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August 30 HORRIBLE SUMMER, BARTON DOLL FAIR.ARE WE GIONG TO GET A SUMMER THIS YEAR, DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT YET!!!! HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE NICE ON THE 8TH WHEN BARTON DOLL FAIR IS ON, WE HAVE LOTS OF STALLS AND I'VE JUST PUT THE ADVERT IN THE LOCAL PAPER. IF YOU DO MANAGE TO GET THERE COME AND SAY HELLO, WOULD BE NICE TO MEET SOME PEOPLE.
I ONLY GOT TO TWO CARBOOTS ON SUNDAY, THE CAR DIDN'T START ON SATURDAY, I WAS ABOUT TO SET OFF TO YORK BUT COULDN'T GO. IT NEEDED A SERVICE AND TWO NEW TYRES, ONE POPPED ON SUNDAY MORNING!
JUST HEARD THE NEWS, 6 EARTHQUAKES IN MANCHESTER IN THE LAST MONTH!! NEVER NOTICED ANYTHING HERE.
GOT SOME NICE DOLLS ON E-BAY BUT NOT PHOTOGRAPHED THEM YET, ONE IS A CUT AND GROW DOLL SOLD BY PEDIGREE UNDER LICENSE FROM GABRIEL TOYS, I GOT ANOTHER LITTLE COMBEX DOLL, A 10 INCH SAROLD, ANOTHER BOXED PEDIGREE AND A DOLLIES DOLL, I AM WAITING FOR A CHILTERN CUDDLEY BABIES DOLL, A DEANS AND A JAYCO. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT JAYCO, I HAVE NO INFORMATION ON THEM FOR MY BOOK. August 07 MORE PHOTOS OF RIVINGTON.WENT UP RIVINGTON AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BOOTS LED THE WAY AS USUAL. WE HAD A GOOD WALK WITH ONLY A BIT OF DRIZZLE NEAR THE END. FOUND SOME DIFFERENT AREAS, I'VE STILL NOT EXPLORED IT ALL. LORD LEVERHULME MUST HAVE REALLY ENJOYED HAVING IT BUILT AND LIVING IN THE HOUSE. THERE IS ONLY A TRACE OF THE FLOORS NOW.
ON SUNDAY WE GOT UP AT 6AM AND WENT TO 6 CARBOOTS BEFORE MEETING MUM OUTSIDE CHURCH. I FOUND A NICE DESIGNER BARBIE, SOME TATTY SINDYS WITH CLOTHES, A PALITOY CLEVER KERRY AND SOME EARLY VINYL DOLLS. I HAD A LOT OF WINS ON E-BAY AS WELL, SOME NICE BRITISH DOLLS FOR THE BOOK.
WE WENT TO THE REDWELL INN FOR LUNCH AND THEN HAD A RIDE OUT THROUGH THE TROUGH OF BOWLAND, IT WAS A LOVELY DAY AND WE STOPPED FOR ICECREAM AT THE VAN, VERY NICE CREAMY ICECREAM, BOOTS ENJOYED HIS! I DIDN'T GET HOME TILL 10PM AS I STOPPED AT MY SONS ON THE WAY HOME. WE DOWNLOADED A FORM FOR A JOB, I HOPE I GET IT, GOT TO BE BETTER THAN WHERE I AM NOW!! August 01 WORKING ON BOOKI HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE BOOK, STILL LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON SOME FIRMS BUT HAVE BOUGHT QUITE A FEW BOXED BRITISH DOLLS RECENTLY SO HAVE GOT MORE INFORMATION FROM THE BOXES. IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP WITH THE EARLIER STUFF AS IT DOESN'T COME UP IN THE ORIGINAL BOX VERY OFTEN.
I'M GOING TO SCOTLAND AGAIN LATER THIS YEAR, I'VE JUST BOOKED A FEW NIGHTS AT MARY MILNE'S B&B, IT WILL BE NICE TO SEE THE DOLL MUSEUM AGAIN AND THE VEIW FROM THE B&B IS LOVELY, THE LOCH ALWAYS SEEMS VERY BLUE AND THE MOUNTAINS ARE REALLY NICE. ON THE WAY UP I WILL STOP AT KIRKCUBRIGHT AND SEE WHERE MY GREAT GREAT GRANDAD WAS BORN, HE WAS A MCCYMONT MILLER AND MOVED TO ROCHDALE, HE RAN A CONFECTIONERS THERE. GREAT GRANDAD WAS IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY AND DIED IN A PRINTING ACCIDENT AT STOCKPORT WHEN GRAN WAS A LITTLE BABY.
I NEVER SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO ANYTHING I WANT, WISH I COULD AFFORD TO RETIRE SO I'D HAVE TIME. I WANT TO START PAINTING AGAIN, IT'S A LONG TIME SINCE I DID MUCH.
BETTER GO AND GET MY TEA NOW. SEE YOU |
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