Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Flea London to reopen with 27 stalls on April 17
05 April 2021“We are super-excited to be reopening our Flea London again on Saturday, April 17, after so long and we are planning on 27 stalls and 10 container shops here at Vinegar Yard,” enthused Christian Scrimgeour about her fleamarket held a few minutes from London Bridge Station.
Antiques centre in revitalised former granary battles through to April reopening
05 April 2021After three lockdowns but also a successful auction launch last August in between closures, Graham Hessell will be throwing open the doors once again to his Melford Antiques, Interiors & Lifestyle Centre on April 12.
JOS launches two events which complement the B2B fair schedule
29 March 2021This coming Easter weekend may be quieter than usual but many of us can plan to meet up with family and friends again in the coming weeks and months as lockdown restrictions ease around the UK.
Continuity back after the enforced break
29 March 2021“It’s been heart-breaking to keep cancelling fairs as people are so keen to trade but the good news is that our event in the Westpoint Arena at the Devon Showground, Exeter, is going ahead on Saturday and Sunday, June 5-6,” says Nick Bayliss of Continuity Fairs.
IACF ready to meet the high demand
29 March 2021Will Thomas, managing director of IACF, surely speaks for the trade with his fervent hope that successive pandemic lockdowns have now come to an end.
Northern exposure: Antiques centre branches out from the south to the Lake District
22 March 2021Vincent Page, owner of Antiques on High in Oxford and Sidmouth, has turned his sights northwards.
Hemswell Antique Centres boss shares “crazy" experience of lockdown
22 March 2021“Due to our digital presence with our website, social media and the live virtual shopping tours I have been conducting all over the world my skeleton team of 10 staff have been kept extremely busy.”
Market organiser Sherman & Waterman looks ahead as events are set to return
22 March 2021“I’m counting the days,” said a happy Mike Collins, director of market operator Sherman & Waterman as he ticks off the reopening dates for his antiques and vintage markets, centre and car boot.
Three events scheduled to run in April and May
22 March 2021Updates on the Oswestry Showground, Bath markets and Sue Ede’s Giant Flea.
Clerkenwell vintage fair is latest to keep virtual events going once live ones return
15 March 2021Spring is here (ignore the weather) and fairs and markets are suitably blooming again with the prospect of getting back to business.
Bermondsey: a look on the bright side of life
15 March 2021Silver dealer David Addlestone is a longstanding trader at the Bermondsey Antique Market in south London which is reopening on Friday, April 16.
Sunday means salvage at Drew Pritchard’s regular virtual events
15 March 2021Angela Whittle is one of the 30-plus group who take part in salvage supremo Drew Pritchard’s regular virtual Salvage Sundays.
On your marks, get set to go for fairs reopening
08 March 2021Roadmap means reopening time is getting closer at last but some hurdles remain.
Antiques centres look ahead to reopening
08 March 2021Adrian Gilmour, co-owner of the Hungerford Arcade, is thrilled at news that non-essential retail can reopen in April.
Fair organisers and dealers wait for green light
22 February 2021It’s fingers crossed again as new provisional fair and market dates are chalked in
Malthouse Collective in Stroud brewing up ideas to keep busy
08 February 2021Lindsey Butcher is the owner of the 80-strong Malthouse Collective in Stroud and during lockdown is throwing a lot into the pot for her dealers.
Pocket watches demand rockets
08 February 2021Dealers’ online retail site reveals the pocket watches collecting market has become one of the biggest growers.
'I know customers will be back' says antiques centre owner
08 February 2021A jewellery dealer for 28 years, Jane Finnegan owns Durham House Antiques in Stow-on-the Wold, an antiques centre which she bought two years ago.
Holt has high hopes for May or June
08 February 2021Deco dealer Marcus Potts usually runs his Antiques @The Holt antiques fairs at the Holt Hotel, Steeple Aston in Oxfordshire on a biannual spring/autumn basis.
New management for Bermondsey market
25 January 2021Bermondsey Antiques Market is under new management and will return to trading once lockdown restrictions ease.