See you at our next fair on Saturday 29th August 2026

A Good Rummage


With our 1st Birthday coming up on June 4th it hardly seems a year since we opened our doors back in June 2010.

The sun was blazing and shoppers arrived throughout the day. We opened with over 30 stalls selling a fantastic selection of Vintage Fashion & Accessories, Textiles and Trimmings, Buttons, Lace, Collectables, Bric-A-Brac and homewares to name a few. The vintage café was inundated with orders and we kept hearing “Isn’t it lovely to drink a cup of tea out of a china cup”. By 2.00 pm the café had sold out of their fashion tribute cakes and we had poured over 300 cups of tea.

Which reminded me of this quote from Billy Connolly

Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cosy, doesn’t try it on.

There are some lovely knitted tea cosies out there and they are making a resurgence as the popularity of afternoon and vintage teas are back in fashion. They were first used in Britain around 1867 and usually they were made from remnants of heavy brocade, or linen – which was often embroidered to show the owners skill at embroidery or to match the tea set. Talking of tea sets I remember going to boot sales and having your pick of beautiful vintage china cups – now it seems everyone wants them and they are becoming more expensive and harder to find and vintage crockery hire companies are popping up every day. We got these from a good rummage at the local boot sale.

This was our first flyer to advertise the event. The beautiful red dress caused such a furore of phone calls but sadly it was sold. Memphis vintage http://www.memphisvintage.com who kindly lent us the image have a fantastic selection of Prom dresses – look at their gallery of sold items – you’ll want to weep!

There were many favourites but the red dress won on the day but we love the floral one below as well. They have moved their store over to ebay now and you’ll find them at http://stores.ebay.com/Memphis-Vintage.

 

 

We had a fantastic line-up of knowledgeable, experienced stall holders selling an array of wonderful fashion and accessories and items for the home at very reasonable prices – for a good idea, take a look at the gallery page.

So we hope to see you on 4th June 2011 – the early bird catches the worm or in this case you’ll catch some Biba dresses, vintage Chanel, Jewelled 1920’s dresses,
some absolutely stunning vintage hats and gloves, shabby chic furniture, vintage baking items and hard-to-find vintage haberdashery.

 

See you at:

WANSTEAD VINTAGE FASHION & BROCANTE FAIR

Saturday 4 June 2011 – 9.30 am – 4.00 pm

CHRISTCHURCH HALL, WANSTEAD PLACE

(OFF WANSTEAD HIGH STREET) WANSTEAD

LONDON  E11 2SW

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Terms & conditions of Trading

  • The Church and hall will be open from 8.00am on the Fair day for unloading of stock and setting up
  • Stallholders must be set up by 10.00am
  • Stalls that have been approved and booked cannot be shared /sold with/to a completely different dealer
  • All electrical items for sale or in use must be PAT tested
  • Highly flammable substances shall not be brought into or used in any part of the premises
  • No unauthorised heating appliances shall be used on the premises
  • No intoxicating liquors are permitted to be bought, sold or consumed on any part of the premises
  • Food is not permitted to be sold on any stalls
  • Cutlery may be sold, however sharp knives of any sort are not permitted
  • Tables must be fully covered with a cloth to the ground to hide any packing boxes and other items not for sale
  • Please do not affix anything to walls /doors or church property
  • Stallholders must not obstruct doorways, hallways and fire exits with tables or rails
  • Rails must not be longer than 6ft in length
  • The fair closes at 4.30 pm – stallholders should not dismantle their stall until closing time or leave the fair early. All stallholders must be clear of the halls by 6.00 pm
  • Stallholders are responsible for removing ALL their rubbish from the venue once the fair is closed
  • The organisers will bear no liability whatsoever for safety of stock, money, persons or possessions while travelling to, from or during the event
  • Stallholders are required to carry their own public liability insurance and must provide a copy to be held on file
  • As this is a vintage event with a dateline up to the 1990s, all goods for sale must be genuine vintage items. Sale of counterfeit items is strictly prohibited. The occasional sale of a more modern exclusive designer piece (e.g. Dior, Chanel) to offset a vintage item is permitted
  • Clothes must be clean and well presented
  • The venue is strictly no smoking, and the use of lit candles is prohibited
  • The positioning of Stallholders at the event is at the absolute discretion of the organisers
  • The placement of your stall may be subject to change and we cannot guarantee that you are in the same spot each time you sell at the fair
  • The organisers of the Wanstead Vintage Fair shall be under no liability for delay or failure to provide the services as a result of any act or circumstances beyond reasonable control including but not limited to, Act of God, legislation, injury, war, terrorism, fire, failure of power supply, strike, lock out or bad weather conditions
  • PLEASE NOTE: If a Trader cancels space, for any reason, all fees paid will be forfeited except under exceptional circumstances and at the discretion of the organiser