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September 30 COBHAM DOLLHOUSE AND MINIATURES FAIRI'M HOPING TO GO DOWN TO COBHAM ON SUNDAY, IT'LL BE A LONG DAY THOUGH, I THINK NEARLY 4HRS DRIVE DOWN, THEN AT THE FAIR THEN 4HRS HOME! I'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE AND AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, I DON'T USSUALLY GO TO DOLLHOUSE FAIRS AS I LIKE THE ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE ITEMS, THE FEW FAIRS I'VE BEEN ROUND HERE ARE MAINLY NEW ITEMS.
IT'S RIVINGTON FAIR ON SATURDAY AND I WILL PROBABLY GO, IT'S ONLY 30 MINUTES AWAY AND IN A BEAUTIFUL AREA NEAR RIVINGTON PIKE. WHEN I WENT TO YORK LAST WEEK WITH SHELLEY WE PICKED UP THE WRONG BAGS SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SWOP THEM ON SATURDAY I HOPE, WE EACH GOT A ROYAL DOULTON PEGGY NESBIT AND THATS WHY WE GOT THE WRONG BAGS OUT OF THE CAR, I'VE GOT HER TEDDY AND SHE'S GOT MY ANTIQUE ENGLISH? DOLL, CAN'T WAIT TO GET HER BACK SO I CAN SEE WHO SHE IS! I ALSO GOT SOME PLASTER DOLL HOUSE FOOD, SOME DOLL CLOTHES AND A LOVELY CHINA HEAD DOLL IN HER ORIGINAL OUTFIT. ANOTHER DOLL I GOT IS A COMPOSITION BABY, MADE IN ENGLAND, IN PYJAMAS. ALL THE CLOTHES ARE WASHED BUT I'VE STILL TO DO THE IRONING! Vintage and Collectible Dolls - Porcelain Dolls, Baby Dollsdoll and dollhouse sale site September 26 BLACKPOOL LIGHTSWENT TO BLACKPOOL LIGHTS LAST NIGHT WITH JOE AND MY FRIEND MAREL, THE LIGHTS WERE BRILLIANT BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO SORT THE TRAMS!
WE WENT ALONG THE BACK ROADS AND STOPPED AT A PUB FOR TEA, A VERY NICE MEAL, WE PARKED UP AT BISPHAM, TOOK A BIT TO FIND SOMEWHERE. WE DID SEE THE FIREWORKS BUT THEY WERE IN THE DISTANCE, I THINK ITS THE FINAL OF THE FIREWORKS COMPETION NEXT FRIDAY. THEN WE WENT TO THE TRAM STOP, THE TRAMS WERE WAITING TO GO BUT THE DRIVERS ALL SEEMED TO BE ON A BREAK, HAD TO WAIT OVER 30 MINUTES FOR ONE TO SET OFF, A LOT OF PEOPLE GAVE UP AND WALKED! I THINK THEY LOST A LOT OF MONEY IN FARES BY NOT HAVING MORE REGULAR TRAMS. THE FARE WAS GOOD VALUE, ALL THE WAY TO THE PLEASURE BEACH, 2 ADULTS AND A CHILD FOR UNDER £5, WHEN WE GOT THERE WE HAD A LANDEAU RIDE, £25 IT WAS BRILLIANT, YOU GET A REALLY GOOD VEIW OF THE LIGHTS, SLIGHTLY SCARY WHEN YOU REALISE HOW CLOSE THE CARS ARE! THOSE HORSES TOTALLY UNFLAPPABLE!
THE RIDE TOOK US BACK TO THE TOWER SO WE WENT TO THE TRAM STOP TO CATCH A TRAM BACK TO BISPHAM, NO TRAM FOR AGES IN OUR DIRECTION AND WHEN IT DID COME IT WAS PACKED AND WE COULDNT GET ON, PEOPLE GAVE UP AGAIN, SOME GOT A TAXI, OTHERS WALKED, WE STARTED WALKING BUT IT WAS TOO FAR FOR JOE AND MAREL, JOE WAS VERY TIRED BY THAT TIME! I LEFT THEM TO WAIT AND WALKED TO THE CAR, TOOK ME 45 MINS! TAXI WANTED £8 SO DIDNT USE IT. WHEN I PICKED THEM UP THEY WERE A BIT COLD, JOE WENT STRAIGHT TO SLEEP AS SOON AS WE SET OFF AND WE FINALLY GOT HOME AT 12.30! THE LIGHTS WERE WORTH IT BUT THEY DEFINITLY NEED TO HAVE MORE TRAMS RUNNING.
