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Saturday, 5th July, 2008  
Welcome to the Barry Potter Fairs website - Here you can find details of exciting Toy & Train Fairs held all over the country

Sunday 20th July

Reebok Stadium, Bolton

JC Collectables specialise in vintage toys and board games There are several stalls selling rare Dinky and Corgi Toys at Reebok Stadium

There will be 275 Stalls packed full of Toys, Trains and Models for sale at this very busy fair.

The Reebok Stadium is an ideal venue for a large toy fair, being just off the M61 motorway at junction 6 and having THOUSANDS of FREE PARKING SPACES.

Dealers from all over the UK will be at the show bringing with them thousands of models - many at very competitive prices. Dealers at the show include Much Ado About Toys from Stratford Upon Avon (selling 00 gauge model railways, Corgi model trucks and 0 gauge ACE Trains), Pennine Models from Haworth (selling 00 gauge model railways), Miniature Motors from Leicester (selling diecast model Formula 1 racing cars), Mary Shortle of York (selling dolls and teddy bears) and Tiger Hobbies (selling model tanks and aeroplanes).

Doors open at 10.30am. Admission is £2.50 Adults, £2 Senior Citizens and £1 Children.

Further details can be found on the Reebok Stadium, Bolton page

Saturday 2nd August

Sandown Park

Europe's No.1 Toy Collectors Fair

There are many stalls selling teddy bears and dolls at each Sandown Park Toy Fair Great model cars like this one can be found at Sandown

Visitors to this eagerly awaited event can browse over 500 stalls of collectables for sale.

All the UK's top dealers in quality old and new toys, trains and models will be at the show selling an amazing variety of collectables.

Whatever you collect you are sure to find plenty to interest you at this superb fair.

Sandown Park Exhibition Centre is only 5 miles from junction 10 of the M25 motorway. From central London take the A3 to Esher. There is FREE PARKING for 5,000 cars.

If travelling by train head for Esher Railway Station (there are trains every half hour from London Waterloo).

Doors open at 10.30am. Admission is £4.50 Adults, £4 Senior Citizens and £2 Children.

Further details, a map and hotel information can all be found on the Sandown Park page

The range of toys and models for sale at each event is huge. Items for sale include Model Railways, Diecast Model Cars, Lorries, Buses and Aeroplanes, Star Wars, Dr. Who and other Film and TV related Toys, Teddy Bears, Action Figures, Dolls, Scalextric, Jigsaws, Model Soldiers, Tinplate Toys, Games and much, much more! Prices range from just a pound or two right up to several hundred pounds for very hard to find items.

Whether you are a visiting one of our fairs for the first time or you are a regular stallholder or buyer at our fairs, we want you to enjoy each show that you visit.

Now available to buy at the fairs at half price...

THE TOY JOB

A Lifetime of Toys and Trains

by Barry Potter

In this book Barry shares his experiences of many years spent in the world of toys and trains.

From having a train set as a boy - to turning a hobby into a business. From the early days of swapmeets - to the toy and train scene today.

Read all about the pleasures and trials of organising fairs, the buying and selling of toys and trains, the setting up and running of auctions and Barry's views on collecting itself.

It is both his story and his thoughts on it all.

Hardbacked, with 200 pages and 100 illustrations

The book is now available at all Barry Potter Fairs for the bargain price of just £5

Barry will be signing copies of the book at each Barry Potter Fairs event throughout 2008

 
 LATEST NEWS:
2009 Sandown Park Dates Announced

The Toy Collectors Fairs at Sandown Park for 2009 have now been finalised and are:

Saturday 14th February 2009

Saturday 30th May 2009

Saturday 1st August 2009

Saturday 24th October 2009

The 2009 dates for all the other venues will be announced later in the year
MILTON KEYNES UPDATE

The new 400 stall Stadium MK fair will take place in late 2008/early 2009.

The Exhibition Centre at the stadium is still under construction. Stadium MK management have informed us that once the on-site hotel has been completed works will then switch to finishing off the Exhibition Centre which will hold the Toy Fair.

The venue features free parking for 6,000 cars, flat unloading through several entrances for exhibitors and first class facilities for visitors.

Dates for the Toy Fair should be announced shortly, however, with the first fair either at the end of this year or very early next year.
Change of Date for December Reebok Stadium

The December Reebok Stadium Toy Fair will now take place on Tuesday December 30th and NOT Sunday 28th December as printed in the "Pocket Guide" date card

The change is due to a football match being played at the stadium on the 28th

All other dates at the stadium are unaffected, so to clarify this year's dates are:

Sunday 20th July
Sunday 21st September
Tuesday 30th December

Collecting Friends at next Sandown

Experts from the new website collectingfriends.com will be at the August Sandown Park Toy Fair

The website, which enables fellow collectors to discuss their hobby and show off their collections, will be bringing a number of well-known experts to the event

Visitors will be able to chat to Arthur Ward and Peter Donaldson about all aspects of collecting and the Collecting Friends website

Look out for them in the entrance foyer at the 2nd August Sandown Park show

You can find out more at www.collectingfriends.com
THE TOY JOB
Now available at HALF PRICE

Visitors to Barry Potter Fairs can now buy 'The Toy Job' book for only £5.

This offer is only available at the fairs - orders through bookshops and via post will pay the cover price (£9.95)

2,000 copies of the book have been sold and readers have been telling us how they have enjoyed it - "A really good read", "I couldn't put it down", "An easy book to read, and very amusing".

In the book Barry recalls his experiences, thoughts and opinions from over 30 years involved in toys and trains.

Barry writes from a unique perspective about collecting, dealing, organising toy collectors fairs, and setting up and running actions. There are many amusing anecdotes, plenty of "behind the scenes" material and much is written about what it is that makes collectors so enthusiastic about their hobby.

The book is hardbacked, with 200 pages and 100 illustrations

 
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