North West (2010 - Present)

Welcome to the North West Branch Home Page 

• A QUICK CHAT ABOUT OUR MEETINGS

North West Branch meet once a month, running from 4 – 8 pm at Barton Village Hall, Garstang Road, Broughton, Preston, Lancashire PR3 5HE.

This Hall is situated three miles north of Junction 32 on the M6 Motorway - or Junction 1 of the M55 Motorway, depending on which way you are travelling. It is an excellent venue, a modern building in a very attractive setting with lots of parking on site. In fact it was frequently used for antique related events, and an Antiques and Collectors Fair was held there fortnightly on Sundays, starting at 9.30am. 

Our calendar for 2023 is : Friday the 21st of April, Friday the 19th of May, Friday the 16th of June, then there is no meeting in July,  Friday the 18th of August, Friday the 15th of September, Friday the 20th of October, Friday the 17th of November and Friday the 15th of December.

• A LOOK INTO OUR ARCHIVES

This is a really thriving branch, and extremely well established. So you might be surprised to learn that our current North West Branch is not our original. This one only came to life when Dennis Williams, a member of our Winchester Branch who had newly relocated to the area, decided to breathe of new life into his dreams of a proper North West Branch. And one started to take shape. It rose again in October 2010, and many local dealers and members attended the inaugural meeting.

Sadly the brilliant start would peter out due to difficulties with venues and meeting times, and membership slowly declined. Dennis Williams died a few years later. But we are sure he heartily approved when our current Branch Secretary took the reins in 2012

Our North West Branch was descended from, and incorporates