Sitting here completely knackered, been humping furniture and boxes all weekend, and in great Brirtish weather conditions we had 26 degress on saturday, fog sunday morning and pissing down with rain as we traded today!
If you have never been to detling antiques fair, here is a quick fredsworld take on it......
Just before you reach the final years of your life, all Kent pensioners are given a sign by God to make a pilgrimage to Detling. They don their matching huskie hound fleeces, charge up their electric scooters and off they trot. They have no intention of buying anything but delight in theatrical asides such as " I had one of those but threw it away!" oh how we laughed! (n0t)
This tribe was closely followed by the NEXTS, you all know one im sure, Mr amd Mrs beige and brown, they would not understand shabby chic if it fell out of their Hello magazine and hit them on the head!
However they 2 days did provide some nice people who had good tastse, If was great to meet a fellow blogger, Lace Threads
she arrived just as it started to pour with rain, but this did not deter her, she ram raided the stall and even had to call her husband who had taken the children to the zoo to come and help carry her booty!.
A couple of enamel jugs and some other bits were bought by a prop buyer who sources for west end shows and they are to be used in the coming production of Carousel at the Savoy theatre in London.
Next we will be at Ardingly, on tuesday and wednesday, we have lots of fresh stock for all those bloggers who say they will see us there.
Going to soak in a warm bath now, with a large glass of Baileys!
If you have never been to detling antiques fair, here is a quick fredsworld take on it......
Just before you reach the final years of your life, all Kent pensioners are given a sign by God to make a pilgrimage to Detling. They don their matching huskie hound fleeces, charge up their electric scooters and off they trot. They have no intention of buying anything but delight in theatrical asides such as " I had one of those but threw it away!" oh how we laughed! (n0t)
This tribe was closely followed by the NEXTS, you all know one im sure, Mr amd Mrs beige and brown, they would not understand shabby chic if it fell out of their Hello magazine and hit them on the head!
However they 2 days did provide some nice people who had good tastse, If was great to meet a fellow blogger, Lace Threads
she arrived just as it started to pour with rain, but this did not deter her, she ram raided the stall and even had to call her husband who had taken the children to the zoo to come and help carry her booty!.
A couple of enamel jugs and some other bits were bought by a prop buyer who sources for west end shows and they are to be used in the coming production of Carousel at the Savoy theatre in London.
Next we will be at Ardingly, on tuesday and wednesday, we have lots of fresh stock for all those bloggers who say they will see us there.
Going to soak in a warm bath now, with a large glass of Baileys!
