHISKEY CATS ARE PLAYING AT LIVERPOOL TONIGHT, NEXT FRIDAY THEY ARE IN MANCHESTER, A POSER ADVERTISING THEM WAS ON CORONATION STREET LAST WEEK. I'M HOPING TO GO NEXT WEEK BUT AM NOT SURE IF I'LL BE ABLE TO.
NOT GOT MUCH ON E-BAY RECENTLY, BEEN SOME VERY NICE DOLLS AND DOLL HOUSES BUT THEY WENT FOR TOO MUCH FOR ME TO BUY. THE DOLL CLUB IS GOING TO ILKLEY TOY MUSEUM NEXT WEEK, IT WILL BE GOOD TO SEE THINGS WITH PEOPLE WHO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM. NOT GOING TO CARBOOTS TOMORROW BUT PROBABLY WILL GET TO SOME ON SUNDAY, THEY ARE NOT AS GOOD AS YORK THOUGH.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY FRUIT AND VEG GROWING, I THINK THE FIRST WILL BE THE STRAWBERRIES. I DONT THINK I'LL GET ANY PEACHES THIS YEAR. MY GRAN USED TO GROW LOTS OF THINGS BUT I HAVN'T TRIED BEFORE
May 26 YORK CAR BOOTI WENT TO YORK ON SATURDAY, GOT SOME NICE THINGS BUT NOT AS MUCH AS USUAL, ON THE WAY BACK WE CALLED AT WETHERBY ANTIQUE FAIR, I GOT A DOLL BODY THERE, IT HAD THE WRONG HEAD ON AND I'VE TO FIND ONE THATS RIGHT NOW. ON SATURDAY NIGHT I WENT UP TO MUMS AND STAYED TILL TODAY, I WENT TO SOME CARBOOTS UP THAT WAY, DOCK ACRES, CRAGBANK, A6 MILNTHORPE, KIRBY LONSDALE, ARNSIDE AND STORTH OVER TWO DAYS BUT ONLY GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I'VE GOT SOME MORE THINGS FOR THE GARDEN, STRAWBERRIES, A DWARF PEACH, TOMS, CUCUMBERS TO GO WITH THE THINGS I ALREADY GOT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO EATING THEM!!
NO FAIRS UNTILL JULY, NEVER MANY IN SUMMER. I WOULD BE NICE TO FIND SOME GOOD CARBOOTS IN THIS AREA, THERE ARE NONE AS GOOD AS YORK. MOST HAVE LOTS OF NEWER STUFF, THERE IS A GOOD ANTIQUES FAIR SOMETIMES AT BARTON VILLAGE HALL WHERE I HOLD THE DOLL FAIR, I TRY AND GET TO THAT BUT THIS TIME I DIDN'T GO AS I WAS AT MUMS.
THINGS I FOUND AT YORK CAR BOOT, THE BOOKS AT THE BACK ARE ILLUSTRATED BY HILDA COWHAM AND HEATH ROBINSON, THERE ARE TWO OLD DEANS BOOKS, A ROSEBUD WITH ORIGINAL DRESS,SOME POTS AND HEADS A PEGGY NISBET AND A BOX OF WOODEN TOYS INCLUDING A LITTLE DOLL. May 21 FOOTBALLNOT DOING MUCH ON COMPUTOR TONIGHT, JUST CHECKING E-BAY AND MY SITES, GOT TO WATCH THE MATCH, GOOD LUCK TO UNITED!!
I'VE NOT BEEN ANYWHERE SINCE LAST BANK HOLIDAY, AM HOPING TO GO TO YORK CARBOOT ON SATURDAY IF IT'S FINE, IT'L BE THE REAL START OF THE CARBOOT SEASON THIS WEEKEND SO I HOPE IT IS FINE. I'VE NO FAIRS UNTILL REEBOK IN JULY.
WORK IS STILL BORING BUT IT'S BETTER IN THE DEPARTMENT I MOVED TO, A MUCH BETTER ATMOSPHERE AND NOT QUITE AS BORING, I'M NOT SLEEVING BOOKS ANY MORE, THAT'S THE MOST BORING JOB.
SARA AND SIMON ARE GOING CAMPING AGAIN, ARNSIDE THIS TIME, NOT VERY FAR FROM MUM, SHE'S IN CARNFORTH. I HOPE THE WEATHER IS GOOD FOR THEM AS WELL.
I FOUND ANOTHER DOLLY WEBSITE YESTERDAY, IT'S www.skipperinnederland.spaces.live.com ALL ABOUT SKIPPER, BARBIES' LITTLE SISTER. May 11 FORGOT TO MENTION AUSTRALIAN VISTOR TO THE FAIRWE HAD A VISITOR FROM WEST AUSTRAILIA TO BARTON DOLL FAIR, A BEAR TRAVELLING THE LENGHT OF BRITAIN WITH TWO CYCLISTS, HIS NAME WAS MONTGOMERY AND HE CALLED IN TO HAVE HIS PHOTO TAKEN WITH OTHER BEARS, THE CYCLIST IN THE PHOTO IS ERIC TRELOAR AND THEY ALL CAME FROM WESTERN AUSTRAILIA WHICH IS WERE MY SISTER LIVES.
