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Maddock Toys News
There's always lots of
interesting things happening in Cliff Maddock's 'World of Toys'!
Toyfair Scene
Cliff Maddock is involved (with
colleague John Willcocks, trading as Big Southern Promotions) in the
promotion of a series of fairs in the south of England, comprising the following
events:
(1) A
trains-only fair of up to 120 tables, with exhibition layouts, at Court Moor
School, Fleet, Hampshire.(Castle
Street, Farnham Road) The next
event will be held on Saturday 13th. December 2008.
(2)
A quarterly friendly evening general fair at Petersfield, Hampshire (Festival Hall), the next event being on Wednesday 21st.
January 2009. This
has developed into one of the best evening fairs in the South of England.
Big Southern Vintage rolls on to ever
greater heights!
The above fairs are in addition to the well established vintage-only Reading Vintage Toyfair, which is
held twice-yearly. This fair is now in its eighteenth year and can
justifiably claim to be perhaps the best vintage fair in the world.
The event is held at The Rivermead Leisure Centre on Reading's Thames-side
riverbank. Over 150 stalls are regularly booked, but enquiries from new
stallholders are still welcome. The event is also noted for the variety
of exhibitions which are also on display (working models, static displays,
etc.). Spare parts for many old toys are also usually available. The
next event will be held on Sunday 22nd. February 2009
The Thames Valley
Group
..... of the Hornby Railway Collectors'
Association meets on the second Wednesday evening of each month, mainly at
Mortimer, Berkshire. (Members only).
Future dates are to be found on the Fairs Diary
page.
.... I also promote
occasional meetings purely for the enjoyment of Binns Road products. Please contact me
for further information if you are a Hornby 'purist' and would like to enjoy
Hornby amongst fellow enthusiasts.
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