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73The Diamond Jubilee - 60 Years under the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II - The 1950s
In February 2012 Queen Elizabeth completed sixty years as the British Monarch and there will be great Diamond Jubilee celebrations during the first weekend in June. The only other British monarch to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee was Queen Victoria...
0 comments73Collecting Susie Cooper Ceramics
Susie Cooper was born in 1902 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, she was from a fairly well-off family and this enabled her to enroll at the Burslem School of Art in 1919 where she initially studied drawing. She caught the attention of Gordon Forsyth, the...
0 comments76Collecting Troika Pottery
Troika pottery was designed and produced in the Sixties in St Ives, Cornwall, by Leslie Illsley and Benny Sirota. Its designs represented architectural forms and shapes: pottery simply as an art form. Bernard Leach was the renowned potter in...
1 comment79Top Collectables
Over recent years the market for collectables has grown out of all proportion. eBay and other auction site have made it easy for us to auction our bargains we have found in car boot or garage sales. However, it is getting more and more difficult to...
1 comment69Tips on collecting Royal Crown Derby China
The Royal Crown Derby factory opened in Derby in 1748 and is still in operation today. Skills have been handed down from generation to generation and today's artists still work in the old traditions of decorating and gilding. In 1760 William...
7 comments72Collecting Men's Vintage Watches
Once upon a time vintage watches were solely for collectors, but nowadays they are fast becoming the essential 'must haves'. Men's magazines when portraying the 'smart' look tend to feature expensive modern watches which are usually way beyond the...
0 comments70Collecting Royal Memorabilia
Whether you call it royal memorabilia or kitsch, there has always been a healthy appetite for a variety of goods bearing the likeness of the monarch of their age. From tea towels to tankards, Royals have shipped more goods from traders' shelves...
7 comments82Collecting Beswick Animals
If you mention collecting Beswick animals immediately spring to mind and Beswick has had a reputation for ceramic sculptures of animals that is second to none. Although there were a number of years when Beswick was not as popular as before it now...
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67Improving the Mixed Border
Take a long look at your beds and borders and take note of anything that you don't like. There may be tall plants masking small plants and there are probably plants that have been struggling for a couple of years. You could put them in a different...
2 comments72Collecting Whitefriars Glass
It was only a few years ago that Whitefriars glass was completely ignored by collectors, yet now the prices for its Banjo and Drunken Bricklayer vases are around £1,000 each. Not so long ago you could have found both of these in charity...
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