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June 29 ROYAL LANCS SHOW AND CLOTH ROGARK DOLL.THE ROYAL LANCS SHOW IS THE 20 -22 JULY, I USED TO GO WITH MY UNCLE WHEN I WAS LITTLE, HE WAS VERY INVOLVED AS HE OWNED BATTERSBY'S PIG MEAL SO THEY HAD STANDS EARLY ON AND HE TOOK ME. AUNTIE PAT, A FRIEND OF MUM USED TO GO TO SHOW HEREFORDS AND I WENT WITH HER A FEW TIMES, I USED TO ENJOY IT BUT HAVN'T BEEN FOR A LONG TIME, I KEEP MEANING TO BUT NEVER SEEM TO GET TIME. THIS YEAR THERE IS A COMPANION DOG SHOW SO MAYBE I WILL TAKE BOOTS. THERE ARE A FEW CLASSES FOR HIM, THE WAGGIEST TAIL, THE HANDSOMEST DOG AND THE DOG THE JUDGE WOULD MOST LIKE TO TAKE HOME, THATS HIS BEST BET BECAUSE EVERYONE LOVES HIM. ENTRIES ARE TAKEN ON THE DAY SO MAYBE I WILL GO THIS TIME. THE SHOW IS HELD NEARRIBCHESTER, OFF THE A59. THE WEBSITE IS www. rlas.co.uk
I GOT A ROGARK CLOTH DOLL ON E-BAY THIS WEEK, I THOUGHT THEY ONLY MADE THE TWO SIZES OF HARD PLASTIC COSTUME DOLLS AND THE SMALL VINYL DOLL. THE DOLL IS STILL A COSTUME DOLL, SHE IS IN HER ORIGINAL BROWN BOX MARKED ROGARK, MADE IN WALES, GREAT BRITIAN. TD4H. BUT IT DOESN'T SAY WHICH NATIONALITY SHE IS, SHE LOOKS A BIT LIKE A GYPSY AND THE MATERIAL ON HER DRESS AND APRON IS HAND PAINTED. HER FACE IS WELL PAINTED AND VERY PRETTY WITH SIDE GLANCING BROWN EYES.
ANOTHER BUY ON E-BAY WAS A TAKARA JENNY DOLL MARKED 1981, SHE CAME WITH A SPARE OUTFIT AND A TINY HANDBAG, BRACELET AND NECKLACE ALL MADE IN TINY RED, WHITE AND BLUE BEADS IN THE FORM OF A UNION JACK FLAG. THE OTHER DOLL IS ONE I ALREADY HAD, SHE LOOKS THE SAME BUT DOESN'T HAVE THE 1981 ON HER BACK, SHE IS STILL MARKED TAKARA SO I PRESUME SHE IS AN EARLIER DOLL, I AM NOT SURE IF HER DRESS IS ORIGINAL AS I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THESE DOLLS. June 25 GEORGE AND DRAGON FOOD!!! MMMMM!I TOOK THURSDAY AND FRIDAY HOLIDAY, HAD A GOOD TIDY UP ON THURSDAY, IT'S HARD TO GET EVERYTHING DONE WHEN YOU WORK FULL TIME, THE JOB IS TIRING BECAUSE IT'S BORING AND STUFFY.
ON FRIDAY I WENT OUT FOR THE DAY WITH A FRIEND, WE HAD A DRIVE THROUGH CLITHEROE, WADDINGTON, SLAIDBURN AND THE TROUGH OF BOWLAND TO WRAY. WE HAD A LOVELY LUNCH THERE AT THE GEORGE AND DRAGON, I HAD MUSHROOM WITH BLUE CHEESE IN A VERY LIGHT BATTER AS A STARTER, THEN CHICKEN WITH NEW POTATOES AND HE HAD PATE THEN STEAK. THE MEAL WAS, AS USUAL, VERY GOOD. I HAVE NOT HAD A BAD MEAL THERE SINCE THE NEW PEOPLE TOOK IT OVER.