THIS MORNING I WAS MEANT TO GET UP EARLY TO GO TO YORK, SHELLEY ARRIVED AT 6 AND I ONLY GOT UP THEN, WE WENT TO YORK CAR BOOT AND GAT SOME NICE THINGS, I BOUGHT A LOVELY LOWBROW CHINA HEAD DOLL WITH ORIGINAL? CLOTHES, HAD TO USE CHEQUE BOOK FOR THAT BUT IT WAS LOVELY, A COMPOSITION BABY IN PYJAMAS, MARKED MADE IN ENGLAND AND A NUMBER BUT NO OTHER MARKS, AN OLD POT HEAD DOLL, LOOKS ENGLISH MAKE. A TIN OF DOLL HOUSE FOOD, THE LARGE VINTAGE PLASTER SET, IT WAS IN A TIN BOX NOT ON SHOW, I JUST PICKED IT UP AND REALISED THERE WAS SOMETHING IN IT, WHEN I OPENED IT AND SAW THE FOOD I BOUGHT IT, NEEDS SOME GLUING AND SOME PIECES DAMAGED BUT OTHERS ARE GOOD.
I ALSO GOT SOME DOLL CLOTHES AND A CARPET FOR ONE OF MY DOLL HOUSES. WE EACH BOUGHT A PEGGY NISBET ROYAL DOULTON DOLL. I'LL POST PICTURES AS SOON AS THEY ARE CLEANED UP.                September 24 Puppenmarkenlexikon um das Alter und die Herkunft Ihrer Puppen zu bestimmenGERMAN DOLL SITE WITH DOLL MARKS FOR GERMAN DOLLS SITE IN GERMAN BUT MARKS WELL PICTURED. Puppenmarkenlexikon um das Alter und die Herkunft Ihrer Puppen zu bestimmen Wray Scarecrow Village, Lancashire, England. Wray Lancaster UKalways wanted the house, wish i could afford it! Wray Scarecrow Village, Lancashire, England. Wray Lancaster UK LAKELAND PLANGON DOLL CLUBWE HAD A GOOD DAY AT THE LAKELAND PLANGON CLUB, I WENT WITH MAREL AND MET A COUPLE OF MEMBERS IN THE PUB FOR LUNCH BEFORE THE MEETING AT THE HERON CENTRE AT KENDAL.
WE HAD A SHOW AND TELL AND SALES TABLE AND EVERYONE SEEMED TO ENJOY THE DAY.
I'M HOPING TO GO TO BLACKPOOL LIGHTS TOMORROW NIGHT, I'M TAKING JOE AND MAREL IS HOPING TO COME AS WELL. THERE SHOULD BE A FIREWORK DISPLAY AS WELL.
ON SATURDAY MORNING I'M HAVING AN EARLY START, GOING TO YORK CAR BOOT WITH SHELLEY SO WILL BE A BUSY WEEKEND.
HOPEFULLY I'LL FIND SOMETHING NICE.
ITS COBHAM MINIATURE FAIR ON THE 4TH OCT AND I'M HOPING TO GO DOWN WITH MAREL, IT'S A LONG WAY SO AN EARLY START, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, WILL BE NICE TO SEE LOTS OF ANTIQUE ITEMS. WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE BOOTS AS GRAHAM,MY EX PARTNER, WILL LOOK AFTER HIM, BOOTS IS HALF HIS DOG AS WELL.                  The Twenty Three Hulks Known To ExistUPDATE ON THIS DEFINITLY 24, I'VE HAD ONE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, BOUGHT AT AUCTION, DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS RARE! , BOX IS TATTY, HE IS VERY SOFT AND FULL. September 16 AUCTION OF LOVELY DOLLSFOR THE ATTENTION OF FATHER CHRISTMAS! THIS IS MY CHRISTMAS WISH LIST, WOULD LIKE THE QUEEN ANNE DOLLS, ANY OTHER BRITISH ONES, THE DOLL HOUSE, THE FURNITURE, THE CLOTH DOLLS AND ANY OTHERS http://www.skinnerinc.com/toys-dolls-collectibles-auction.php?fam=17&type=latest September 14 DAY OUT TO FAMILY ROOTSI HAD A DAY OFF TODAY SO WENT TO THE AREA MY HEBDIN ANCESTORS CAME FROM, WHARFEDALE IN NORTH YORKSHIRE. I WENT TO RYLESTONE FIRST, THIS IS WERE THE HEBDINS WENT TO CHURCH. ONLY FOUND TWO HEBDIN GRAVES THERE THOUGH, JOHN WILLIAM HEBDEN AND HIS WIFE, HE WAS THE BUTCHER IN CRACOE BUT AT A MUCH MORE RECENT PERIOD THAN WHEN MY ANCESTOR GEORGE LEFT CRACOE, PROBABLY IN THE 1810S GEORGE WAS BORN IN 1790 AND WAS IN BLACKBURN BY 1823 WHEN HE MARRIED JANE BRADLEY. THE OTHER GRAVE WAS SARAH HEBDEN BUT IT ONLY HAD A YEAR ON. 1775.
