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July 28 NORTH WEST DOLL CLUB MEETING AND CLARES BIRTHDAY TRIPLAST SATURDAY WE WENT TO THE NORTH WEST DOLL CLUB, THERE WAS A VERY GOOD TURN OUT AND SOME GOOD ENTRIES FOR THE COMPOTION, THE BEST ONE WAS LATE THOUGH, ROSE DID A DOLL IN A GREEN SWIMSUIT, SUNGLASSES AND SUNSHADE WITH A DRINK AND FRIES, IT WAS LOVELY. THE OTHER ENTRIES WERE VERY GOOD BUT THIS WAS EXCEPTIONAL.
THERE WERE LOTS OF FAIRIES, PIXIES AND ELVES FOR THE DISPLAY SOME VERY UNUSAL ONES, I TOOK MY TODHUNTER PIXIES, A FEW FAIRIES, GOLDEN GIRLS AND SOME GERMAN PIXIES. MAREL BOUGHT A TODHUNTER PUPPET, I DIDN'T KNOW THEY MADE THEM. SHELLEY, MAY APPLETON, MARIE AND ROSE BOUGHT OTHER PIXIES AND FAIRIES.
BOOTS WENT TO THE MEETING AND ENJOYED ALL THE ATTENTION, HE GOT EVEN MORE THAN USUAL AS A WEDDING PARTY CAME IN AT THE END FOR CUPS OF TEA.
           ON SUNDAY SARA AND SIMON TOOK CLARE TO KESWICK, TO SEE CARS AND THEIR CARS MUSEUM, WE WERE GOING TO GO TO SOUTH LAKES BUT THE WEATHER WAS TOO BAD. I WENT WITH THEM AND IT WAS A LOVELY DAY, WE WENT ROUND KESWICK SHOPS BEFORE LUNCH THEN WENT BACK TO THE CAR, SARA HAD MADE A CORN BEEF HASH AND A CHILLI AND HEATED THEM UP ON THE CAMPING STOVE IN THE BOOT OF THE CAR, CLARE LOVED THE CHILLI AND THE HASH WAS EXCELLENT. WE THEN WENT TO THE MUSEUM, THERE WERE LOTS OF FAMOUS CARS THERE, BATMOBILES, NODDYS CAR, HERBIE, THE FLINTSTONES, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, THE MUNSTERS, AMONG OTHERS, CLARES FAVOURITES WERE KITT, THE KNIGHT RIDER CAR AND GENERAL LEE FROM DUKES OF HAZARD.
AFTER WE WENT ROUND THE MUSEUM WE WERE TALKING TO THE OWNER, THEY HAD LOTS OF AUTOGRAPHS, CLARE HAS LOTS OF MOTOR RACING ONES. I MENTIONED IT WAS HER BIRTHDAY AND THEY LET HER SIT IN KITT, SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT! THEY SIGNED A POSTCARD FOR HER AND SHE BOUGHT A MODEL OF KITT TO KEEP.
ON THE WAY BACK WE STOPPED AT RHEGARD FOR COFFEE, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE, JOE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE PLAYAREA AND WE HAD A LOOK ROUND, IT IS VERY LIGHT AND AIRY AND I LOVED THE WATERFALL AT THE BACK. YOU GO IN THROUGH THE HILL INTO IT AND THE WINDOWS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT GAVE ME A FEW MORE IDEAS FOR WHEN I WIN THE LOTTERY!, [I WISH] I'VE ALREADY DESIGNED WHAT I WANT BUT WANT TO ADD THE WATERFALL NOW.
                JOE WON THE TEDDY IN A TOMBOLA IN A CHARITY SHOP, HE GOT 5 TICKETS AND WON 3 PRIZES, THEY LET HIM SWOP ONE FOR THE TEDDY HE WANTED.
July 21 NORTH WEST DOLL CLUBIT'S THE NORTH WEST DOLL CLUB MEETING ON SATURDAY, 1.30 AT ST CHADS, LADYBARN FOR ANY DOLL, DOLLHOUSE AND TEDDY COLLECTORS WHO ARE IN THE AREA. THE DISPLAY IS FOR FAIRIES, PIXIES AND OUT OF THIS WORLD DOLLS. THERE IS A COMPETITION FOR A HAND DRESSED BEAUTY QUEEN [BUTLINS STYLE] THE MEETING IS A JACOBS JOIN SO BRING SOME FOOD IF YOU ARE COMING. THE MEMBERSHIP IS £5 A YEAR AND THE FEES ARE 50P EACH MEETING.
