Sue Ede, of Cooper Antiques Fairs, is the latest to pin her
hopes on a new fixture. From September 17 to 19 she holds her first
Shropshire Antiques & Fine Art Fair in the members' pavilion of
Ludlow Racecourse.
She has signed up around 40 exhibitors, including a good number of
Cooper regulars, among them Gloucestershire English porcelain
specialist Jim Couchman, Bristol specialist in Japanese antiques
Amelie Caswell and John Newton from East Yorkshire with mainly
Continental ceramics.
Making his debut at a Cooper fair is David Zienkiewicz bringing
Georgian and Regency furniture from Gloucestershire.
I must say Sue Ede has a knack of picking enticing locations for
her events, and Ludlow is a perfect backdrop for a traditional
fair.
Situated in the Welsh Marches the town was dubbed by John Betjeman
"the perfect historic town", and by Country Life magazine the
"finest market town".
Ludlow also has more Michelin starred restaurants than any other
place in the UK outside of London.
Returning to the fair, admission is £4.50.
Sue Ede finds the ‘perfect historic town’ for new fair
TIMES may be tough at fairs, but that does not stop organisers launching new ones, nor dealers giving them a go.