Our Third Try!

The odds were stacked against Old's Cool Trading at last Saturday's Vintage and Antiques Fair. 

Not only was it Harry and Meghan's wedding, the FA Cup Final, Exeter Chiefs' all-important try (geddit!) to get into the finals but the sunshine was glorious and there was a huge plant sale outside the Strand Centre which seemed to part lots of shoppers from their money.

Once everything got going, it took a bit longer this time though, it turned out to be a more  successful day than we originally thought it would be.  It was wonderful to see regulars coming back to our stall for more vintage treasure and we met some very friendly new faces. 

The best sellers this time round were our vintage handbags and shoes, 1950s burlesque programmes from the Windmill Theatre in Soho (as seen in 'Miss Henderson Presents') and our vintage viewfinders and slides, our favourite being 101 Dalmatians.

We'll be doing it again next month so see you on 15th June.  We can't wait!

'Harry' up Saturday!

Dawlish's Antiques and Vintage Fair's back this Saturday and Old's Cool Trading are looking forward to it!

It's going to be a great day what with Harry and Meghan's wedding, the FA Cup Final and with our stall selling vinyl and ceramics for the first time. 

Please come and say Hello, we'll be there from 11am onwards.

Soldiering on!

The week's flying by so quickly that we thought we'd better post about our stall at the second Dawlish Vintage and Antiques fair last Saturday, 21 April, before it's the weekend again.

This time around the weather was a beauty, glorious sunshine, and much more fun than the snow we encountered on our first venture into selling our treasure trove of vintage and antique goodies.

We learnt from the first antiques fair that a wide array of different items for sale is a good idea and this time we tried not to disappoint.  Our best sellers were our 1940s Soldier magazines, our bijoux antique rings and our vintage tins.  We were delighted that our Dawlish Georgian print was bought by one of Dawlish's residents too!

Once again we had a great time and it was lovely meeting new people and seeing familiar faces from our first time round.  One lady was kind enough to even bring us an antique razor set, men's scarf and some military buttons.

The next fair's on 19th May at the Strand Centre and we're ready thinking about what vintage loveliness to bring along.  We'll see you there so please come and say Hello!

Second Nature

 

Old's Cool Trading had such a great time at the Dawlish Antiques Fair in March that we're doing it again on Saturday 21st April.

This time round we'll be selling a great variety of items including costume jewellery and brooches, Harris Tweed and kitchenalia.  As we like to say "variety is the spice of life".

 

See you at the Strand Centre on 21st April.  We'll be there from 11am onwards.

Dammit It Feels Good To Be A Chap - Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer

It might be a couple of years old now but Mr B's homage to the delights of being a chap, Olds Cool style, still tickles our fancy. Double G&Ts all round!

Thank you Dawlish

Old's Cool Trading would like to say a very big thank you to the very kind people of Dawlish who fought through the snow to come to the first Dawlish Vintage and Antiques Fair at the Strand Centre on Saturday.

We would also like to congratulate Magpie Antiques for arranging the fairs and for making the first one such a success and to say thank you to the Strand Centre for holding the events.

 

We had a brilliant day selling everything vintage, meeting new people and seeing familiar faces. 

 

One of our favourite moments was when we sold our Scottish teddy bear and the lovely big smile on our customer's face.

 

The next fair's at the Dawlish Strand Centre on April 21st. We'll see you there.

First Love

Old's Cool Trading are very excited about this weekend.

 

The first antiques and vintage fair is being held at the Strand Centre in Dawlish on Saturday and (drum roll......wait for it.....!) Old's Cool Trading are holding their first ever stall at the fair. 

 

It's something we've always wanted to do and with so many old cool things for sale on our stall we would love for you to pop down and say hello.  You'll definitely pick up a vintage bargain!

 

We'll see you there!

Living in the 40s!

We wonder if this chap's still happily living in 1946? Unsurprisingly he's not on Facebook! Good man.