Blog Entry by Mr Jones the Curator: mrjones@marmaland.com
As if having to tolerate hundreds of marmalade pots coming through the house wasn't bad enough for the long suffering Mrs Jones. On Sunday I managed to convince her to attend the WinterNational Collectors Fair in Bletchley.
So with our three year old son in tow, we set off on our 91 mile trip. It would be fair to say that I was excited (and them less so).
On arrival at Bletchley we found the leisure centre, which was essentially a building site in the arse-end of Milton Keynes.
Having weaved our way through corridors following the smell of chlorine & small yellow signs, we eventually found ourselves in a mid sized hall full of approx 200 little stands packed with interesting items for sale.
The stands were selling 80% bottles and pots with some really rare & early varieties on offer. The bottles and pot stands were broken up by a few stands selling interesting enamel signs, postcards and books.
We arrived shortly after 11.00am, so while I don't know what was missed to the early birds and traders, there were still a fair few very good marmalade pots on offer.
The highlights for me were:
An early John Moir 2lb in fair condition, a couple of nice miniature Keillers, a large two tone Frank Cooper, a damaged Castell & Brown 2lb and a totally immaculate Dakin & Co 1lb Maling.
The Dakin & Co was the only one that I did not have an example of, so I made the purchase for a very fair price from a friendly trader and we headed back.
The question: Was it worth driving 91 miles for?
The answer: Yes
For listings of other bottle collector shows see the Antique Bottle Collector web site:
http://www.abc-ukmag.co.uk/showsspage.htm
As if having to tolerate hundreds of marmalade pots coming through the house wasn't bad enough for the long suffering Mrs Jones. On Sunday I managed to convince her to attend the WinterNational Collectors Fair in Bletchley.
So with our three year old son in tow, we set off on our 91 mile trip. It would be fair to say that I was excited (and them less so).
On arrival at Bletchley we found the leisure centre, which was essentially a building site in the arse-end of Milton Keynes.
Having weaved our way through corridors following the smell of chlorine & small yellow signs, we eventually found ourselves in a mid sized hall full of approx 200 little stands packed with interesting items for sale.
The stands were selling 80% bottles and pots with some really rare & early varieties on offer. The bottles and pot stands were broken up by a few stands selling interesting enamel signs, postcards and books.
We arrived shortly after 11.00am, so while I don't know what was missed to the early birds and traders, there were still a fair few very good marmalade pots on offer.
The highlights for me were:
An early John Moir 2lb in fair condition, a couple of nice miniature Keillers, a large two tone Frank Cooper, a damaged Castell & Brown 2lb and a totally immaculate Dakin & Co 1lb Maling.
The Dakin & Co was the only one that I did not have an example of, so I made the purchase for a very fair price from a friendly trader and we headed back.
The question: Was it worth driving 91 miles for?
The answer: Yes
For listings of other bottle collector shows see the Antique Bottle Collector web site:
http://www.abc-ukmag.co.uk/showsspage.htm
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