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September 30 BILSBORROW CAR BOOT, BARTON ANTIQUE FAIR AND CANCELLED FAIR AT BOLTONHI AGAIN, WENT TO THE LAST BILSBORROW CARBOOT TODAY, NO MORE TILL NEXT SUMMER. I GOT A FEW NICE THINGS BUT NOTHING REALLY SPECIAL, SHELLY ARRIVED LATER AND MANAGED TO BUY SOME PIPPA FURNITURE. I GOT BITS OF ACTION MAN STUFF, SOME BITS OF OLD CHILDS CLOTHING, TWO PEGGY NISBETS AND A CHAD VALLEY FOOTBALL GAME. AFTER I HAD BEEN I WENT TO BARTON, THERE IS AN ANTIQUE FAIR THERE EVERY TWO WEEKS, I MET A FEW FRIENDS THERE AND BOUGHT 3 TEDDIES AND A LOVELEY TRIANG FARM, IT HAS THE BARN, FARMHOUSE, OUTBUILDINGS,WELL, WATERBARREL AND WATERWHEEL. IT WAS JUST POST WAR AND LOVELY TO FIND ALL ITS BITS. I HAVEN'T PHOTOGRAPHED IT YET, ITS HARD TO FIND ENOUGH ROOM TO SET IT UP TO DO IT JUSTICE.
MY FRIEND WENT TO BOLTON TO BRENTWOODS DOLL AND TEDDY FAIR, WHEN SHE GOT THERE IT HAD BEEN CANCELLED, THERE WAS NO NOTIFICATION ANYWHERE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD KNOW FOR 6 WEEKS. ITS A BIT UNFAIR NOT TO PUT IT IN THE PAPER AND ON THE INTERNET AT LEAST. September 28 DAVES WEDDING PHOTOS.THE PHOTOS OF DAVE WEDDING TURNED OUT WELL. WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE BUT IT WOULD HAVE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ME. MARIA AND THOMAS ARE BACK NOW, THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR THE VISA TO COME THROUGH.
I'M GOING TO LANCASTER TOMORROW TO AN ANTIQUE BUYING DAY WITH MUM. JOE IS GOING TO THE DOCTOR WHO EXIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY WITH THE BEAVERS. HE LOVES MUSEUMS, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HIM TO YORVIK, ITS SOMEWHERE I WOULD LIKE TO GO ANYWAY. I'M LOOKING AFTER HIM TONIGHT, SARA AND SIMON HAVE GONE TO HUDDERSFIELD TO SEE THE WHISKEY CATS. September 21 DOLLS AND TOYS I GOT AT BARTONHI, JUST GOING TO ADD THE PHOTOS OF THE DOLLS AND TOY I GOT AT BARTON. THE LITTLE KLEEWARE MILKBAR IS VERY CUTE, IT IS MISSING ONE SEAT BUT HAS THE PERSON SELLING THE MILK.
THE THREE CLOTH DOLLS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PROBABLY MERRYTHOUGHT DESIGNED BY NORA WELLINGS, LIKE THE ONES IN THE MERRYTHOUGHT MUSEUM, I JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE VERY NICE.
THE BOXED PEDIGREE IS CALLED CHLOE AND IS ONE FOR THE BOOK IF I CAN GET A PUBLISHER.
I BOUGHT THE BARBIE, FRANCIE CASE FOR MY DOLLS, I LIKE THE DESIGN ON IT, MOGDLIANI INSPIRED.
I ALSO BOUGHT A FELT COAT, IT LOOKED CHAD VALLEY AND FITS MY DOLL PERFECTLY. SHE HAS A YELLOW FELT DRESS AND THE COAT IS ORANGE.
THE SEMCO DOLL WAS BOUGHT IN BY A CUSTOMER, THEY BOUGHT AN AIRFIX MARY POPPINS AS WELL BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT TILL AFTER. THE SEMCO IS MARKED BUT THE BOX SAYS D.G TODD. THE TRADE MARK LITTLE BEAUTY WAS USED ON MANY DOLLS SOLD BY WOOLWORTHS.
MY FAVOURITE THING IS THE ORIENTAL DOLL IN IT'S DOME, I AM MEANT TO BE COLLECTING BRITISH DOLLS BUT I DO LIKE THE ORIENTAL ONES. September 15 BARTON DOLL TEDDY AND MINIATURES FAIR AND SCOTLANDHI, THE DOLL TEDDY AND MINIATURES FAIR AT BARTON VILLAGE HALL WENT WELL, EVERYONE SEEMED TO ENJOY IT. WE HAD A FEW NEW PEOPLE, IT WAS LESLEY AND MARIES FIRST VISIT, I DONT KNOW THE NAMES OF THE OTHER FIRST TIMERS BUT HI TO YOU ALL. WE STILL DONT SEEN TO GET MANY MORE PEOPLE WHICH IS A SHAME AS THERE ARE A LOT OF OLD DOLLS THERE, I WILL ADD THE PHOTOS TO THE BARTON ALBUM, THEY WILL BE ALL TOGETHER AS I'VE STARTED THEM ALL WITH BARTON SEPT 2007.
