Looey's Back at Bowral's Dirty Janes

Hello Moonbasers!

I've posted pics of the vintage toys at Dirty Jane's emporium in Bowral NSW Oz before..

It's a little depressing to see the genuine antique stuff sold on and replaced with modern repro items. 

Still, here are some genuine articles at "Tell 'em they're dreaming" prices!

Some Jet Set diecast civil aircraft.

Some nice Hong Kong carded coin purses and a lovely tinplate space capsule...

I'm down here again to celebrate the 90th birthday of my longest friend, Babette Hayes the Interior Designer. She was instrumental in getting my parents to emigrate from Blighty to Oz, as some of the last "Ten Pound Poms"!

My life would never be the same again, but it's been a fortunate one.

As a present, I made a sculptured portrait of the two of us on our ritual visits to the local modern art gallery.

The figures are painted Sculpey polyclay.

The second shot is with the pink LED "neon" lighting active!

Happy times! 

 Looey

Oz

Cabinet Capers

 A recent ramble round a local emporium threw up a few interesting items in the cabinets and shelves.

Some great loose figures: Blackstar, Fighting Furies, She-Ra and more.

Another assortment with a fab print on the wall. I love the Super Phone! Lois Lane's number is already programmed in! 

A new one on me, a Pink Panther Pinky Boat.

A lovely condition Cheyanne annual which really rings a bell.

A neat DIY tin bin decorated with pictures and pages from Playhouse comic. A neat idea! 

A gorgeous tinplate American car.

A Spitfire

Fanny and Johnnie Craddock! Our first TV chefs. Remember them?

Corgi club releases.

I bought a David Bowie LP for a diver, the World of David Bowie, one I didn't have anymore.

Anything here for you?

Dig for Victory In the Blue Mountains

 Hello Woodsy! 

Yet another visit to one of the Antique shops in the Blue Mountains...

This is the Victory Theatre in Blackheath, once a cinema, now a two storey cavalcade of old wares!

Some nice tin toys at "Tell 'em they're dreamin'!" prices!

Vintage die-casts

These Corgis are obvious re issues, but not too outragious.

     Happy shopping, Moonbasers!

No Hurry at Harrisons

 After a major break-in last year it was great to see a local Rotherham emporium back up and running again and full of eager punters.

Harrisons is huge; two floors of collectables and second hand furniture catering for every taste possible.

Although I never find any Hong Kong plastic toys for myself there, I do love to stroll round it's cabinets and floors. My mate always finds a bargain for his Grandson. They do a mean sausage butty too! 

Anyways, here's a few snaps of bits, some of which has appeared here before, as they've remained unsold. 

A globe Bank.

BMW radio!

The Man himself!

Some nice Marx cars.

Kits

Boats

Batman Beyond figures and lots of them!

Loads of old kids' books

An interesting portrait!

Biggles and Boys World books

Comics

Thunderbirds Give a Show among friends

A Vosper

Action Man, Head of Steam!

Chad Valley Super Show

Anything you like?

Six Million Dollar Three Dimensional

 

On a recent mooch round Pontefract these two oldies caught my vintage eye.

Above is Three Dimensional Noughts and Crosses. How space age is that! 

Now I've got it in my head that Spock played this in Star Trek. Is that right?

My older brothers played a similar tiered game called Space Lines when I was a kid. Remember that?

Below is Steve Austin in his special chamber. Not a toy I had - I was too old by then - but one I like. The best feature on the figure is the see-through eye. Ha e you looked through one?

Any Old Iron?

 There's a travelling antiques valuer visiting our village hall.

A sort of fancy rag and bone man I guess (I remember them vividly as a kid.Do you?), dressed in a suit sat at a little baize topped table.

There'll be valuations galore and hopefully a few ..... purchases!

We've lots of old creaky stuff that needs to go: jewelery, cutlery, nic nacs. You'll have the same I'm sure, gathering dust in the dark.

It's probably of no value whatsoever - our stuff - we've done an auction and this is what's left - so one last blast is worth a punt and the walk to the hall will do us oldies some good.

I suspect though there'll be a queue a mile long as everyone will have had the same idea!

After this, TV's Cash Cow is the next stop!

Have you ever been to a travelling antiques valuation day readers? 

Easing round Elsecar

 A mosey round the huge Elsecar emporium, despite not buying anything, did throw up a few things to photograph.

A Tufty Club bendy. It must have been a bigger deal than I recall on TV, the Tufty Club. I've seen books, games and now a bendy! 

I had thought at first glance this was Tom Baker but it's Austin Powers of course.

This was Tom Baker though! 

Maybe the earliest Superman annual I've handled, this was dated 1958!

Lots of Hornby trains with many many red boxes items.

Two attractive early space age pictures.

Pennybrix? New to me. You?

And seen a few times in MC, old Tivvy, this one being a plastic savings box for a bank.

Anything you would have been interested in readers?

Sausages and Supercar in South Yorkshire

 In my ongoing quest to find novelty Hong Kong plastic toys I visit a lot of emporiums.

My mate calls it junking.

One place we visit is Harrisons near Rotherham. A massive hangar if what seems like a million glass cabinets and an auction house to boot. They do a mean sausage butty too! 

Today's trip didn't garner anything I wanted but there's always interesting stuff. Here's a few tasty morsels I clocked. See what you think.

Glass bead ashtrays that were everywhere in my parents' home when I was a kid. Do you remember them?

An interesting BMW radio!

Fridge deodorisers! Really? Where do they hang?

A proper little Hoover, an exact copy of the one in my folks' house!

This Snow White house is new to me. You?

I'm sure this image is in Action Man packaging. Is that right?

A Give a Show Projector starring Thunderbirds!

A, I assume older, Super Show projector starring Supercar and Fireball XL5!

Pelham ventriloquist's puppet. I didn't know they made those too.

A quarter of the hangar from above.

Unknown ceramic figures. Anyone know what they are? French soldiers?

Classic soda vending machine.

Classic one arm bandits.

A lovely garage, maybe home made. Where's Amersham?

Palitoy's finest and Barbie steward.

One of a huge range of mint boxed Corgis.

All pristine, factory fresh and so cheap!

And then my mate said:

They're re-issues! 

Really? Have Corgi reissued everything?