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BARTON, DOLL TEDDY AND MINIATURES FAIR

robertasnape — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:56:16 +0000

WE HAD A VERY GOOD FAIR ON SATURDAY, ABOUT 100 PEOPLE CAME THROUGH THE DOOR AND EVERYONE SEEMED TO ENJOY IT. I BOUGHT A FEW THINGS AND THE DOLL HOUSE I BOUGHT AT COBHAM ARRIVED THANKS TO DEBBIE! IT IS A LOVELY LINES 64, NEEDS THE NEW WALLPAPER STRIPPING AND A NEW PIECE ON THE ROOF.

ONE OF THE DOLLS I BOUGHT WAS A POT BND BLACK BABY, SHE LOOKS LIKE A DREAM BABY AND THE OTHER WAS A LOVELY COMPOSITION HEAD, WOOD ARMS AND LEGS AND STRAW FILLED BODY. WE HAD MANY STALLS AND THERE WERE ANTIQUE, VINTAGE AND MODERN ITEMS.

robertasnape — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:32:27 +0000

Last weekend we went down to Surrey for Cobham doll house fair, on the Saturday we stopped at Amersham for lunch, There was a firm making doll houses and other toys there in the 1940′s and 50′s. It is a lovely town with some very nice houses. We bought some lovely cakes from a stall in Amersham and had a picnic in the car as it was raining. Saturday night we stayed at the premier inn, Cobham and had tea in the Fairmile pub. The fair was on the Sunday and as usual there were some fantastic items, We had a stall so were at the hall nice and early and all had a good time looking round and catching up with friends. I bought a Punch and Judy theatre, some furniture and dolls but the nicest was the doll house I bought, It is being bought up to Barton on Saturday by Debbie as we couldn’t fit it in the car!! We are hoping that Saturday is as good as Cobham was!! Barton doll, teddy and miniatures fair, www.freewebs.com/robertafairs

BARTON DOLL, TEDDY AND MINIATURES FAIR, COBHAM, BUSY MARCH!

robertasnape — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:32:10 +0000

ITS A BUSY MONTH COMING UP, WE ARE GOING TO COBHAM DOLL HOUSE FAIR ON THE 27TH FEB, WE’LL GO DOWN ON THE 26TH AND STAY AT THE PREMIER INN, I’M SHARING A STALL WITH GILLIE, MAREL AND CAROL ARE COMING AS WELL. THE WEEKEND AFTER ITS BARTON DOLL, TEDDY AND MINIATURES FAIR, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD FAIR, LOTS OF STALLS, AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

ILKLEY TOY AUCTION IS ON THE 12 MARCH, THE SAME DAY AS RIVINGTON. I’M HOPING TO GO TO THE AUCTION.

IN APRIL I’M HOPING TO TAKE MUM AND MY SISTER TO ARRAN, MUM IS HAVING AN OPERATION ON MONDAY THE 14TH AND WE ARE HOPING SHE’L BE OK FOR APRIL.

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BIRMINGHAM MOTOR CYCLE MUSEUM DOLL AND TEDDY FAIR

robertasnape — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:39:42 +0000

I WENT TO THE DOLL AND TEDDY FAIR AT BIRMINGHAM MOTOR CYCLE MUSEUM ON SUNDAY, BUMPED INTO LOTS OF FRIENDS AND REALLY ENJOYED IT, sHELLEY WENT WITH ME AND WE SAW LOTS OF LOVELY THINGS BUT DIDN’T BUY MUCH AS THINGS WERE QUITE DEAR. I GOT A DOLL BODY AND 2 DOLL DRESSES, THEY ARE ALREADY ON THE DOLLS! ALSO SOME DOLLS HOUSE FURNITURE, A LOT OF LUNDBY AND AN OLD WARDROBE AND BED. SHELLEY GOT AN OLD TIGER WITH A LONG TAIL! IT WAS A LONG DAY AND I WAS TIRED WHEN I GOT BACK, I’VE ADDED THE PHOTOS ON HERE AND ON FACEBOOK.

