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However, Cemex continued to rent the land to International Antiques & Collectors Fairs five times a year for the Swinderby Antiques Fair. In 2013 the hangars and the air traffic control tower remained in evidence along with acres of concrete runways and taxiways but most of the other buildings on the technical site have been demolished. In 2014 ...
Bargain Hunt is a British television programme in which two pairs of contestants are challenged to buy antiques from shops or a fair and then sell them in an auction for a profit. It has aired on BBC One since 13 March 2000 in a daytime version, and from 22 August 2002 to 13 November 2004 in a primetime version.
It was long known for its great August horse fair, a famous trading event that continued until the mid-20th century. It ended after the Second World War, when horses had largely ceased to be used on farms. The town remains a centre of the antiques trade. [14] [15] The annual horse fair was probably first held in the 13th century.
Currently, there are three yearly general fairs: the Summer Fest in June, the Horse Fair in August (see below), and a Christmas Fair at the end of November. More specialized events include the North Lincolnshire Music and Drama Festival in March, a beer festival in May, and the Briggstock Acoustic Music Festival in early September. Brigg Live ...
Stow Fair was an English medieval fair inaugurated in 1233 and held at Stow Green Hill in Lincolnshire. [1] The Prior of Sempringham was granted permission in 1268 to hold this annual fair, from 23 to 25 June, [2] confirming an earlier charter. [citation needed] The fair continued until living memory, [vague] being run as a horse fair until 1954.
On Monday night's episode of "Antiques Roadshow," a very special portrait painted by American artist and sculptor Frederic Remington was given a price tag even the owner couldn't believe. "This ...
Brigg Fair is an annual event held in the English market town of Brigg, North Lincolnshire, on every 5 August since 1205. [citation needed] It was primarily an event at which horses were bought and sold. While it is still held today, it is now celebrated primarily for historic and traditional reasons, and mostly organised by the travelling ...
The San Francisco antiques dealer whose gallery was vandalized and denounced online after viral video showed him spraying a homeless woman with a water hose was arrested Wednesday and charged with ...