Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Parking problems addressed at Giant Shepton Flea
29 April 2024The nursery rhyme 'Rain, rain go away' could be the response after the UK experienced in the past 18 months the fourth-wettest period since records began.
Photographica fair: market develops in different ways
29 April 2024One of the exhibitors at this month’s Photographica says ‘point and shoot’ cameras are in demand
Glass and ceramics combo makes a second appearance in West Midlands
29 April 2024Richard Burtonshaw launched his sold-out Premier Glass Fairs event last year at the Ruskin Glass Centre in Stourbridge and now he’s back in the Midlands on Sunday, May 12.
Wirksworth beats the weather
22 April 2024“Despite the awful weather we still had over 50 stalls and our indoor venue, the Memorial Hall was packed,” said Sally-Anne Swindell, organiser of the Wirksworth Antiques in the Street’s early April event in the eponymous Peak District market town.
Fair ideal for new contacts
22 April 2024Aspal Antiques launched at the 140-acre Stonham Barns Park near Stowmarket in Suffolk in 2021.
I saw the potential for growth
22 April 2024Antiques business takes root in a former chicken house/mushroom farm
Word on the street market scene
15 April 2024With a West Sussex event about to start, we take a look at the appeal of these outdoor opportunities
Cheltenham Racecourse was natural choice say fair organisers
08 April 2024The antiques and collectors’ fair being launched at the famed Cheltenham Racecourse on Sunday, May 19, features indoor room for 100-plus exhibitors.
Flea leaps in at Olympic site
08 April 2024Hackney Fleamarkets’ Giant London Flea Marketlaunched in February at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Car Park in east London was “our most successful event to date with more than 3000 visitors and many stallholders having their best trading day”, says organiser Mark Farhall.
Taunton centre ‘is becoming quite a hub’
08 April 2024Antiques on High on the hunt for more dealers
Textiles fair weaves an Indian pattern
01 April 2024Handmade quilts, jackets, shawls, cushions and bags from Rajasthan will be on offer at textiles fair
Stonor Park marks start of car boots
01 April 2024Probably the first of the 2024 season’s ‘country house antiques and vintage car boots’ will run on Sunday, April 28, at Stonor Park, near Henley in Oxfordshire, with 200 sellers.
Cheltenham market to host 50 dealers this month
01 April 2024Visitors to Cooper Events’ three-day decorative, antiques and fine art fair at Westonbirt School in Tetbury from April 12-14 may well take in another antiques shopping delight that beckons nearby.
Nottinghamshire organiser reconfigures event set-up as heavy rain causes problems
25 March 2024Winter 2024 turned out to be the wettest ever in the UK - which inevitably threw up significant challenges for fair organisers.
Dawgs gives visitors lots to chew over
25 March 2024Among the many recommendations on the Facebook page of Spotty Dawgs Antiques & Used Furniture is a particularly praiseworthy one in which the poster has said that he would pay an entrance fee to wander round this treasure trove all day.
Get the Friday feeling in Cirencester
18 March 2024Every Friday since the early 1970s, the Corn Hall in Cirencester, a building at the heart of the town’s life since the 19th century, hosts an antiques and collectables market.
Popular fairs set for single Hampshire and Dorset date
18 March 2024Grandma’s Attic Fairs will be very busy on Monday, April 1, with two of the organiser’s most popular fairs running on the same day.
Showground showcase in Norfolk
18 March 2024The Norfolk Antique & Collectors’ Fair has been running for 24 years at the Norfolk Showground, near Norwich.
Organiser makes plea for Fawley Hill reinforcements
18 March 2024Judy, Lady McAlpine needs more antique and vintage traders to sign up for her vintage festival held in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support at Fawley Hill, near Henley, from Friday to Sunday, May 17-19.
Make it a weekend with Warwick visit
11 March 2024A 20-minute drive from NAEC Stoneleigh takes you to the town of Warwick, dominated by its castle originally built by William the Conqueror. Hunters and gatherers at IACF’s antiques event at Stoneleigh may well take in what the city has to offer antiques-wise. Here are two businesses to visit.