Here comes the sun!

On Dawlish train station platform

Saturday morning was glorious and just perfect weather to visit the Antiques and Vintage Fair at Marsh Barton.  Via the train and the bus (we pegged it across the car park in front of Matalan!) we took to get there, we arrived in time to warrant paying the extra £1 per person entry fee to get in. 

 

2 Dawlish Antiques and Vintage fairs coming soon!

The fair's recently been taken over by Cooper Events (they also run the Giant Shepton Flea Market) and it's great to see how they've transformed the fair. It never disappoints! We'd never seen the outside area so full of traders, some had travelled from as far as Cornwall, Worcester, Wales and Somerset.    

 

 

 We had a good look andbought some wonderful vintage items.  Our favourites had to be the 1950s/1960s vintage fashion magazines all the way from France, stunning 1930s Bakelite buckle and gorgeous vintage handbag.  The gold plated earrings we picked up still had their original 3/6 price tag on them!

 

We also saw Carolyn, one of the organisers of the Langstone Cliff Hotel Antiques fair (Dawlish Warren) on Sunday 12 May.  We'll be having a stall, so please pop down! 
 

Then it was back on the bus to Exeter St Thomas and to Spooneys for a much needed respite pint!  We also picked up a very pretty pink and grey Glen Cree Mohair scarf and a men's wallet which doesn't look as if it's ever been used.  We love it because it harks back to pre-decimalisation as it includes a section for your farthings! 

 

All in all Saturday was a very good day in the sun!

Respite pint at Spooneys!

 

P.S. All these items and many other gorgeous items will be for sale on the Old's Cool Traders stall at the Dawlish Antiques and Vintage Fair on 16 March 2019, see you there!