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Deborah Martin, pictured left

From castle lawns to market squares

12 June 2026

Cherish Vintage is staging brocante events in Kent and across two sites in Midhurst this summer

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Forget Tennyson, try real-life charge tales

12 June 2026

“The Russians opened fire on our right, on our left, and then in front...

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The Fug of war

12 June 2026

During the First World War aviators of the Royal Flying Corps suffered from the cold over the Western Front. A solution was the ’fug boot’.

A stone carving

Barn-storming brocante in Kent

12 June 2026

Make a note in the diary about The Brocante Barn at Forstal Farm at Lamberhurst, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent.

An interior at Kaboodles Emporium in Rochester.

Trio who launched high street centre are also excited about a Rochester antiques trail

29 May 2026

Antiques trails are proving to be a popular way of promoting the shops and centres in a particular place or region.

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Flintlock fuels a price way beyond estimate

22 May 2026

Estimated at £500-1000, a “scarce” 10 bore military flintlock musket instead hammered at £9200 in the February 25 auction at Kent saleroom C&T (22% buyer’s premium).

Volunteers step in to save event

22 May 2026

An annual street braderie held in the Kent coastal town of Deal will be organised by volunteers working with the chamber of trade.

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Lacloche bracelet sparkles at £90,000

15 May 2026

Founded in Spain in 1875 by brothers Fernand, Jules, Léopold and Jacques, Lacloche Frères became one of the great French jewellers of the Art Deco period.

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Hornby trains building up a head of steam at auction

08 May 2026

Prices for Hornby 0 Gauge clockwork railway toys have been rather flat for quite a few years now.

The Hadlow Emporium

‘Rummage paradise’ ready to go

08 May 2026

In ATG No 2738 we featured Wiltshire-based Natalia Rawley who sells online antique and vintage items she finds in her house clearance business.

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A trunk call for traditional cast lead and tinplate toys

08 May 2026

From an elephant gun team to a double-decker and general on a hobby horse, good prices are still paid for collectable toys.

Robert Tucker in his home in Rochester

Collector Interview: looking back on three decades of restoring a Rochester landmark

01 May 2026

Robert Tucker lives in the Grade I-listed Restoration House in Rochester with his partner Jonathan Wilmot.

The bog standard is high

01 May 2026

You could say that Emma and David Mann are flushed with the success of their small antiques business, a former public toilet, in Hastings Old Town in East Sussex which celebrates its 11th year in business.

Silver tea table

Rochester’s Huguenot Museum shines with latest acquisition

21 April 2026

An 18th century silver tea table linked to the Lethieullier family has been purchased by the Huguenot Museum in Rochester.

Antiques fair

Love is all around (in the south)

13 March 2026

What’s not to love at a couple of Love Fairs’ events which are held at two racecourses in southern England?

ATG letter: Don’t forget this young man in Margate

27 February 2026

I was interested to read the article by Joan Porter on Madonna’s visit to Margate – at the invite of Tracey Emin who does so much for the town (Fairs, Markets, Shops & Centres, ATG No 2731).

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Bromley event: ‘A good mix of stalls and a friendly vibe’

27 February 2026

Newcomer event has rapidly established itself as a regular fixture in the calendar

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Lovely venue but not big enough

27 February 2026

Organiser of Kent event makes plea for larger space as dealers struggle to fit into Victorian village hall

Village School by Robert Tavener

Kent County Council offloads further artworks at auction

26 February 2026

Auction house Sworders is selling a second tranche of artworks consigned by Kent County Council.

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Order awarded by a doomed Afghan king

13 February 2026

The Order of the Durrani Empire (Nishan-i-Daulat-i-Durrani) was established in 1839 and awarded to British field officers and above during the First Afghan War by Shah Durrani of Afghanistan (1785-1842) in gratitude for his restoration to the throne as Shah Shuja-ool-Moqlk, King of Afghanistan.