I ALSO FORGOT TO ADD THE PHOTO OF MY FARNELL DOL BARTON DOLL FAIRWE HAD A NICE DAY YESTERDAY, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN AND TO SEE NEW FACES, MET PEOPLE I KNEW FROM E-BAY, NICE TO BE ABLE TO PUT FACES TO NAMES! I BOUGHT SOME DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE AND AN ALPHA FARNELL DOLL IN LOVELY CONDITION. WE FOUND WE STILL DONT GET A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THE FAIR AND THIS TIME THEY DIDN'T SPEND AS WELL BUT I THINK EVERYONE ENJOYED IT AND AS IT'S ONLY £12 A STALL IT'S NOT AS HARD TO COVER.
SUSAN BREWER CAME AND EVERYONE WANTED TO TALK TO HER, SHE IS BUSY ON HER 60'S-70'S DOLLS BOOK.
SHE ENJOYED THE FAIR AND PEOPLE ENJOYED MEETING HER.
I'VE UPLOADED THE PHOTOS OF THE DAY ONTO THE BARTON DOLL FAIR FOLDER, ALL STARTING MAY 2008 SO THEY WILL BE ALL TOGETHER SO EASIER TO FIND.
THE BOOK I'VE JUST FINISHED READING WAS ABOUT THE EARL OF MONTROSE WHO WAS EXECUTED FOR HELPING CHARLES 2ND BEFORE HE CAME BACK TO THE THRONE, THE AREA HE WAS IN BEFORE HE WAS CAPTURED WAS THE AREA AROUND ASSYANT, THE VALLEY HE CAME DOWN ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE THE VALLEY WHERE INCHNADAM CAVES ARE AND HE WAS GIVEN TO THE COVENTEERS BY THE MACLOUDS OF ARDVARK CASTLE, THERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE CASTLE ON ONE OF THE ALBUMS. I HAVE SOME SCOTTISH ANCESTRY BUT FROM NEAR KIRCUBRIGHT, I WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM TO BE MY ANCESTOR. THE LAST BIT OF THE BOOK HAS A QUOTE FROM THE LATER VERSION OF WISHART'S DEEDS OF MONTROSE WHICH I'D NEVER HEARD OF, THE QUOTE WAS "TRUE LOVE IS DROWNED BY NO BILLOWS OF MISCHANCE: TRUE LOVE ABIDES IMORTAL,FIRM, UNCHANGEABLE. TO HAVE LOVED ONCED IS TO LOVE FOR AYE" May 08 WRAY SCARECROW FESTIVALI MANAGED TO GET TO THE SCARECROW FESTIVAL ON FRIDAY, GOT LOTS OF PHOTOS AND BOOTS HAD A PLAY IN THE RIVER WITH SOME KIDS. I TOOK SOME FOOD AND ATE IT ON THE RIVER BANK, THE GEORGE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN FULL, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING ROUND THE VILLAGE. I ALSO FOUND THESE TOPIARY WIRE ART DRAGONS, THERE WERE OTHER ANIMALS,YOU CAN JUST SEE A FEW IN THE PHOTO, THEY ARE MADE IN WRAY BY J + J PLANTING, 015242 22584 OR 07852129852 FOR INFORMATION, I WOULD HAVE LIKED A DRAGON BUT CAN'T REALLY AFFORD ONE AT THE MOMENT.May 07 SCOTLAND, CARLISE, MARGRETS MUSEUM. HOWARTH AND BARTON DOLL FAIRHAD A GOOD TIME IN SCTLAND, I TOOK MUM TO SEE WHERE GREAT GRANDAD WAS BORN AT LAURIESTON. WE TRAVELLED ALONG THE COAST THE SAME WAY AS I WENT LAST YEAR THROUGH ANNAN, PAST SWEETHEART ABBEY AND THEN WENT ALONG THE COAST TO KIRKCUBRIGHT, LAST YEAR I WENT THROUGH DALBEATIE. WE HAD A LATE LUNCH IN KIRKCUBRIGHT. AFTER LOOKING AT TONGELAND CHURCH WE BOOKED IN AT THE THISTLE, CROSSMICHEAL. BEFORE WE HAD TEA WE HAD A DRIVE ROUND LOCH KEN, IT WAS RAINING BUT NOT TO BAD.
THE MEAL NICKOS COOKED WAS AGAIN THE BEST!! I AM SO SUPRISED THAT IT WASN'T SO BUSY, IT WAS MONDAY THOUGH.