THE ILKEY TOY AUCTION IS THIS SATURDAY, PUDSEY IS NEXT WEEK I THINK BUT I CAN’T GO AS I’M AT A COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE LAKES DOLL CLUB! RIVINGTON IS THE NEXT FAIR AND AT THE END OF OCTOBER IT’S THE NORTHWEST DOLL CLUB, A BUSY MONTH!

PAULINE AND BROOKES TRIP AND BARTON DOLL FAIR

robertasnape — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:39:45 +0000

PAULINE AND BROOKE WENT TO LONDON ON WEDNESDAY AND FLEW OUT ON THURSDAY, WE HAD A GOOD LAST WEEK, THEY WENT TO AUNTS AND MUMS FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN BACK TO MINE. THURSDAY WE WENT TO THE HARE AND HOUNDS, WE DIDN’T KNOW THEY HAD A PUB QUIX ON! BUT THIS TIME WE DIDN’T DO WELL, FRIDAY NIGHT WE MANAGED TO SEE MY NEICE AND HER CHILDREN AND ON THE SATURDAY WE STARTED OFF AT CHIPPING SHOW AND I HELD AN EAGLE OWL! THERE WERE SOME GOOD STALLS AND LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON. AFTER WE WENT TO DAVES AND THEN TO MY BROTHER MICKS, HE SORTED THEIR PHOTOS FOR THEM.

SUNDAY PAULINE WANTED TO GO TO RIBCHESTER MUSEUM SO WE WENT VIA STYDD, PLACES WE USED TO GO FROM SCHOOL, TRAFFIC SURVEYS AND MAPPING, GEOGRAPHY LESSONS. I GOT SOME GOOD PHOTOS IN THE MUSEUM SO NOW I NEED TO CHECK THE THINGS I DUG UP IN THE GARDEN AND SEE IF ANY ARE ROMAN!

WE CALLED IN AT GUYS THATCHED HAMLET BEFORE GOING TO DAVIDS FOR TEA, A LOVELY ROAST, THANKS DAVE. AFTER TEA WE CALLED IN AT SARAHS SO THEY COULD SEE HOW MUCH THEY HAD DONE ON THE HOUSE, ITS LOOKING VERY NICE.

BANK HOLIDAY WAS MUMS BIRTHDAY SO WE WENT UP TO SEE HER AND TAKE HER OUT FOR A MEAL, WE WENT TO SILECROFT, A SMALL VILLAGE OUTSIDE MILLOM, THE COAST IS VERY NICE THERE BUT WE ENDED UP AT A LOCKED GATE TO A NATURIST RESERVE! AFTER WE TURNED ROUND SOMEBODY ASKED US IF WE HAD BEEN THERE AS THEY WANTED THE CODE!

TUESDAY WAS THE LAST DAY, IN THE MORNING I TOOK THEM TO SEE MY FRIEND SARAH’S ANIMALS, DONKEYS, SHEEP AND BABY CHICKS IN A LOVELY SETTING. THEY HAD A GOOD CHAT AND THEY HAVE ADDED HER AS A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK SO THEY CAN CATCH UP WITH WHATS HAPPENING ON THE FARM.

IN THE AFTERNOON LOTS OF FAMILY CAME OVER, MUM, SARAH, MICK, ALEX, SARA AND SI, NEPHEWS EARL AND DANIEL, NEICE ANN MARIE AND HER DAUGHTER, MIKE, AND CLINT, EARLS DAD.

WAS ABUSY AFTERNOON AND EVENING! AM GOING TO ADD MORE PHOTOS ON HERE AFTER.