LAST WEEKEND WAS VERY BUSY, WENT TO A FRIENDS HOUSE FRIDAY NIGHT, JEAN [PARKSIDE BEARS] WAS THERE, IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE HER AGAIN AND LOOKING VERY WELL. MAREL, AMY, AND DIANE CAME AS WELL. IT WAS VIV'S BIRTHDAY SO SHE HAD FAMILY THERE AND SOME NEIGHBOURS CAME AS WELL.
ON SATURDAY I WENT WITH MAREL TO BLACKPOOL TO PICK UP A DOLLHOUSE, WE STOPPED IN ST ANNES AND HAD A LOOK ROUND THE SHOPS THEN CAME BACK THROUGH THE FYLDE COUNTRY SIDE, MUCH NICER THAN COMING BACK ON THE MOTORWAY OR MAIN ROADS.
SUNDAY I WAS UP EARLY, I WAS DOING A CARBOOT WITH MY DAUGHTER, WE WENT TO BILSBORROW BUT IT WAS CANCELLED SO WE HAD TO CARRY ON TO CARNFORTH, THE CARBOOT ON THE A6 ON THE WAY TO MILNTHORPE, THE WEATHER WASNT BAD, A BIT OF RAIN BUT WE TOOK THE GAZEBO.
AT NIGHT WE WENT TO DAVIDS FOR THOMAS'S 4TH BIRTHDAY, HE LOVES DR WHO AND GOT A LOT OF STUFF FROM THE SHOW SO WAS VERY HAPPY, SPENT MOST OF THE TIME PLAYING WITH JOE, HE LOVES HIS BIG COUSIN! IT WAS A LONG DAY, STILL TIRED, TOO MANY EARLY MORNINGS AND NOT ENOUGH EARLY NIGHTS. July 12 AUNTS 80TH AT CROSS KEYS AND REEBOOK TOY FAIRWENT UP TO MUMS LAST WEEK, STAYED OVER THE WEEKEND, TOOK SOME PHOTOS OF LANCASTER CANAL WHILE I WAS WALKING THE DOG AND WE WENT TO THE CROSS KEYS FOR AUNT PATS 80TH. IT WAS A VERY NICE MEAL , THE CROSS KEYS AY CAUTLEY IS A TEMPERANCE INN BUT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR OWN WINE AND THE FOOD IS EXCELLENT. YOU CAN ALSO WALK THE CALORIES OFF AFTER IF YOU WANT, THE PUB IS NOT FAR FROM CAUTLEY SPOUT.
                 TODAY WAS REEBOK TOY AND TRAIN FAIR, GOT THERE EARLY AND HAD A GOOD LOOK ROUND BEFORE I SET UP MY STALL, GOT SOME DOLL HOUSE BITS AND A COMPOSITION HEADED DOLL, A FILM STAR I THINK, 1930S-40S. THERE WERE LOTS OF THINGS I WOULD HAVE LOVED BUY, THERE WAS A DEANS RAG BOOK DOLL, AN ELASTOLIN FORT, TWO LITTLE SAILING SHIPS AND A LOVELY WAX SOLDIER DOLL SIGNED BY A FRENCH SCULPTOR, HE WAS VERY NICE. DIDN'T MANAGE TO BUY ANYTHING ELSE AS I DIDNT SELL ANYTHING AT ALL, THERE WERE VERY FEW DOLL COLLECTORS CAME AND NO DOLL HOUSE COLLECTORS. I TOOK TWO DOLL HOUSES, A TRIANG 61 AND A LUNDBY AND A 40'S DOLL COT BESIDES THE DOLLS. VERY TIRING WHEN STANDING ALL DAY AND NOT SELLING ANYTHING.                                  July 09 Hebden Clan Family HistoryVery useful site if you are related to Hebdens, Hebdins, Ebdens and other variations of the name. We are descended from Hebdins. July 07 NEXT YEARS FAIR DATESGOT THE DATES FOR BARTON DOLL, TEDDY AND MINIATURES FAIR, THE SAME WEEKENDS AS LAST YEAR, 6 MARCH, 8 MAY, 11 SEPT, AND 4TH DEC. THIS YEAR THE DATES ARE 12 SEPTEMBER AND 5 DECEMBER.
THIS SUNDAY IS REEBOK TOY AND TRAIN FAIR, GOT SOME NEW THINGS, A TRIANG DOLLHOUSE, A LUNDBY ONE, A DOLL COT, GOING TO BE HARD TO FIND ROOM ON THE STALL! ALSO TINY TEARS, QUINTS BABYSITTERS AND OTHER BITS.
            SOME PHOTOS OF PAST REEBOK FAIRS. July 05 Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston - Enchanted Worlds: Art of Fairy Stories and Mermaid Tales |
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