Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Adams looks back on 35 years of Horti fairs
06 May 2024When Matthew Adams started out as a dealer in the early 1980s, the constant cry from fellow dealers was “there are too many fairs”, he says.
Potting and pottering with an East Sussex brocante
06 May 2024The biannual Potting Shed Brocantes in East Sussex returns this spring.
Reclamation and antiques dealer joins up with Norwich department store
06 May 2024An owner of reclamation centre has set up shop at the invitation of a renowned Norwich retailer.
Parking problems addressed at Giant Shepton Flea
29 April 2024The nursery rhyme 'Rain, rain go away' could be the response after the UK experienced in the past 18 months the fourth-wettest period since records began.
Photographica fair: market develops in different ways
29 April 2024One of the exhibitors at this month’s Photographica says ‘point and shoot’ cameras are in demand
Glass and ceramics combo makes a second appearance in West Midlands
29 April 2024Richard Burtonshaw launched his sold-out Premier Glass Fairs event last year at the Ruskin Glass Centre in Stourbridge and now he’s back in the Midlands on Sunday, May 12.
Wirksworth beats the weather
22 April 2024“Despite the awful weather we still had over 50 stalls and our indoor venue, the Memorial Hall was packed,” said Sally-Anne Swindell, organiser of the Wirksworth Antiques in the Street’s early April event in the eponymous Peak District market town.
Fair ideal for new contacts
22 April 2024Aspal Antiques launched at the 140-acre Stonham Barns Park near Stowmarket in Suffolk in 2021.
I saw the potential for growth
22 April 2024Antiques business takes root in a former chicken house/mushroom farm
Word on the street market scene
15 April 2024With a West Sussex event about to start, we take a look at the appeal of these outdoor opportunities
Flea leaps in at Olympic site
08 April 2024Hackney Fleamarkets’ Giant London Flea Marketlaunched in February at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Car Park in east London was “our most successful event to date with more than 3000 visitors and many stallholders having their best trading day”, says organiser Mark Farhall.
Cheltenham Racecourse was natural choice say fair organisers
08 April 2024The antiques and collectors’ fair being launched at the famed Cheltenham Racecourse on Sunday, May 19, features indoor room for 100-plus exhibitors.
Taunton centre ‘is becoming quite a hub’
08 April 2024Antiques on High on the hunt for more dealers
Cheltenham market to host 50 dealers this month
01 April 2024Visitors to Cooper Events’ three-day decorative, antiques and fine art fair at Westonbirt School in Tetbury from April 12-14 may well take in another antiques shopping delight that beckons nearby.
Textiles fair weaves an Indian pattern
01 April 2024Handmade quilts, jackets, shawls, cushions and bags from Rajasthan will be on offer at textiles fair
Stonor Park marks start of car boots
01 April 2024Probably the first of the 2024 season’s ‘country house antiques and vintage car boots’ will run on Sunday, April 28, at Stonor Park, near Henley in Oxfordshire, with 200 sellers.
Dawgs gives visitors lots to chew over
25 March 2024Among the many recommendations on the Facebook page of Spotty Dawgs Antiques & Used Furniture is a particularly praiseworthy one in which the poster has said that he would pay an entrance fee to wander round this treasure trove all day.
Nottinghamshire organiser reconfigures event set-up as heavy rain causes problems
25 March 2024Winter 2024 turned out to be the wettest ever in the UK - which inevitably threw up significant challenges for fair organisers.
Popular fairs set for single Hampshire and Dorset date
18 March 2024Grandma’s Attic Fairs will be very busy on Monday, April 1, with two of the organiser’s most popular fairs running on the same day.
Get the Friday feeling in Cirencester
18 March 2024Every Friday since the early 1970s, the Corn Hall in Cirencester, a building at the heart of the town’s life since the 19th century, hosts an antiques and collectables market.