An Interested Spectator Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 As the title says 10.30am start. Covers all sorts, but more than enough farm stuff to make it worth while. Check out Bulldog Toy Fairs on the interweb for more detail. Adie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Shepton is pretty good for farm stuff and is one of my regular toyfairs, I shall be there tomorrow to meet up with Mandy, Frazer and Lucy at the HLT stand. Anyone [Peter] who sees Mandy and I talking - please interrupt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDH Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Shepton is pretty good for farm stuff and is one of my regular toyfairs, I shall be there tomorrow to meet up with Mandy, Frazer and Lucy at the HLT stand. Anyone [Peter] who sees Mandy and I talking - please interrupt! Will do Sue, unless it looks like you are talking about me! I blush easily................................ ha ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Will do Sue, unless it looks like you are talking about me! I blush easily................................ ha ha! You surprise me, Peter, I thought you were beyond the blushing stage! Promise we won't talk about you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) You surprise me, Peter, I thought you were beyond the blushing stage! Promise we won't talk about you You can promise, Sue - I'd like to see Peter blushing! We're taking four tables' width tomorrow - got loads and loads of stuff! See you there Edited September 29, 2012 by Lady Ferguson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 You can promise, Sue - I'd like to see Peter blushing! We're taking four tables' width tomorrow - got loads and loads of stuff! See you there FOUR tables! Wow Don't forget to load my box, though. I NEED those bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 FOUR tables! Wow Don't forget to load my box, though. I NEED those bits Yes, we have a load of vintage (assorted everything!) stock to sell - so we have an extra pair of hands and an extra table! Don't worry, Sue - we have stock of everything you need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Yes, we have a load of vintage (assorted everything!) stock to sell - so we have an extra pair of hands and an extra table! Don't worry, Sue - we have stock of everything you need Glad to hear it. Looking forward to browsing all your vintage stock too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Nice to see everyone - Mandy, Frazer, Adrian, Lucy, We-did-not-make-you-blush-Peter, Dave, what-IS-you-real-name-InterestedSpectator and all my other friends from Model Clubs and OTHER forums. Spent a little less than anticipated (no thanks to Dave who tried to make me part with more) but had a great day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDH Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Sue, It was a pleasure to assist a lady in 'distress'. See you at Wincanton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Nice to see everyone - Mandy, Frazer, Adrian, Lucy, We-did-not-make-you-blush-Peter, Dave, what-IS-you-real-name-InterestedSpectator and all my other friends from Model Clubs and OTHER forums. Spent a little less than anticipated (no thanks to Dave who tried to make me part with more) but had a great day. What is it Sue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Interested Spectator Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 It's.....................................................ADRIAN.............................or Adie to my friends Cheers...........er................ Adie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Was nice to meet you Adie - I assume we are friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_scrivener Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I bought some interesting items at the fair, without spending too much overall. From Mandy, an O guage railway station platform made by Hugar with some nice period adverts, and a western town street with sheriff's office, saloon, bank and livery stable. Manufacturer unknown, at present I'm suspecting either Pennine Toys who were based in the Manchester area or Amersham Toys. From another stallholder I don't know, although think they have been there before, a few French made plastic farm animals, a sheep by Starlux and a cow, 2 calves and a turkey by Clairet. A few other plastic items from here and there, including an early Herald boar, in the earlier buff/tan colour before they changed to pink (I already have several, but it was only £1, so couldn't resist) and an unknown camel with a saddle, presumably for an arab to sit on. It'll keep me off the streets doing the research to identify this one. Best buy of the day was from a dealer who specialises in toy cars & similar. He had a job lot box of cars & plastic soldiers, and wanted £50 for the lot. He didn't want to sell individual items because he thought he'd be stuck with the soldiers because "they're only plastic". He accepted my offer of £15 for "just the soldiers", and looked at me as though I was mad for offering so much for what he apparently thought were worthless plastic toys. There were 25 figures, including a few broken, but were some nice early Herald Guardsmen & Khaki infantry, & some Timpo US GIs (an attractive set which were even nicer when first made in lead). I thought it was a good lot for the money, less than £1 each, but it got better when I took them back to my car and had a better look through them, one of the apparently Herald Khaki soldiers had the elusive circa 1953 Myer Zang trademark, so is easily worth the £15 on its own! For those who don't know, Myer Zang, a Jewish refugee from the Nazis, started a little company in the then infant plastic moulded toy industry at the end of the war, and was taken over by Britains Ltd as 'Herald Miniatures Ltd', because Britains knew the industry was going to change to plastics, but being lead moulders, realised they didn't know anything about plastics, so they bought out Zang (then with Roy Selwyn-Smith & Kay Fido) to buy in the expertise they needed. The rest, as they say, is history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike whiting Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Picked up a nice IH 955 + Duals courtesy of Karen @ Farmmodels. Also nice to see some stalls bringing prices of UH models in line with "current budgets". Picked up a Kuhn trailed mower from Brian Norman for a very reasonable price, always wanted one, but ebay prices + postage made it unattractive. Looking forward to Toytac in two weeks time. Lets make sure we all support the National and local trade shows. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Interested Spectator Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Was nice to meet you Adie - I assume we are friends Hey Sue, why not !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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