Snapper said: “The traders are all pissed off with Duxford – a book trader was telling me on Saturday that, having been at all the Duxford shows from the start, he is not alotted a single one this year. A friend of his, same story, but he has closed his business – Duxford shows were the bulk of his trade. Personally, I found the selection of stalls at the July do to be CRAP. And there was room for more. Duxford, are you listening?”
Well the “unofficial” ear of Duxford is listening…:)
As an enthusiast, I think the quality of stalls at Duxford has gone right down…I used to enjoy getting to the airshows early in the morning and browsing the stalls…I have found some wonderful gems – original WWII newspapers, 1st edition copies of WWII books, a beautiful wooden Spitfire, great priced Corgi models, lovely jewellery, big photographic prints and so on…
But the last couple of airshows I have gone home empty handed…I’m not saying that all the stalls should be aviation themed but there is definitely much less on offer to the enthusiasts these days (it’s not just what various stalls are selling, but the actual number of stalls seems to be right down)
I appreciate it is nice to have something on offer for the “ankle-biters” (although I do wish the Museum would not allow stalls to sell those p*** scooter things at airshows…I think those things are a menace and should not be allowed on site…
Just my two cents…
Ashley
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