PAULINE AND BROOKES TRIP TO ENGLAND

robertasnape — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:28:21 +0000

ITS BEEN A VERY BUSY FEW WEEKS, ON THE DAY AFTER MY SISTERS PARTY WE HAD A DROP IN DAY AT MINE AND QUITE A FEW PEOLPE CAME. IT WAS HER BIRTHDAY AND I THINK SHE HAD A GOOD DAY.

ON THE MONDAY WE WENT TO SKIPTON, BOLTON ABBEY, DROVE OVER ILKLEY AND CAME BACK BY HAWORTH, CALLED IN AT THE SILENT INN AT STANBOROUGH FOR A QUICK DRINK AND DIDN’T GET HOME TILL 8.45. TUESDAY THEY WENT TO LIVERPOOL WITH SARAH AND WE WENT TO THE QUIZ AT THE YEW TREE AT NIGHT, GOT 40 OUT OF 50, WINNERS HAD 45 SO NOT TOO BAD.

WEDNESDAY WE WENT TO DERBYSHIRE, BUXTON, WHERE BROOKE HEARD SOMEONE PLAYING THE DIDGERY DO, MADE HERE A BIT HOMESICK, WE WENT TO CHAT TO HIM, IT WAS FROM EAST AUSTRAILIA, THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

WE WENT TO THE PAVILION WERE PAULINE DRESS IN A JAPENESE COSTUME AND HAD HER PHOTO TAKEN, THEY WERE DOING IT TO ADVERTISE GILBERT AND SULIVAN.

AFTER THAT WE WENT TO CASTLETON OVER THE MOORS AND WENT INTO SPEEDWELL CAVERN, A BOAT RIDE THROUGH THE TUNNEL TO SPEEDWELL CAVERN. WE THEN DROVE THROUGH CASTLETON OVER TO LADYBOWER AND BACK THROUGH GLOSSUP.

ON THE THURSDAY WE DROPPED SARA OFF AT CHORLEY MARKET, SHE WAS SELLING CARDS THERE, AND THEN WENT TO RIVINGTON, WE MANAGED TO GET TO THE TOP AND THEN DROVE THE BACK WAY TO HALL IN THE WOOD, BOLTON, A LOVELY TIMBERED BUILDING WITH PANNELLING AND PLASTERED CEILING. IT WAS THE HOME OF SAMUEL CROMPTON WHO INVENTED THE SPINNING JENNY?

LATER WE WENT INTO BURY AND DID A BIT OF SHOPPING BUT THE MARKET WASN’T ON.

ON FRIDAY 13TH WE SET OF FOR WHITBY! ON THE WAY WE STOPPED AT THE HERIOT MUSEUM AND HAD A GOOD LUCK ROUND THAT. WE DIDN’T GO INTO WHITBY ABBEY AS IT WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE AND WEATHER WAS BAD, COULDN’T FIND ANYWHERE TO STAY SO WE DROVE OUT AND A BIT FURTHER NORTH, THROUGH SANDSEND WE FOUND A VILLAGE CALLED LYTHE AND A PUB CALLED THE STIDDY, THE OWNERS HAD JUST TAKEN OVER AND HAD ROOMS AVAILABLE. IT WAS VERY NICE AND WHEN THEY HAVE DONE THE UPDATE IN THE WINTER SEASON WILL BE EVEN BETTER. THEY WERE REALLY FRIENDLY AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD PLACE TO STAY!

WE STOPPED IN SANDSEND ON THE WAY BACK TO WHITBY, ITS A LOVELY BEACH AND MUCH QUIETER THAN WHITBY. BROOKE WAS LOOKING FOR A JET NECKLACE IN WHITBY AND FOUND A LOVELY ONE, I FOUND A FEW DOLLS, THE BEST WERE TWO DOL-TOI DOLLS IN ORIGINAL PACKETS, A GREEK BOY AND AN AUSTRIAN DOLL.

