One of our greatest assets is our network of local branches and clubs, many of whom hold regular card fairs and other events.
This is but a diary of what is going on - if you want to find out more about your local branch or club, just click on its name, in blue, below, and you can find out more about it, as well as reminisce about cards and collectors from that place in times gone by. And if you can add to any of these memories, please do...
Our next meeting will be on :
Sunday the 14th of September :
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 9th of November
► December - date to be advised
and we also hold all day fairs!
Monday the 15th of September
London
We meet every month, at The Carpenters Arms” 12, Seymour Place, Marble Arch, Central London W1E 7NE.
We start at 5 pm and there is an auction at 6 pm
The rest of our 2025 calendar is :
►Thursday the 16th of October
►Monday the 17th of November
►Thursday the 18th of December
Saturday the 20th of September
East Anglia :
We meet from 8.30 a.m. to about 3.00 p.m. at Roydon Village Hall, High Road, Roydon, Diss, Norfolk IP22 5RB
Our dealers this time are Messrs. Beer, Buckle, Clover, Pentelow and Taylor. And don`t forget our amazing auction at 12.30 p.m. Last time`s highlight was an album filled of lovely and unusual cards issued in Canada by McDonald - that sold for £210.
Admission fees are £3 a head to non-EACCC members. Whilst our club members, who pay an £12.00 annual subscription on April 1st each year, come in to every meeting for free. Something to think about if you attend regularly....
Next dates are
►Saturday the 18th of October
►Saturday the 15th of November
►Saturday the 13th of December
Sunday the 21st of September - two meetings :
Cotswolds - All Day Rally
Our final all day rally of 2025 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.
Watch out for our 2026 dates, coming soon!
and
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 last meeting on our 2025 calendar is
►Sunday 14th December
Thursday the 25th of September
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.
Our last meeting for 2025 is :
► Thursday the 27th of November
Sunday the 28th of September -
Lea Valley
We meet six times a year, on the fourth Sunday of alternate months, at The Village Hall, North Weald High Street, CM16 6DH.
Our meetings start at 9 a.m., have three to four dealers, plus an auction at 1 p.m. with approx. fifty lots.
Then we close at 2.00 p.m.
Our last meeting of 2025 will be on Sunday 23rd of November .....
but you can add Sunday 25th of January 2026 into your diaries now.
Thursday the 2nd of October - two events :
Kent Card Club
We meet from 2 pm until 6 pm at St. Nicholas Church Hall, Leamington Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9QB.
Admission is only £1, and we aim to offer cigarette cards, trade cards, Pokemon and other moderns, silks, postcards, and football programmes.
The hall is easy to reach by public transport or by road, and car parking is 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
and North East
Our meetings start at 6.30 pm at Dunston U.T.S., Wellington Road, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9JL
Only one more meeting this year -
►Thursday the 13th of November -
with dealer Paul Lynch
We do not meet in December.
Saturday the 4th of October
Lincolnshire
Our club meets from 10.30 a.m. at Kirton Leisure, 31a Willington Road, Kirton, Boston PE21 1EP.
The rest of our 2025 calendar is :
► Saturday the 1st of November
► Saturday the 6th of December
Sunday the 5th of October
Winchester & Solent
We meet at Botley Market Hall, High Street, Botley, near Southampton SO30 2EA.
Our afternoon meetings run from 1.30 to 4.00, and the rest of our dates are :
►Sunday the 7th of December
►Sunday the 6th of July
whilst our all day rallies run from 10 a.m. and include an Auction.
The next one of those is on Sunday November the 2nd
Monday the 6th of October
Northampton
We meet at Weston Favell Parish Hall, on Booth Lane South, Northampton, NN3 3EP - which has a large car park.
Doors open at 6 pm and we stay until approximately 9 pm.
Our meetings are on the first Monday of the month, unless that is a Bank Holiday.
The rest of our 2025 calendar is :
►Monday the 3rd of November
►Monday the 1st of December
Thursday the 9th of October : two events
Cotswolds Branch
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 13th of November
►Thursday the 11th of December
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 November 13th
►Thursday December 11th
Sunday the 12th of October
Hants & Surrey - Quarterly Fair
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.
This is the last quarterly fair for this year, but watch this space for next year`s dates
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
Sunday the 9th of November :
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
This is our last meeting for this year, so if you have not visited us yet, why not pop along?
And our 2026 dates will be posted asap.
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.