I ALSO WENT TO HETTON TO SEE A LADY WHO MAY BE ABLE TO SEND ME SOME INFORMATION, SHE IS VERY INTRESTED IN LOCAL HISTORY.
LUNCH WAS AT THE DEVONSHIRE ARMS IN CRACOE, RIGHT NEXT TO THE CAFE WHICH USED TO BE HEBDENS BUTCHERS. THE FIRST TIME I HAD BEEN IN A PUB ON MY OWN FOR A MEAL. IT WAS VERY GOOD, I CHOSE TWO STARTERS, THE NICEST MUSHROOM SOUP I'D EVER HAD, IT HAD STILTON IN AND WAS EXCELLENT! AND A BLACK PUDDING TOWER WITH CHEESE AND TOMATO AND SOME VERY TASTY BEETROOT, NO VINAGAR TASTE! IT WAS GOOD. THEY ALSO ADDED A NASTURIUM FLOWER, I KNEW YOU COULD EAT THEM BUT HADN'T BEFORE.
THEY HAVE EN-SUITE ROOMS, SOME WITH A JACUZZI BATHROOM FOR A LUXURY STAY. THE WEB SITE IS www.devonshirecracoe.co.uk
AFTER LOOKING AT CRACOE I WENT TO GRASSINGTON, THERE IS NO LIBARY THERE AND THE LOCAL MUSEUM IS CLOSED MONDAYS SO I DIDN'T FIND ANYMORE INFORMATION BUT IT IS A NICE TOWN WITH SOME LOVELY HOUSES AND I CALLED IN A CHARITY SHOP AND BOUGHT A LOVELY CLOTH DOLL, A NEWER CHAD VALLEY, DEANS TYPE DOLL VERY WELL MADE. DON'T KNOW HOW OLD SHE IS OR WHO MADE HER BUT SHE IS VERY SWEET.
ON SUNDAY I'D BEEN TO BILSBORROW CAR BOOT AND JUST BOUGHT A 1926 EDITION OF A.A. MILNE SONGS ILLUSTRATED BY SHEPARD, NOT A FIRST EDITION BUT ONLY TWO YEARS LATER! ITS GOT THE MUSIC AND WORDS TO THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN SONGS. WISH I COULD PLAY MUSIC AND SING!                     September 13 Rosie Bloom home of Blooms handmade clothes and shoes for sasha dollsLovely clothes for Sasha dolls, Rosie does my fair at Barton Rosie Bloom home of Blooms handmade clothes and shoes for sasha dolls September 12 BARTON DOLL TEDDY AND MINIATURES FAIR, TODAY 12 SEPT 2009IT WAS A NICE FAIR TODAY, LOTS OF NEW PEOPLE CAME, A DOLL CLUB FROM BLACKPOOL AND MANY OTHERS CAME FOR THE FIRST TIME. I THINK THEY ALL ENJOYED IT. SUE BREWER HAD A STALL WITH DOLL SHOWCASE MAGAZINE, THE 50'S DOLL BOOK AND THE CHILDRENS GAMES BOOK SHE WROTE. DEBBIE WHO RUNS THE MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM FAIR, IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS, ALSO HAD A STALL. SHE ENJOYED IT.