WE THEN DROVE OVER TO INGLETON VIA NORTHALLERTON WHERE I MANAGED TO LEAVE MY DEBIT CARD, I THINK IN ASDA, I ONLY REALISED 3 DAYS LATER WHEN I WAS GETTING FUEL! GOT NEW ONE NOW.

ON THE SUNDAY WE DROVE OVER TO GRASSINGTON, LINTON AND CRACOE, HAD A LOVELY TEA AT THE DEVONSHIRE INN AT CRACOE, THANKS MUM!

MONDAY WE WENT ROUND THE FALLS IN THE MORNING AND THEN TO HORNBY AND WRAY TO SEE THE PLACES WE USED TO GO TO, I THINK, GOT A BIT CONFUSED AS TO THE ORDER WE DID THINGS! I KNOW I DID LOTS OF DRIVING!

TUESDAY WE WENT TO THE LAKES, CALLED AT TOWNEND BUT IT WAS CLOSED, WENT INTO GRASSMERE, UP TOWARDS KESWICK, BACK TO FAR SAWREY WERE WE WENT INTO THE GARDENS, THE MUSEUM WAS TOO BUSY AND WE COULDN’T GET IN.

AFTER THAT WE WENT THROUGH CONISTON AND BROUGHTON IN FURNESS AND BACK TO INGLETON.

WEDNESDAY WE DROVE THROUGH THE TROUGH OF BOWLAND AND TO CHIPPING WERE WE WENT TO BRABINS SHOP AND HAD A STROLL ROUND. AFTER THAT WE WENT TO THE WILD BOAR PARK AND BACK TO INGLETON.

THURSDAY WE WENT TO THE FALCONRY CENTRE, INGLEBOROUGH CAVE AND MALHAM TARN AND FRIDAY WE WENT OVER TO BOLTON CASTLE, LEYBURN, THE FORBIDDEN CORNER, VERY INTRESSING!!! AND STOPPED OUTSIDE MIDDLEHAM CASTLE, I DIDN’T GET PHOTOS AT FIRST AS I FORGOT MY CHARGER AND BATTERIES RAN OUT! BOLTON CASTLE IS LOVELY AND I WANT TO GO AGAIN WITH MORE TIME! GOT TO TAKE JOE TO THE FORBIDDEN CORNER, HE’L LOVE IT!!! ALSO I WANT TO GO INTO MIDDLEHAM

SATURDAY WAS THE LAST DAY AT INGLETON AND WE TOOK TRICH BACK TO CARNFORTH BEFORE GOING INTO KENDAL AND THEN TO HOLMSCALES RIDING CENTRE www.holmscalesridingcentre.co.uk WHERE BROOKE HAD THE RIDE IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE SHE WANTED, SHE HAD BEEN RIDING SINCE SHE WAS 2 BUT MAINLY IN DESSERT. SHE REALLY ENJOYED IT.

I DROPPED THEM AT AUNTS SATURDAY AND WE HAD TEA THERE BEFORE I CAME HOME. THEY ARE COMING BACK HERE ON THURSDAY AND WE HAVE A FEW MORE FAMILY MEMBERS TO VISIT AND A FEW MORE PLACES TO GO BEFORE THEY GO BACK TO AUSTRAILIA ON THE 3RD SEPT.

NORTHWEST DOLL CLUB AND MY SISTERS VISIT

robertasnape — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:05:06 +0000

I’VE BEEN VERY BUSY RECENTLY, MY SISTER WAS COMING FROM AUSTRAILIA, THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS! WE WERE ARRANGING A SUPRISE PARTY FOR HER BIRTHDAY AND I HAD TO SORT THAT. HER FRIEND CAME AS WELL, FIRST TIME SHE’D LEFT AUS! THEY ARRIVED IN LONDON LAST WEEK AND CAME UP HERE ON THURSDAY. WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO SEE THE OLD SCHOOL AND CHURCH, AND DRIVING ROUND THE COUNTRY AND LAST NIGHT WE HAD HER SUPRISE PARTY AT BARTON VILLAGE HALL WERE WE HAVE THE DOLL FAIR, SARA, SIMON, TRICH AND MICK GOT EVERYTHING READY AND DID A BRILLIANT JOB!

