Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Updates from Grandma’s Attic and Guildhall Antique Fairs
22 January 2022News in brief from fairs in the UK regions.
Little Chelsea fair on hold but all go in Dorking
17 January 2022Dovehouse Fine Antiques Fairs’ organiser Jane Alexander says that her long-planned Little Chelsea Decorative Arts and Antiques Fair at Chelsea Old Town Hall is on hold for the time being.
Taken up a Peggy or two in Warrington
17 January 2022New Cheshire shop allows couple to expand their offerings, especially vintage fashion
Here comes Johnny…
17 January 2022Back in 2019 we ran a story on Nicola and Kris Brown who had opened an antiques business called Nics Nacs next to their off-the- beaten-track farmhouse at Rixton outside Warrington.
Portobello goes Wembley way
10 January 2022A midweek monthly antiques and vintage market which was launched in London last October by the organisers of Portobello Green Antiques Market has its next outing in Wembley Park’s vast ‘Pink’ car park on Wednesday, January 26.
Take the underground route to vintage fashion
10 January 2022Vintage fashion collective launched downstairs at a Portobello Road antiques centre.
Fresh platform for antiques shoppers
10 January 2022An antiques shop is part of a now award-winning imaginative transformation of some of a North Yorkshire railway station’s disused buildings.
The year in review: How traders sprang into action
03 January 2022As pandemic restrictions eased, businesses and event organisers breathed sighs of relief in 2021.
Derbyshire: antiques centres in mills and so much more
20 December 2021Antiques lovers are spoilt for choice in Derbyshire.
Duo find antiques to be a very noble calling
20 December 2021New shop was inspired by lessons passed on from grandparents
French style in the Midlands
20 December 2021Frenchman Thibaut Bizeul, who sells online as Kingsbridge Antiques and Interiors near Matlock and with a predominantly trade warehouse in nearby Haddon Hall at Rowsley, is now back travelling to Europe for stock, despite the added paperwork and associated customs costs.
Church venue answers prayers of organiser
18 December 2021The Victorian Grade II-listed Wanstead United Reform Church in Redbridge, east London, with its fine windows, carved stone capitals and ironwork balustrades is the impressive setting for the Wanstead Vintage Christmas Fair on Saturday, December 18.
Kempton: all for one and all for one
13 December 2021The Sunbury Antiques event will be held just once in December but a big show is promised.
Make it a weekend visit to Lincoln
13 December 2021Dealer John Pullen organises antiques and collectors’ fairs in and around Lincolnshire.
Brocante going swimmingly in Norwich
13 December 2021Toy dealers Leon and Kevin McLoughlin-Smith took over the running of the popular monthly Norwich Brocante at the end of 2019.
Grandma goes Woking
06 December 2021Grandma’s Attic Fairs is at the Five Rivers Leisure Centre in Salisbury on Sunday December 12 with up to 100 stalls selling antiques and collectors’ items.
Collectors’ market still going strong in Cirencester
06 December 2021There has been a weekly Friday antiques and collectors’ market in Cirencester’s 19th century Corn Hall in Market Square for more than 40 years.
Dealers pre-booking stands at Sue Ede's fair in Shepton Mallet
06 December 2021“Our December event is always a busy one and we’ll be inside the Showering Pavilion and outside at the showground as usual”, said Sue Ede of SP Fairs.
Astra mural ready for take-off
06 December 2021Antiques centre tribute to its RAF base heritage is now ready after pandemic forced a delay
Fifty stalls along the high street in Guildford
06 December 2021Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events, which organises antiques and vintage markets at eight venues in southern England, is running her Christmas Antiques and Brocante Market with 50 stalls up and down the High Street in Guildford on Sunday, December 12.