I BOUGHT SOME NICE THINGS INCLUDING A FLAT ROOF DOLL HOUSE, BACK OPENING. THE PICTURES WILL GO IN A NEW ALBUM SOON! IT'S ALWAYS A LONG DAY AND THERE WAS A BAD ACCIDENT NEAR MY HOUSE, ONLY A FEW MINUTES FROM HOME, SO GLAD I WASN'T EARLIER, IT WAS ABOUT 6 CARS IN FRONT OF ME, A CAR OVERTURNED ON LONDON ROAD, IT'S A 30 MILE HOUR LIMIT THERE BUT MUST HAVE BEEN GOING FASTER I THINK. HOPEFULLY WHOEVER WAS IN IT WAS OK. THE AMBULANCE AND FIRE ENGINE ARRIVED JUST AFTER I STOPPED. September 11 BARTON DOLL TEDDY AND MINIATURES FAIRALL READY FOR THE FAIR TOMORROW, 39 STALLS BOOKED, NEW SIGNS MADE, TRICIA HERE TO HELP SET UP IN THE MORNING, MUM WILL BE COMING ON THE BUS IN THE MORNING. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY MEETING NEW PEOPLE. SUSAN BREWER IS COMING WITH HER DOLL BOOKS AND MAGAZINES, HER DAUGHTER JENNA IS COMING WITH HER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEY ARE GOING TO BLACKPOOL LIGHTS AS WELL. THEY GOT SOME NICE WEATHER! September 07 BARTON DOLL, TEDDY AND MINIATURES FAIRIT IS THE FAIR THIS SATURDAY, BARTON VILLAGE HALL, A6 BARTON PRESTON, THE HALL IS ON THE MAIN ROAD NORTH OF THE M6 JUNCTION 32 FOR NORTH PRESTON AND GARSTANG, TURN NORTH TOWARDS GARSTANG ON THE A6 ABOUT 3 MILES AWAY.
THERE ARE 48 STALLS OF MAINLY VINTAGE AND ANTIQUE DOLLS, SOME VINTAGE FURNITURE AND TEDDYS ALSO A COUPLE OF ARTIST DOLL STALLS, ONE REBORN STALL AND ARTIST BEARS INCLUDING MINIATURES. THERE ARE PICTURES OF EARLIER FAIRS IN THE ALBUMS.
SUSAN BREWER IS BRINGING HER BOOKS AND MAGAZINES AND HOPING TO MEET EVERYONE WHO HAS BOUGHT HER BOOKS AND THOSE WHO WANT TO BUY MORE, ALSO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO DOLL SHOWCASE, AN EXCELLANT DOLL MAGAZINE, IT DEALS WITH MAINLY VINTAGE AND ANTIQUE DOLLS.
MUM IS LOOKING AFTER THE DOOR AGAIN AND MY SISTER IS COMING TO HELP SET UP AND CLEAR UP, IT'S ALWAYS A LONG DAY, WE SET OFF AT 6.30 TO GET THE SIGNS UP AND THE TABLES OUT THEN I HAVE TO DO MY OWN STALL AND TEND TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME CATCHING UP WITH FRIENDS AS SETTING UP!
IT'S NICE TO SEE PEOPLE I HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE THE LAST FAIR AND ALL MY OTHER FRIENDS WHO COME TO DOLL CLUBS AND DOLL MEETINGS.
I HOPE I CAN FIND SOME MORE NICE THINGS FOR MY COLLECTION, I WANT SOME DOLL HOUSE BITS AND THERE ARE ALWAYS SOME DOLLS I'D STILL LIKE TO FIND.
SEE YOU ALL SATURDAY, COME AND SAY HELLO. September 05 BENTHAM SHOWI TOOK JOE AND BOOTS TO BENTHAM SHOW TODAY, MY BROTHER LIVES THERE AND HAD TWO VINTAGE WORKING TRACTORS IN THE SHOW. WE ENTERED BOOTS IN SOME CLASSES, HE GOT FOURTH IN THE VETERANS AND ANOTHER CLASS BUT THERE WERE ONLY FOUR IN THEM! HE BOUGHT BACK LOTS OF TREATS THOUGH.
JOE TOOK HIM ROUND ALL THE CLASSES EXCEPT THE FIRST ONE, HE DID WELL AS HE HADN'T DONE IT BEFORE A ND BOOTS KEPT WANTING TO GET BACK TO ME.
