{"id":3070,"date":"2015-04-28T20:54:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T20:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2019-01-29T15:37:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T15:37:50","slug":"bank-holiday-antique-fairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/bank-holiday-antique-fairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank Holiday Antique Fairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We finally have another bank holiday coming up (Easter feels forever ago). What better way to spend the spare day than by visiting an antique fair in the UK?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I love trawling through antique fairs, but never seem to have the time during a busy weekend. Bank holiday Monday is the perfect time to catch a train to somewhere you&#8217;ve never heard of and shop to your heart&#8217;s content.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From Deptford to Durham, I&#8217;ve done some research and dug up the most popular antique fairs out there in some of the UK&#8217;smost picturesque antique places&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">p<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Durham Antiques, Vintage and Retro Fair<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This antique fair in Durham has over 160 stands choc-a-bloc with home furnishings, jewellery, vintage clothes, watches and anything else you could possibly need (or want). \u00a0Not to mention Durham is a beautiful place to visit at this time of year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/durhamantiques.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3072\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/durhamantiques.jpg\" alt=\"Durham antique fair\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/durhamantiques.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/durhamantiques-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/saintanselm\/396672543\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">p<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Norfolk&#8217;s Collectors Fair<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Located in Cromer, right by the beach, this is a lovely way to spend a sunny bank holiday Monday. Based in the Parish Hall you can expect to find shabby chic, Art Deco furniture and dealers in ceramics. You absoulutely won&#8217;t leave this beautiful part of East Anglia empty handed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Cromer-fair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3073\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Cromer-fair.jpg\" alt=\"Cromer\" width=\"478\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Cromer-fair.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Cromer-fair-333x500.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/allthingseurope.tumblr.com\/post\/108995095218\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">p<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Antique and Vintage Market, Maidstone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This cute antique fair is a great place to bring the family for the day. It&#8217;s easy to get to and there&#8217;s loads of coffee shops and caffe&#8217;s around for you to rest your legs. Expect to find everything from vintage clothes to collector&#8217;s teapots to stamp books. A beautiful place to spend the day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Maidstone-market.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3074\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Maidstone-market.jpg\" alt=\"Maidstone market\" width=\"482\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Maidstone-market.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Maidstone-market-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Maidstone-market-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"Antique And Vintage Market Maidstone\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">p<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Portobello Market, Notting Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hmm perhaps this is cheating (it&#8217;s not in the countryside) but\u00a0 Portobello Road Market feels like you&#8217;ve stepped into a bustling village. The atmosphere is fabulous, there are hundreds of different people, from locals to tourists, and so many different stalls to see, you&#8217;ll need more than a day just to get through it all. Not to mention the fantastic restaurants where you can have lunch or coffee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/portobello-road.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3077\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/portobello-road.jpg\" alt=\"Portobello road market\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/portobello-road.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/portobello-road-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/shilpz\/3632684606\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">p<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We finally have another bank holiday coming up (Easter feels forever ago). What better way to spend the spare day than by visiting an antique fair in the UK? I love trawling through antique fairs, but never seem to have the time during a busy weekend. Bank holiday Monday is the perfect time to catch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,18,327],"tags":[436,437,438],"class_list":["post-3070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news","category-useful-resources","category-vintage-2","tag-antique-markets","tag-bank-holiday","tag-vintage-fairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3070"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5307,"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070\/revisions\/5307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loomandlast.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}