Page 2 - The Collector's Companion: Issue CC101

Welcome back! In this issue:
...to the autumn issue of CC, the 101st issue but my The Soundtrack to Windrush feature: ska records p. 9
first as editor/owner. What can I say? I certainly took A Pioneer of Pattern book review: textile design p. 17
this on with spectacular timing! Fire Away! feature: bagatelle . . . . . p. 24
Guess the Auction Prize quiz . . . . . p. 28
If you’re interested in reggae/ska then you’ll enjoy my On the Walls of Balmoral feature: flock wallpaper p. 30
interview with DJ/designer Shernette Daly on page 9. Fairs calendar . . . . . . . . . . p. 22
Please do check out the online version which covers Auctions calendar . . . . . . . . . . p. 27
so much more than would fit here.
This issue’s cover star is a 1950s Irish-made Tara On our website:
laughing bear from The Fleetville Emporium in Hitchin. Extended features with photos/video/audio
I’m pretty sure he is not laughing. I don’t know much Printable fairs & auctions calendar
about bears, I certainly don’t collect them, but I adore Places to Go days out & itinerarys
Helios & Co Antiques . . . . . Weedon Bec NN7 4QD p. 35 Cromwell’s Antique Centre Sawbridgeworth CM21 9JX p. 36 
Vintique Limited . . . . . Weedon Bec NN7 4PS p. 14 Maltings Antiques . . . . . Sawbridgeworth CM21 9JX p. 20  this bear’s horrified face and had to buy him.
Vintage Retreat . . . . . Northampton NN1 2JL p. 14  Riverside Ant. & Coll. Centre Sawbridgeworth CM21 9JX p. 21 
Gdad’s Collectables . . . . . Haversham MK19 7DP p. 14  Battlesbridge Antiques Centre Battlesbridge SS11 7RE p. 16  Some of us will be collectors of certain makers or sub- On social media:
The Antiques Association Woburn MK17 9PZ p. 15  an entire village of antiques ject matter, some of us will be drawn to certain periods The Week Ahead fairs & auctions listings
Ampthill Antiques Emporium Ampthill MK45 2NB p. 7  and pick up any bits or bobs that catch our eye. Some
The Fleetville Emporium Hitchin SG5 1DN p. 20  Inside the Shops & Fairs photo features
Mannuccis . . . . . Dunstable LU5 4HS p. 7 Vintage Paraphernalia . . . . . Datchworth SG3 6SG p. 8  of us are keen researchers and some of us are more
interested in a wander and a rummage. Either way,
Bushwood Antiques . . . . . Hemel Hempstead HP2 6HN p. 18 Crews Hill Vintage Emporium Enfield EN2 9DG p. 8 
Jordans Antiques Centre Hemel Hempstead HP1 3AF p. 12  Hampstead Ant. & Craft Emp. Hampstead NW3 6TE p. 8  what unites us is our love of finding something that
Swan Antiques . . . . . Hemel Hempstead HP1 2RA p. 13 we consider special, that is valuable to us, be it for its
Home & Colonial . . . . . Berkhamsted HP4 3AT p. 4  Hampton Court Emporium East Molesey KT8 9HA p. 4 
a historic day out workmanship or its ability to capture a glimpse into a
Antiques at Wendover . . . . . Wendover HP22 6DU p. 12  story of the past.
Collectors Paradise . . . . . Chesham HP5 1EP p. 5  Thames Antiques & Vintage Maidenhead SL6 8AA p. 15  Get the next 4 issues (1
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