Into June now, so why not take advantage of the current warm and sunny weather and visit your local branch, or even one in a neighbouring county. And, as holiday time approaches, why not see what is going on where you are going to be....?
This diary brings the various clubs to the fore as one meeting ends, but the next event also appears on our home page as one of the revolving banners.
If you want to find out more about any of these branches and clubs, just click its name, in blue, below - but hold tight, for that that will whirl you to its homepage in lightning speed, where we will bring you local news and also look back at clubs which have existed in that county in times gone by. And if you can add to any of these memories, please do...
And so, next up is
Saturday the 5th of July
Lincolnshire
Our club meets from 10.30 a.m. at Kirton Leisure, 31a Willington Road, Kirton, Boston PE21 1EP.
This is our last meeting until September, as we do not meet in August.
The rest of our 2025 calendar is :
► Saturday the 6th of September
► Saturday the 4th of October
► Saturday the 1st of November
► Saturday the 6th of December
Monday the 7th of July
Northampton
We meet at Weston Favell Parish Hall, on Booth Lane South, Northampton, NN3 3EP - which has a large car park.
Doors open at 6pm and we stay until approximately 9 pm.
Our meetings take place on the first Monday in the month, unless that is a Bank Holiday, in which case we move to a different week.
The rest of our 2025 calendar is :
►Monday the 4th of August
►Monday the 1st of September
►Monday the 6th of October
►Monday the 3rd of November
►Monday the 1st of December
Thursday the 10th of July - three meetings
Cotswolds - Regular Meetings
Our regular meetings take place on the second Thursday of the month, starting at 7 pm, at Uckington Village Hall, The Green, Tewkesbury Road, Uckington, Cheltenham GL51 9SR.
Our remaining dates are :
►Thursday the 14th of August
►Thursday the 9th of October
►Thursday the 13th of November
►Thursday the 11th of December
and
North East
Our meetings start at 6.30 pm at Dunston U.T.S., Wellington Road, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9JL, easy to reach by road and public transport.
This time we welcome visiting dealer Sean Clover.
And remember that there is no meeting in August, so make sure you stock up on albums, leaves, etc.
The rest of our our 2025 calendar is :
►Thursday the 4th of September - with dealer Mike Heard
►Thursday the 2nd of October - Ordinary meeting
►Thursday the 13th of November - with dealer Paul Lynch
December - no meeting
and
Reading
We meet on the second Thursday of each month at Charvil Village Hall, in Park Lane, Charvil, near Twyford, Berkshire RG10 9TR.
Meetings start at 8.00 pm - although doors open at 7.30 pm - and we finish up about 9.45 pm.
The rest of our 2025 meeting dates are
►Thursday August 14th
►Thursday September 11th
►Thursday October 9th
►Thursday November 13th
►Thursday December 11th
Sunday the 13th of July
Hants & Surrey - Quarterly Fairs
We meet at Normandy Village Hall, Manor Fruit Farm, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, GU3 2DD.
“Our Quarterly Fairs open at 10am, we are a friendly club and everyone is warmly welcomed. Doors close around 4pm.
Parking, and admission, is free.
Only one more quarterly this year, on :
► Sunday the 12th of October
Saturday the 19th of July
East Anglia :
We meet from 8.30 am until 2.30 pm at Roydon Village Hall, High Road, Roydon, Diss, Norfolk IP22 5RB - and there is an auction at 1 pm.
Subscriptions are due on April 1st each year, £12.00, but non-members are very welcome at our meetings, they just pay £3 each time to come.
The rest of our 2025 calendar is :
►Saturday the 16th of August
►Saturday the 20th of September
►Saturday the 18th of October
►Saturday the 15th of November
►Saturday the 13th of December
Monday the 21st of July
London
We meet every month, at The Carpenters Arms” 12, Seymour Place, Marble Arch, Central London W1E 7NE. We start at 5 pm. There is usually at least one dealer and an auction which starts at 6 pm
The rest of our 2025 calendar is :
►Thursday the 21st of August
►Monday the 15th of September
►Thursday the 16th of October
►Monday the 17th of November
►Thursday the 18th of December
Thursday the 24th of July
Nottingham & East Midlands
We meet from 7.30 until 9.30 pm on the fourth Thursday of every other month at the West Bridgford Conservative Club, Rectory Road, West Bridgford NG2 6BG.
