Fairs, Markets, Shops and Centres
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Actress Emma Thompson agreed it was ‘Very Nice’
20 November 2023The Vintage and Very Nice Market is held monthly in the pleasant surroundings of the 18th century Assembly Rooms in Chichester.
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Flood fund raiser will return to Shrewsbury
20 November 2023To help raise funds for a flood appeal at the West Midlands Showground in Shrewsbury, local fair organisers Emma and Oli Jones, aka JOS Events held a special ‘yard’ sale there earlier this month.
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Grandma’s Attic Fair in Chichester is full
20 November 2023Running in Chichester on December 3 is Grandma’s Attic Fairs’ antiques and vintage fair at the Westgate Leisure Centre.
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Ephemera that’s here to stay
20 November 2023Valerie Jackson-Harris is stepping down as chair of The Ephemera Society, a position she has held since 2008.
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High time for an auction house
13 November 2023Owners of a rapidly expanding chain of shops turn their attention to opening a saleroom in Somerset town
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‘Three months’ became 32 years for Hexham antiques market
13 November 2023When he launched his midweek antiques fair in the Northumberland market town of Hexham in 1991, Colin Caygill told the manager of the Wentworth Leisure Centre where it was held that “he would give it a go for three or four months”.
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Suffolk village’s charms include two fairs and three antiques shops
06 November 2023Two popular fairs are running in November and December in the Suffolk village of Long Melford which also offers three antiques businesses as an extra draw for buyers to part with their cash in a pre-Christmas splash.
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‘We can deal with stray shells - but not heartbreaking monotony’
06 November 2023In November 1915, Captain Wilton John Rix of the 6th Bedfordshire Regiment wrote from France to the East Suffolk Gazette with an understated and moving plea for a relief from the war’s monotony.
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The London Antique and Vintage Textile Fair supports the next generation
06 November 2023Textile Society fair is good business for dealers but it also acts as a fundraiser for student bursaries
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From Newark to the world: latest IACF event attracts global appeal
30 October 2023International buyers were out in force among the buyers at the busy IACF two-day event
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Midcentury Modern fair looks back over the past 20 years
30 October 2023Business partners look back at how their events and the market have evolved since their fairs launched.
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How nostalgia fuels toy collecting
30 October 2023The growth in toys and collectables is related to the age of buyers and the items they remember from their own childhood, auction houses say.
Antique and vintage street market expands into Surrey
30 October 2023Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events increased her tally of antique and vintage street markets in southern England earlier this year, launching in Kingston and Cranleigh, both in Surrey.
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Can you give collector a leg-up with his buying?
23 October 2023All that David Bennett asks is that you don’t call him a ‘leg’ man.
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So Last Century goes for interiors
23 October 2023Alan Old of So Last Century Fairs has been talking to ATG about his ambitions as well as giving news of a new fair to be launched next year.
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Thirty dealers lined up for new Kensington event in historic church
23 October 2023Offering an impressive line-up of stallholders including Antiques Roadshow expert Mark Hill, a new vintage fair is being launched in west London.
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Botanic garden venue set to be full of life as dealers buzz in this November
16 October 2023An antiques and vintage fair which is held in one of the most attractive garden settings in the country is set to blossom over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, November 4-5.
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Club that keeps the flame alive
16 October 2023Lighter Club of Great Britain holds fair open to both members and non-members
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Arthur Swallow Fairs: quirky buys ideal for the curious
16 October 2023The Cheshire showground event run by Arthur Swallow includes plenty of conversation starters.
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The current climate? Dealers go with the flow
09 October 2023Jane Alexander, organiser of the Dovehouse Fine Antiques Fairs, is ruminative but positive about her monthly events.
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