Premier Programme Fair...Who's going

[pafcprogs]

Not the dealers...us the mug punters...

I have a pass out so it will be my debut!

Peter
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Most Plymouth post 1959 but plenty of others including reserves, friendlies, Cup Finals Internationals and Club issues, handbooks and other sports.

[kcs]

I'm there....

Anyone fancy meeting up before/after?
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[Watfordchris]

I'm going. I can't wait. This is like Xmas in the programme world. If your unsure then I say defiantly make the trip.

[cfcmartin1965]

I shall be there on Saturday however this time as a seller as I will be sharing a stall with D.G.Taylor.

I will have a good selection of programmes including boxes of the following

Chelsea home & aways
Arsenal home & aways
Tottenham home & aways
Fulham home & aways
Q.P.R. home & aways
Cup Finals
Internationals
Brentford homes
1960's

Plus folders of the following
1940's/1950's
Manchester United home & aways
West Ham home & aways
Charlton Athletic home & aways
Millwall home & aways
Leyton Orient home & aways
Scottish & Irish
Friendlies/Testimonials

Hope to find time to have a look around as well to try & add to my Chelsea collection.

Cheers
Martin

[Deniro]

How did this go yesterday? Any pics?

[kcs]

Went yesterday and was impressed by the organisation of the fair as always.

Managed to get a few items from my first team wants list plus a few reserves too. Excellent service from the Hewitt's as always. A good chat with Dave Allen and generally a good day.

Was really busy when the doors first opened but was quieter after 1pm.

Bumped into Plymouth Peter but not sure if any other members of the forum went (I believe from another thread that Giorgio went)?

Did you go? Did you manage to get anything? Was you impressed with the fair and stall holders?

No pics though - my apologies.
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[Andrew BSFC]

As always I had a thoroughly enjoyable day at this fair. Picked up several interesting non league programmes including one from 1923 and half a dozen from the late 40s (unfortunately no Bishops Stortford).Managed to have a chat with several of the dealers who use this forum and they seemed happy with the level of business. Agree that it did seem to quieten down after the first 2-3 hours but there was still a few collectors around when the dealers started to pack up towards 4pm.
Many thanks to Dave Allen and John Litster for organising what appears to have been another successful fair.

[goonerboy]

As always a very well organised fair with a good spacious facility and adequate space to wander between stalls as well as browse at them. Certainly an interesting mix of prices across stallholders ranging from the reasonable to the bit expensive to the ridiculous.

I also enjoy the presence of some smaller/casual dealers who often have the unusual item or a different range of memorabilia.

One slight disappointment is that although tickets are forming a significant part of the collecting world a number of dealers said they hadn't bought any with them but have loads at home (what use is that ?) or they are piled into a shoebox with the "have a look through that" (and you lose the will to live after 15 minutes). However there were also some very good exceptions who had tickets, had bought them and they were suitably organised to facilitate browsing and they got decent custom from me.

Also picked up some nice programmes to fill some gaps. Overall well worth attending.

[SJF73]

I thought the fair was excellent and Dave Allen and the guys from Leeds in particular had very good selections. I got some good deals on programmes and there was one particular dealer who had interesting match tickets arranged alphabetically and I was able to get some there that I was looking for at great prices. The location and set up for this fair is very good aswell.

[kcs]

goonerboy wrote:

One slight disappointment is that although tickets are forming a significant part of the collecting world a number of dealers said they hadn't bought any with them but have loads at home (what use is that ?) or they are piled into a shoebox with the "have a look through that" (and you lose the will to live after 15 minutes). However there were also some very good exceptions who had tickets, had bought them and they were suitably organised to facilitate browsing and they got decent custom from me.

I understand this from a collectors point of view but if you think from a dealer/seller point of view then its a nightmare. What do you bring what do you leave at home?
If you think that attendance is between 700-800 then think of the range of 'wants' and collection strings associated with all attendees. Its a very big area of the hobby.

I tried to contact most of the stall holders prior to the event with a rough outline of what I was looking for, I knew that I would always find stuff with Mick and Alex.

Sometimes the dealer/sellers presence at a fair is beneficial even if sales aren't so good on the day - prime example JW Binders - I didn't but anything from them on the day but will more than likely place an order for several binders in the near future.

What programmes did you pick up gooner?
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[goonerboy]

i got a prewar plus some early 70s reserves and then a number of tickets as well.