ON SATURDAY I WENT TO THE LANCASHIRE FAIR AT CUERDEN VALLEY AND THEN FOR LUNCH WITH MY SON AT THE ANDERTON ARMS IN FULWOOD, THAT WAS ALSO VERY NICE.
ON SUNDAY I TRIED TO FIND SOME CARBOOTS BUT THEY WERE ALL CANCELLED SO I TOOK BOOTS TO THE CROOK OF LUNE AND WALKED RIGHT ROUND. I HAD SEEN PICTURES OF TURNERS' PAINTING BEFORE BUT HADN'T WALKED THERE, DRIVEN PAST LOTS OF TIMES BUT NEVER STOPPED. LATER I WENT TO MUMS AND TOOK HER FOR A DRIVE.
DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK TODAY!!!!
I'M AM WAITING FOR SOME PARCELS ON E-BAY, SOMETIMES THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF NICE THINGS AND AT OTHERS THERE IS NOTHING. I AM STILL NOT HAPPY WITH PAYPAL, I HAVE LOST MONEY BECAUSE A BUYER DIDN'T WANT TO PAY EXTRA FOR SIGNED FOR AND INSURANCE, SHE ASKED FOR A DOLL TO BE SENT SURFACE MAIL, I SENT IT 1ST CLASS AIRMAIL AND GOT PROOF OF POSTAGE BUT SHE LEFT FEEDBACK AND THEN CLAIMED IT HADN'T ARRIVED. PAYPAL SETTLED IN HER FAVOUR SO SHE PROBABLY HAS THE DOLL AND THE MONEY!! June 20 BARTON DOLL FAIRGOT NEXT YEARS DATES FOR BARTON DOLL FAIR.
THIS YEAR THERE ARE FAIRS ON THE 8TH SEPTEMBER AND 1 DECEMBER AND IN 2008 THE DATES ARE: 1 MARCH, 10 MAY, 13 SEPTEMBER AND 6 DECEMBER. THE FAIR IS AT BARTON VILLAGE HALL A6 NORTH OF PRESTON, THERE IS A MAP ON freewebs.com/robertafairs WHICH SHOWS WHERE THE HALL IS.
I AM NOT HAPPY WITH PAYPAL AT THE MOMENT, THEYV'E TAKEN £133 POUNDS FROM ME BECAUSE A CUSTOMER DIDN'T RECEIVE HER DOLL. I HAD PROOF OF POSTAGE AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO PAY THE EXTRA COST FOR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR. IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT I SHOULD LOSE THE MONEY WHEN I DONT KNOW SHE DIDN'T RECEIVE IT, I KNOW I SENT IT AND SHE LEFT FEEDBACK SAYING THANKS FOR PATIENCE SO I THOUGHT SHE HAD RECEIVED IT. I WONDER IF SHE HAS TRIED THAT WITH ANYONE ELSE, IT WAS ONE OF MY EARLY SALES AND IT'S A SHAME IF SHE WAS AIMING TO CLAIM RIGHT FROM THE START. I KNOW IF I BOUGHT SOMETHING FOR THAT MUCH I WOULD WANT IT SENDING REGISTERED AND INSURED. PITY WE HAVE TO USE PAYPAL, THEY CHARGE A LOT AND DONT SUPPORT YOU PROPERLY BUT IF YOU DONT USE THEM YOU HAVE EVEN LESS COMEBACK.
THATS ENOUGH OF THAT, ANYWAY. IF E-BAY AND PAYPAL DONT GET BETTER PEOPLE WILL STOP USING THEM, I KEEP GETTING OUTBID AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE EVEN WHEN I'VE LEFT A GOOD HIGH BID, IT'S ALWAYS JUST TO LATE TO BID AGAIN. VERY ANNOYING!!!! June 12 RAMSBOTTOM, PEEL TOWER AND NO LUCK AT CARBOOTSWENT TO RAMSBOTTOM ON SATURDAY, GRANDSON AND SON-IN-LAW, BOOTS AND THEIR TWO DOGS, TAYLOR AND ZAK[BOOTS DAD] WENT, SARA WAS WORKING AT NIGHT SO SHE HAD A SLEEP.
