New exhibitors with high-quality items will be brought in and the hall plan is being completely redesigned “to bring back the Wow! factor the fair seemed to miss over the last few years”, says Nick, who promises to ban any repro from the fair, which he intends to advertise over a wider area with more road signs. Opening times remains at 9am with £2.50 admission.
Making Battersea bow, intent on ‘wow’
The Art Deco Fair at Battersea Old Town Hall in South London is to have a new lease of life now ownership has passed to Nottingham-based Nick Cox of Abbey Fairs from Welsh-based organiser Anne Zierold. Abbey host their first Battersea fair on February 15 and Nick, who organises four other Deco events, promises some drastic changes “to bring the fair into the 21st century”.