THE DOLL CLUB, MANCHESTER, MEETING WAS TWO WEEKS AGO AND I FORGOT MY CAMERA SO HAD TO USE MOBILE, JUST MANAGED TO UPLOAD THEM THIS MORNING. IT WAS A GOOD MEETING AND ELAINE DID A VERY GOOD TALK ON WORLD OF LOVE DOLLS AND BOUGHT LOTS IN TO SHOW US. THERE WERE 2 VERY GOOD ENTRIES FOR THE COMPETITION AND SOME VERY GOOD SALES TABLES. EVERYONE ENJOYED IT AND WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE

COBHAM DOLLHOUSE FAIR WITH DOLLS

robertasnape — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:12:08 +0000

THE WEEKEND AT COBHAM WAS VERY GOOD, WE TRAVELLED DOWN ON SATURDAY MORNING AND STOPPED IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FOR LUNCH, WE FOUND A CHURCH FAIR AND MANAGED TO BUY A FEW THINGS, I GOT A LOVELY GLASS SWAN FOR MY CHRISTMAS DISPLAY AND CRYSTAL ICE BUCKET AND GLASSES FOR THE DOLLHOUSE, ALSO AN IRISH DOLL IN ITS BOX.

WE HAD LUNCH AT CHELFORD ST. GILES ON THE GREEN OVERLOOKING THE DUCK POND AND SET OFF FOR COBHAM AGAIN. WHEN WE GOT THERE WE WENT TO BOOK A ROOM AT THE PREMIER INN, IT WAS THE LAST ROOM AS THERE WAS A HELLS ANGELS BIKE EVENT ON IN THE GROUNDS, WE SPENT THE AFTERNOON WANDERING ROUND LOOKING AT THE BIKES AND CARS AND LISTENING TO THE BANDS THEN HAD STEAK AND CHIPS FOLLOWED BY A FULL VIENNETTA! FOR TEA, WE HAD TO SHARE THE VIENETTA AS IT WAS TO MUCH FOR US!! THE BAND THAT WAS ON IN THE EVENING WERE THE RAM RAIDERS FROM GRIMSBY! THEY WERE VERY GOOD AND WE HAD A NICE EVENING.

ON THE SUNDAY WE WENT TO COBHAM VILLAGE HALL FOR THE FAIR. THERE WERE LOTS OF LOVELY STALLS WITH SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE ANTIQUE ITEMS, A GERMAN BATHROOM SCENE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, A BUTCHERS SHOP, A VERY LARGE DOLL HOUSE, SO MANY REAL ANTIQUE ITEMS AND SOME GOOD VINTAGE ONES, ALSO LOTS OF DOLLS, I ADDED PICTURES IN AN ALBUM ON HERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF PHOTOS OF THE SATURDAY AND OF THE STALLS ON SUNDAY.

I WAS WISHING I WAS A MILLIONAIRE, SO MUCH I WANTED TO BUY!!! I DID BY A WOODEN SUITE, SOME DOL-TOI ITEMS, A RODDY DOLL AND A DOLL MADE FOR THE EVENING NEWS BUT SHE HAS THE WRONG HEAD, IT’S GERMAN HEAD BUT THE BODY SAYS MADE IN ENGLAND. I ALSO BOUGHT AN EXTENSION FOR JENNYS HOME!

GILLY ENJOYED IT AS WELL AND SHE BOUGHT A FEW THINGS. SHE WAS TELLING ME OFF THE TIMES SHE WORKED ON DOLLS FOR FILMS AND MEETING MADDONNA AND SEAN PENN. SHE MADE THE DOLLS FOR SHANGHAI SUPRISE AND FOR SOME CATHERINE COOKSON FILMS!