WE WALKED UP TO THE PEEL TOWER AND WATCHED ABSAILERS COMING DOWN THE TOWER. JOE ENJOYED IT, SO DID SIMON, HE DID THINK OF HAVING A GO BUT HAD ALREADY DONT IT BEFORE AND HADN'T ENOUGH MONEY. JOE SAID HE'D WAIT TILL HE WAS OLDER.
WE WENT TO HOLDEN WOOD ANTIQUE CENTRE ON OUR WAY BACK AND HAD A NICE LATE LUNCH THERE.
ON SUNDAY I WENT TO THREE CARBOOTS, FLOOKBOROUGH, MILNTHORPE AND DOCK ACRES BUT DIDN'T GET ANYTHING AT ALL. AM WAITING FOR SOME BRITISH DOLLS FROM E-BAY, A HANCOCKS, CHESTER, A COUPLE OF PALITOYS AND A PEDIGREE BOXED VINYL. TWO ARE WAITING AT THE POST OFFICE DEPOT, I WILL PICK THEM UP TOMORROW, MAYBE THERE'L BE MORE THERE WHEN I GET THERE. CANT WAIT TO SEE WHICH THEY ARE.
June 05 YORK CAR BOOT, IKLEY TOY MUSEUMWENT TO YORK RACECOURSE CARBOOT WITH SHELLEY ON SATURDAY, IT'S THE BEST ONE I'VE BEEN TO FOR AGES, LOTS OF STALLS WITH OLDER AND ANTIQUE THINGS, WE CAME BACK WITH A FEW NICE THINGS AND WONDERED WHAT WE HAD MISSED BY NOT GETTING THERE FOR 7AM. IT'S A LONG WAY THOUGH. I WILL GET THERE EARLY ONE DAY.
ON THE WAY BACK WE STOPPED AT ILKLEY FOR A BITE TO EAT, WE WENT TO A CAFE NEAR BETTYS, FAMOUS FOR AFTERNOON TEAS, BUT THIS ONE WAS AS GOOD AND CHEAPER. WE FOUND A TOY MUSEUM IN ILKLEY, IT WAS VERY GOOD, FULL OF REAL ANTIQUE TOP QUALITY DOLLHOUSES, SHOPS AND DOLLS, THERE ARE EARLY ENGLISH WOODEN DOLLS, THE EARLIEST DOLL IS FROM 350BC AND THEY GO UP TO THE 1950'S WITH JAMES BOND, A COUPLE OF VERY EARLY BARBIES AND OTHER TOYS. IT IS OPEN SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS BUT THE TIMES DIFFER IN WINTER. THE ADDMISSION IS £3.00 FOR ADULTS, £2.00 FOR 5-15 YEAR OLDS.
ON THE SUNDAY I WENT TO PICK A DOLL, ANOTHER SOLD BY THE CHERRYCRAFT FIRM OF MANCHESTER, SHE TURNED OUT TO BE BY D.I.L, I THOUGHT SHE LOOKED FAMILIAR. SHE IS CALLED A SILVER BRIDE DOLL, ONE OF THE BABY ONES I'VE GOT IS ALSO A SILVER DOLL, WONDER IF THEY WERE MADE IN THE JUBILEE YEAR?
BEFORE I PICK UP THE DOLL I WENT TO CHELFORD CAR BOOT, WHAT A CHANGE FROM YORK! IT COST £2.50 TO PARK AND THERE WERE A LOT OF STALLS BUT ONLY ONE SELLING ANYTHING OLDER THAN 20 YEARS OLD. A LOT WERE MARKET STALLS, I WON'T GO THERE AGAIN!!!!!!
IT WAS A NICE WEEKEND THOUGH,SATURDAY WAS THE NICEST DAY, THE WEATHER HAS BEEN LOVELY AND LOOKS AS IF IT WILL STAY THE SAME FOR A BIT. |
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