On Saturday I dropped in to see my folks in Cobham and my old ,man mentioned he was going for a wander around the Toy Fair up at Sandown Park - thinking this might be interesting I duly followed him to the racecourse.
The exhibition was enormous - must have been 400 trade stands all selling old toys - meccano, dinky, Hornby, corgi, scalextric etc
Some of the stuff was on display for crazy prices and made me wish I'd kept all my old toys.
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| £2 Signal box - plastic |
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| £1 Signal |
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| £3.50 Bentley Sports Car |
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| £1.50 Hornby Metal Train Crossing |
This Level crossing will appear shortly in my next train posting
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| Bargain of the day - £1 each |
Ill keep an eye out for the toy fairs in future as they appear to be fertile hunting grounds
Those are good finds! I can also recommend Antique Markets/stalls as a good source of Lledo vehicles and the like, often for £1 each too.
ReplyDeleteWont be buying on ebay again!
DeleteGood finds; I always pop round to my local Toy&train fair - usually something worth having (sometimes wargames figures as well)
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Aargh I missed it and it's only three miles from my house!
ReplyDeleteIll be sure to drop you line on your blog the next time they are in town - my old man will keep me posted.
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