The rest of our 2025 calendar is :
► Thursday the 24th of July
►Thursday the 25th of September
► Thursday the 27th of November
Sunday the 27th of July
Hants & Dorset
We meet from 12.30 until 4.30 pm at Fryers Field Pavilion, Bond Avenue, West Moors, Ferndown, Dorset BH22 OLJ.
Admission is free.
Our meetings offer all manner of cards, printed ephemera, and memorabilia. Something for everyone! And refreshments are also available.
The rest of our 2025 calendar is
►Sunday 27th July
►Sunday 21st September
►Sunday 14th December
Sunday the 3rd of August
Winchester & Solent
We meet once a month at Botley Market Hall, High Street, Botley, near Southampton SO30 2EA.
Our afternoon meetings run from 1.30 to 4.00, on :
►Sunday the 7th of September
►Sunday the 5th of October
►Sunday the 7th of December
►Sunday the 6th of July
whilst our all day rallies open at 10 am and include regional and national visiting dealers, plus an Auction starting at 2pm.
Only one of those left now, though -
on Sunday the 2nd of November
Thursday the 7th of August
Kent
We meet from 2 pm until 6 pm at St. Nicholas Church Hall, Leamington Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9QB - and we aim to offer something for all ephemera and memorabilia collectors, including cigarette cards, trade cards, Pokemon and other modern trading cards, silks, postcards, and football programmes.
The hall is really easy to reach by public transport, and admission is only £1.
Parking is also free, but please do not block the small white gate in the corner as this is the access to a primary school. Thank you in advance for that.
Watch this space for our next meeting date.
Sunday the 10th of August - two meetings :
Cheshire
We meet quarterly on the second Sunday of the month at Larkhill Community Centre in Thorley Lane, Timperley WA15 7AZ.
Our meetings run from 10 am until 1 pm.
And admission is £2
We only have one more meeting this year, and that will be on
► Sunday 9th November.
If you have not visited us yet, why not pop along?
and
Hants & Surrey
We meet at Normandy Village Hall, Manor Fruit Farm, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, GU3 2DD.
Admission is free.
Our Regular Meetings run from 1.30 to 4.30 pm on -
► Sunday the 14th of September
► Sunday the 9th of November
► December - date to be advised
and we also hold all day fairs!
The next one of those is on Sunday the 13th of July
Sunday the 21st of September -
Cotswolds - All Day Rally
This is our final all day rally of the year, and it will take place from 9 am until 3 pm at Uckington Village Hall, The Green, Tewkesbury Road, Uckington, Cheltenham GL51 9SR.
That is the same venue as our general meetings, which you will find elsewhere in this calendar.
Watch out for our 2026 dates, coming soon!
Sunday the 2nd of November
Winchester & Solent
We hold all day rallies at certain times of the year at the same venue we hold our afternoon meetings - Botley Market Hall, High Street, Botley, which is near Southampton SO30 2EA.
These open at 10 am and include regional and national visiting dealers
And there is also a very popular Auction starting at 2pm
New cards this year - most of which come from one of my favourite sets, J. A. Pattrieouex`s "The English and Welsh Counties", issued in 1928 - our Card of the Day for the 26th of May 2022...
This set has a card for every county that, at that time, made up England and Wales. The main body of the card shows a local landmark, and, within the circle, is the local industry - so many of which are now very different. Within the box at the very bottom are two names, the top, in capital letters, being the County name, and the lower one being the County Town. There is one exception to this though, and that is London. For some reason there was no card of London in the set, and so we have chosen a very unusual one, from Gallaher`s "Great War Series", ostensibly a card to show searchlights, but also illuminating one of London`s most familiar landmarks, Nelson`s Column in Trafalgar Square.