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2010 PROGRAMME
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Guest Speaker:
Colin
Such, auctioneer and senior postcard valuer at Warwick & Warwick, relates
his experiences during Thirty Years on the
Rostrum.
Display:
Old Stonehouse Revisited
(Richard Fisher)
Visiting Dealers:
Bill Whelan (Exeter) and David
Hutchinson (Plymouth)
Wednesday 10 February
Guest Speaker:
ShelterBox
volunteer Peter Keast builds an emergency
home to demonstrate how the Helston-based charity provides vital aid work
around the world.
Display:
Blooming Lovely –
horticultural memorabilia from seeds to lawnmowers
as well as vintage
postcards
(Ron Rowberry)
Visiting Dealers:
Tony Lucas (Saltash) and Jim Fisher (Par)
Wednesday 10 March
Guest Speaker:
Chrissie
le Marchant, the Cornwall County Council park ranger responsible for
Kit Hill,
explores every fascinating aspect of this historic landmark
Display:
Royal Visitor -
the Prince of Wales in the West Country
(John Buckingham)
Visiting Dealer:
John Brown (Ilfracombe)
Wednesday 14 April
Guest Speaker:
Anderton
& Rowland’s historian Stephen Smith recounts
the lives of these long-established travelling showmen.
Display:
Fairground Fun -
sideshow and amusements
(Steve Veal)
Visiting Dealers:
John & Vivien Forster (Crediton)
Wednesday 12 May
Proper Cornish evening
& Pasty Supper
(to which all foreigners are invited!)
Cabaret artistes
Sparyon (Alan &
Linda Jewell) from Redruth tell the story of Cornish emigration in words,
song and music
Display:
Cornish Hamlets
– a choice selection by various East Cornwall
postcard photographers (Tony Lucas)
Visiting Dealer:
Steve Prescott (St Ives)
Wednesday 9 June
Guest Speaker:
One of PPCC’s most popular speakers Simon
Dell recalls how he fulfilled a lifetime ambition by trekking to
Base
Camp – Mount Everest
Display:
Mabel Lucie Attwell –
another choice selection of this highly-collectable
children illustrator’s work
(Maureen & Peter Keast)
Visiting Dealers:
Barrie Rollinson
(Bridgwater) and Richard & Claire Jones (Quethiock)
Wednesday 23 June
ANNUAL SUMMER WALKABOUT
Bovey Tracey hosted by Bovey Tracey Heritage Trust
followed
by a buffet supper at the Dolphin Hotel
Wednesday 14 July
Guest Speaker:
Geoff
Ashton, Secretary of the Louis Levy
Collectors Circle,
travels from Berkshire to reflect
on the Golden Age of the prolific French
postcard publisher.
Display:
The Perfect Match –
postcards and lace covering all the European bobbin
varieties (Barbara Bowles)
Visiting Dealer:
David Walker (Wellington)
Wednesday 8 September
Guest Speaker:
Club Secretary
Di Lawer presents a nostalgic postcard view
of bathing and laundry in her new slide show
Washday Blues
Display:
The Laundry Business -
advertising on repro cards (Di Lawer)
Visiting Dealer:
To be arranged
Wednesday 13 October
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Bring & Buy Sale
Wednesday 10 November
Guest Speaker:
Bill
Caldwell, the celebrated cartoonist of The
Sun and
Daily Star newspapers,
describes his work and the pressures involved in creating a daily smile
for readers
Display:
The Nurse of Courage:
remembering Edith Cavell and her WWI colleagues (Di
Lawer)
Visiting Dealer:
Rob Gee (Brixham)
Sunday 21 November
PPCC’S 11TH ANNUAL POSTCARD FAIR
Wednesday 8 December
CHRISTMAS DRAW & BUFFET
Festive entertainment to be arranged
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