THE NEXT DAY WE WENT TO SEE BALMAGIE CHURCH WHERE GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER USED TO GO. FROM
THERE WE DROVE DOWN A B ROAD TO GATEHOUSE OF FLEET AND TO THE MULL OF GALLOWAY VIA ST NINIANS CAVE, MUM STAYED IN THE CAR WHILE I WALKED TO THE CAVE, THE SUN WAS SHINING NICELY. LATER WE WENT TO LOGAN GARDENS. FROM THERE WE DROVE UP THE COAST AND STAYED THAT NIGHT AT TROON, A VERY NICE BED AND BREAKFAST, WEST WINDS HOUSE. www.westwinshouse.co.uk MINNIE AND ROBERT GAVE US A NICE WELCOME AND THE ROOMS WERE VERY NICE. THEY TOLD US A GOOD PLACE TO GO FOR TEA, JUST DOWN THE ROAD, IT WAS PIERSLAND HOUSE HOTEL, WHERE THE FOOD WAS AGAIN VERY GOOD ALTHOUGH I DONT THINK WE COULD HAVE AFFORDED THE ROOMS THE FOOD WAS VERY REASONABLE AND THE WAITERS WERE EXCELLENT AND VERY FRIENDLY. THE BUILDING WAS LOVELY AS WELL.
WHEN WE LEFT WESTWINGS WE HEADED INLAND TOWARDS DUMFRIES BUT CUT DOWN TOWARDS NEWTOWN STEWART AFTER GOING INTO THORNHILL, STOPPING FOR A CUP OF TEA AT MONIAVE IN A VERY NICE CAFE WHICH ALSO HAD INTERNET ACCESS. MONIAVE IS A MUSIC TOWN AND HAS SOME WELL KNOWN RESIDENTS.
FROM THERE WE WENT TO NEW GALLOWAY AND ALONG THE RAIDERS ROAD, A TRACK THROUGH THE FOREST. I REALLY ENJOYED THAT, WE THEN HEADED TO CASTLE DOUGLAS AND STOPPED FOR AFTERNOON TEA. I THINK CASTLE DOUGLAS WAS THE NICEST TOWN. WE CALLED ON A FRIEND, ELIZABETH, WHO LIVES NEAR THERE AND THEN HEADED BACK TOWARDS HOME, STOPPING AT THE GABLES IN GRETNA, AS WE WERE LATE WE GOT MONEY OFF THE PRICE, WE HADN'T BOOKED ANYWHERE AS WE KNEW WE'D FIND SOMEWHERE TO STAY, THE GABLES WAS THE FIRST WE TRIED. THE ROOM WAS LOVELY AND HAD A BATH, NOT A SHOWER!!! THAT WAS NICE.
ON THE THURSDAY WE WENT TO CARLISE AND I WENT INTO TULLIE HOUSE, I'M GOING TO TAKE MY GRANDSON SOON, I THINK HE WILL LIKE THE DISPLAYS.
ACROSS THE ROAD, DOWN AN ALLEY IS ALICE'S WONDERLAND, IT USED TO BE IN PENRITH BUT HAS JUST OPENED ON LONG LANE, REAR OF 19 CASTLE STREET. ADMISSION IS £2.50, CHILDREN £1, FAMILY £5. TEL 01228 548576. OPEN EVERY DAY EXCEPT WEDNESDAY.
STAYED AT MY AUNTS AT LOWGILL THAT NIGHT AND CAME HOME FRIDAY.
ON SATURDAY I WENT TO WRAY, MORE ABOUT THAT LATER, THEN TO THE CAMPSITE AT OXENHOPE, MY DAUGHTER WAS HAVING A B-B-QUE FOR HER BIRTHDAY SO I STOPPED THERE 2 NIGHTS. SUNDAY WASN'T VERY NICE, GOT VERY WET GOING INTO HOWARTH.
THE DOLL FAIR IS NOW FULLY BOOKED, MOST OF THE REGULARS , SNUFF BOX BEARS, BEARS OF WINDY HILL, DOREEN, PAT, AMY, JULIE ROBINSON AND MANY OTHERS YOU WILL KNOW. THERE ARE SOME NEW STALLHOLDERS AS WELL. HELP EMPTY MY ATTIC IS ONE, THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOME NICE STUFF ON E-BAY. SEE YOU THERE, THE DETAILS ARE ON THE WEBSITE www.freewebs.com/robertafairs
May 05 MANCHESTER DOLL CLUB.THE MEETING WENT WELL BUT WE MISSED LESLEY AND ELAINE, PIPPA CONVENTION, MAREL AND OTHERS, ILLNESS, MARIE WON THE COMPETION FOR A DOLL IN A SPRING OUTFIT, THE OUTFIT SHE MADE WOULD LOOK LOVELY ON A LENCI OR CHAD DOLL.
I'VE LOTS MORE TO ADD, BEEN TO SCOTLAND AND TO MARGRETS MUSEUM, "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" IN THE NEW VENUE IN CARLISE. THEN CAMPING AT NEAR HOWARTH. WILL ADD DETAILS AND PICS SOON, TIRED NOW SO HAVING EARLY NIGHT. |
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