I MANAGED TO BUY SOME NICE THINGS AND WILL POST THE PHOTOS OF THEM WHEN I'VE SORTED THEM. I GOT A NICE SMALL ORIENTAL IN A GLASS DOME, THREE NICE CLOTH DOLLS,A BARBIE CASE, A NICE BOXED PEDIGREE AND A BOXED SEMCO LITTLE BEAUTY MADE FOR THEM BY D G TODD AND PROBABLY SOLD BY WOOLWORTHS AS LITTLE BEAUTY WAS A WOOLWORTHS TRADEMARK. I ALSO BOUGHT A KLEEWARE DINER WHICH IS VERY CUTE.
THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR I WENT TO SCOTLAND, TO KIRKCUMBRIGHT WHERE MY GREATGREAT GRANDFATHER C AME FROM, HE WAS BORN AT LAURIESTOWN WHICH IS A VERY PRETTY PLACE, I GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM THE KIRKCUMBRIGHT MUSEUM,THE STEWARTY MUSEUM, ST. MARYS STREET, A VERY NICE LADY HELPED, AND I TOOK A LOT OF PHOTOS.
I STAYED AT THE THISTLE IN CROSSMICHEAL,CASTLE DOUGLAS, OI556670203 HAD AN EXCELLENT MEAL, THE CHEF WAS FROM CRETE AND THE FOOD WAS VERY GOOD.
THE NEXT MORNING I SET OF TO SKYE VIA LOCH LOMOND, IT WAS A BEAUTIFULL DAY BUT A LONG DRIVE. I STAYED IN A SMALL PLACE JUST OVER THE SKYE BRIDGE AND WENT OVER TO THE GLENDALE TOY MUSEUM, THE ISLAND WAS MISTY SO I DIDN'T GET AS GOOD VEIWS AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED. THE TOY MUSEUM WAS VERY GOOD, WELL WORTH THE VISIT. AFTER I HAD BEEN THERE I WENT UP TO UNAPOOL TO STAY AT MARY MILNES BED AND BREAKFAST, NEXT TO HER DOLL MUSEUM, I HAD A LOVELY DAY ON THE WEDNESDAY, I WENT ON A CRUISE ON THE SUMMER QUEEN AND SAW PORPOISES IN THE DISTANCE AND SEALS, WE STOPPED AT ONE OF THE SUMMER ILSE AND HAD A CLIMB TO THE TOP, THERE WERE LOVELY VEIWS. ON THE WAY BACK TO MARYS I WENT UP THE ROAD TOWARDS THE SUMMER ILSES BUT STOPPED TO GO UP STACKPOLLY, I SAW SOME RED DEER ON THE WAY DOWN. THE NEXT DAY I WENT ON THE BOAT UP THE LOCH IN THE MORNING, THE WIND WAS GETTING UP A BIT BUT I REALLY ENJOYED IT, THE CAPTAIN TOLD US ALL ABOUT THE SEALS AND WE GOT VERY CLOSE TO THEM, HE ALSO SHOWED US THE CLIFFS WHERE THE GEOLOGISTS FIRST FOUND OUT THAT THE EARTH HAD MOVED AS THE OLDER GNEISS ROCK HAD MOVED ABOVE THE SANDSTONE TYPE.
WE ALSO WENT TO SEE THE WATERFALL FROM THE BOAT, AT OVER 600 FEET IT IS HIGHER THAN NIAGRIA. THE WIND REALLY GOT UP AND THE WAVES HAD WHITE TOPS, IT WAS GOOD BUT HE DIDNT TAKE THE BOAT OUT AGAIN THAT DAY. I HAD A LONG TRIP BACK ON FRIDAY, STARTED OFF AT 8.30 AND GOT HOME ABOUT THE SAME TIME AT NIGHT, I STOPPED TWICE TO EAT AN REST BUT WHEN I WENT TO BED I STILL FELT LIKE I WAS TRAVELLING. HAD A GOOD HOLIDAY BUT WAS GLAD TO BE HOME. September 02 YORK CAR BOOT.TOOK BOOTS TO YORK AGAIN ON SATURDAY, GOT SO MUCH STUFF I HAD TO GET A FRIEND TO HELP ME CARRY IT TO THE CAR. MIKE [BEARS OF WINDY HILL] WAS DOING A STALL THERE! I FOUND A LOVELY OLD STABLE, A NICE TRIANG HOUSE TO KEEP AND SOME DOLLS TO SELL AT BARTON FAIR NEXT SATURDAY, THEY ARE WASHED NOW AND WAITING TO HAVE THEIR HAIR DONE.
IT WILL BE NICE TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY MEET SOME NEW PEOPLE. I GOT MY DOLL MAGAZINES THIS WEEK, DOLL SHOWCASE AND DOLL ADVERTISER, BOTH VERY GOOD WITH LOTS OF PHOTOS OF DOLLS IN, THE SORT I COLLECT, NOT THE MODERN REPRO, THEY HAVE NEW DOLLS AS WELL BUT THEY ARE MAINLY CHILDRENS DOLLS.
I HAVE BOUGHT QUITE A FEW THINGS OF E-BAY AGAIN, MORE BRITISH DOLLS, I HAVE STILL NO INFORMATION ON LESMAR, JAYCO AND A FEW OTHER EARLY BRITISH COMPANIES SO IF ANY ONE HAS ANY PLEASE GOOD THEY LET ME KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION AS WELL AS PICTURES. |
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