[lace-chat] London markets

2005-06-19 Thread Janice Blair
I was embarrassed to see my typo "Potbelly" instead of Portobello, wonder where my mind was when I typed it. Pays to always read before you hit Send. I was actually thinking of Petticoat Lane, which I thought was antiques, so I appreciate the post from Sue that it is mainly a food market. Sav

Re: [lace-chat] London markets

2005-06-18 Thread Malvary J Cole
One place to visit in London if you like "old" is the Antique Market which is held every Monday at Covent Garden. There is a Market held there every day, but most days it is just general merchandise. Monday's the speciality is Antiques (in its broadest sense). For our last few visits there ha

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2005-06-18 Thread Sue Babbs
I used to work around the corner from Petticoat Lane market. At that time it didn't sell any antiques, Just clothes, food, cleaning and household items, so I'd be surprised if it was any use to Janice. I bought all my fruit and veg there, as it was so fresh . Sue To unsubscribe send email

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2005-06-18 Thread Helen
Oh yeah - if you go to Camden by Tube (Camden Town) they probably still turn it into an "Out" only station from about midday to 6pm on Sundays because the station can't cope with the number of people going to the rest of the market. The next station, Mornington Crescent is about a 10-15 min wa

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2005-06-18 Thread liz thackray
Camden Lock and Petticoat Lane markets are both open on Sundays - http://www.eastlondonmarkets.com/Petticoat%20Lane.htm and http://www.camdenlockmarket.com/flash_main.htm Cheers Liz (in a hot and sunny West Sussex) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe l

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2005-06-18 Thread Jean Nathan
Tamara wrote: ), I'd guess it the same as Guantanamo prison being called "Gitmo" by almost everyone now. Threw me off the first time I saw it, but I got used to it...> I'm addicted to all the antiques programmes on TV (Antiques Road Show, Flog It!, Cash in the Attic, Car Booty, and a few others

[lace-chat] London Markets

2005-06-18 Thread Jean Nathan
Janice wrote: Potbelly Road but I see that is open on Saturday plus it seems to have indoor dealers so is not strictly a street market.> It's Portobello Road not Potbelly Road and most of our markets have shops as well as outside stalls. You might not find any antiques markets as such open

[lace-chat] London markets

2005-06-17 Thread Janice Blair
Is there a antique market open on a Sunday? I think I was thinking of Potbelly Road but I see that is open on Saturday plus it seems to have indoor dealers so is not strictly a street market. The web site developed an error message and it was all I could do to exit the page as quickly as I co