Vintage Fairs Sunday 4 December 2011

Vintage FairThere are a lot of events for next Sunday, 4 December 2011, so have a look below and decide which one is for you. We have events from most of the UK including one from Northern Ireland even and an event in Norwich: which I added myself (those who know me will know that Norfolk is my second home!). We do not have events from Scotland so perhaps vintage fairs have not yet caught on there. (No, I doubt it too, so if you know of an upcoming event in Scotland please let me know.)

As we always say, we believe all of the information is correct at the time we publish the article but please, please check with the links provided to confirm the date, venue and times and let me know of any changes or mistakes.

If you do go, have a great vintage time and send us a link to any photos you take. If you are organising or know about a vintage event please let us know, thanks.

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Vintage Fairs Saturday 3 December 2011

Vintage FairsDecember is looming and we are moving every so much closer to Christmas so that shopping takes on that festive urgency that only a good vintage fair can clear.

There are several events for this coming Saturday, two of which I have already mentioned – the links are below – and one further one in Guildford.

As we always say, we believe all of the information is correct at the time we publish the article but please check with the links provided to confirm the date, venue and times.

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Let’s Jive

ballroom jiveBallroom dancing was one of my passions in the 1950s/60s and, until recently, I thought that it had almost disappeared. I need not have worried, however, for nothing from that era really dies, does it?

Looking through Flickr I chanced to see the photostream of Jive Addiction – the link is here – and suddenly it was 1960 once more and I was back in a ballroom. The photos portray the action so well that I spent a good half an hour looking through them, pleased to see that serious rock and roll jive is still alive and well.

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Post-War Men’s Ties

Post-War Men’s Ties‘A tie is the one piece of a man’s attire through which he can truly show his individuality’.

For the most part, after the war in the UK, suits were worn both to work and outside for leisure and the tie was almost always worn, too. Shirts in that period had a separate collar attached with a collar stud and it was unthinkable (as well as rather odd looking) to wear a collar without a tie or even a shirt without a collar – at least outside the house.

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Vintage Fairs Sunday 27 November 2011

Sixties Britain vintage fashionAfter the four events for Saturday we have only two fairs to mention today, one in Wilmslow Cheshire at the Leisure Centre and one in Sutton Coldfield on the outskirts of Birmingham (on the East side).

As we always say, we believe all of the information is correct at the time we publish the article but please check with the links provided to confirm the date, venue and times.

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Vintage Fair Saturday 26 November 2011

Vintage fair alertHere are four Vintage events for this Saturday, 26 November 2011 in Hull, Henley-on-Thames, Haringey and Watford (both in London). Sixties Britain supports Vintage Fairs as a great way to buy, get ideas, meet others that share our interest, have fun and, equally important, share ideas.

As we always say, we believe all of the information is correct at the time we publish the article but please check with the links provided to confirm the date, venue and times.

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Vintage Shops: Retroporium

Retroporium on EtsyIn our occasional series highlighting vintage shops we like to feature some Etsy shops if we can as these are usually good value and seem to contain some of the things other shops miss. Aside from that, both Avril and I enjoy looking and buying online and my experience with Etsy shops has always been a positive one.

The shop today is the aptly named Retroporium, a British run shop offering a variety of vintage wares. Of particular interest will be the vinyl records from the 80s and earlier. Although not collectors ourselves (we already have far too little room) we saw, from an earlier period, Crosby Still Nash and Young, the Hollies (He Ain’t Heavy) and everyone’s favourite Simon and Garfunkle. For collectors of what is fashionable now and, more importantly, what will become collectable in the decade to come, this is worth a look. Continue reading

Adverts on Sixties Britain

ISixties Britain Amazon Ad wasn’t happy with the scrolling advert from Amazon that Mike has had on this website for some time now. Also some other people had mentioned that they found it difficult to read the content with the advert scrolling endlessly past on the left hand side.

After some persuasion he has now changed the advert to one that is static. This advert is optimised for Vintage Fashion books from Amazon UK since we are, in essence, a UK site. A look on several occasions today shows that the books seem to be relevant and I was happy to see both some old favourites we have mentioned before and some new ones that even I had not seen. Like many other Vintage websites, we try to choose our adverts with care to be both relevant and useful to our visitors.

So, that’s what happened to the scrolling ad. I think that our website looks all the better now but if you have any comments please let me know.