THEY WORE PIRATE OUTFITS FOR THE FANCY DRESS AND EVERYONE NEAR US THOUGHT THEY WERE BEST BUT SOMEHOW THEY ONLY GOT 5TH OUT OF 5, STILL A ROSETTE BUT I COULDNT WORK OUT WHY THEY GOT BEATEN BY AN ADULT IN UNITED KIT AND A LADY WHO DIDN'T DRESS UP ALTHOUGH HER DOG WAS IN A GOOD OUTFIT, THERE WERE ONLY 2 CHILDREN IN AND THE OTHER WAS FIRST!
WE STILL ENJOYED THE DAY, SAW SOME OWLS, AND LOTS OF COWS AND SHEEP BUT DIDN'T SEE ANY PIGS :-[.
        September 02 HOLIDAY CONTINUEDWE WENT TO LOTS OF PLACES OVER THE NEXT WEEK, STUDIED FAMILY HISTORY AT KENDAL LIBARY ON THE MONDAY, WENT TO MY AUNTS FARM TO STAY FOR A FEW DAYS, ON THE TUESDAY WE WENT TO SEE WHERE THE HEBDEN SIDE OF THE FAMILY CAME FROM IN WEST YORKSHIRE. WE HAD A MEAL IN THE FOUNTAIN ARMS IN LINTON, I CHECKED THE GRAVE YARD AT BURNSALL AND FOUND QUITE A FEW HEBDEN NAMES, NOT FOUND OUT HOW THEY ARE CONNECTED. WE WENT TO APPLETREEWICK AND FOUND LOW HALL [LOW MOOR] WHERE THE HEBDENS AND CONSTANTINES LIVED, THE ENTRANCE WAS RESTORED IN 1868, 10 YEARS AFTER GEORGE DIED BUT HE MUST HAVE KNOWN THE OLD HALL WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
WE WENT TO SEE THE "A WORLD IN MINIATURE MUSEUM" www.aworldinminiature.com LOTS OF DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE AND ACCESSORIES, VERY GOOD, NOT ANTIQUE BUT BRILLIANTLY DONE.
ON THE THURSDAY WE WENT TO BOWES MUSEUM, WE FOUND THEY WERE FILMING THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, WE SAW SOME OF THE STARS, ERIC KNOWLES WAS THERE. WE DIDNT GO DOWN TO THE GARDENS TO SEE THE FILMING AS WE WANTED TO GO ROUND THE MUSEUM. WE SAW THE SILVER SWAN CATCH A FISH AT 2PM. I THINK THEY FILMED T FOR THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW. THERE WERE SOME TOYS, A FEW DOLLS AND LOTS OF PAINTINGS, POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk
WE WENT TO TROUTBECK ON THE FRIDAY AND THEN THROUGH AMBLSIDE AND CONISTON AND TO SEE SARA AND JOE AT THE CAMPSITE AT BOUTH NEAR ULVERSTONE, THEY WERE FLOODED OUT OF THE SITE THEY WERE MEANT TO BE AT.
I WENT TO SOME MORE CARBOOTS BUT DIDNT FIND MUCH AND THE ARNSIDE ONE WAS CANCELLED.
ONE PLACE I WANTED TO GO WAS TO SEE ST PATRICKS CHAPEL AT HEYSHAM AND THE OLD STONE GRAVES, WE MANAGED TO GO ON A FINE DAY. ON THE SUNDAY I TOOK MUM FOR A MEAL AT KNOTT END FOR HER BIRTHDAY, 83 THIS TIME.
I GOT HOME ON MONDAY TEATIME AND BACK TO WORK TUESDAY :-[ Holiday, York car boot and Joes party.WAS HOLIDAY FROM WORK LAST WEEK, I WENT TO YORK CAR BOOT ON SATURDAY AND THEN TO THE CAMPSITE, FOR JOES EARLY BIRTHDAY PARTY, IT WAS A PIRATE PARTY WITH A TREASURE HUNT. IT WAS GOOD AT YORK , I GOT SOME NICE THINGS INCLUDING A METTOY DOLL HOUSE, I'LL BE SELLING THAT AT BARTON AS I ALREADY HAVE ONE. AFTER JOES PARTY I DROVE TO CARNFORTH TO STAY AT MUMS
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