Life of Si

14/10/2026

Bought this lot from Peter in Frome yesterday….makes up for lack of buys at Malvern Flea
14 volumes of the Popular Encyclopaedia
4 volumes of the Imperial Dictionary
6 volumes of Le Sourire
1 volumes of The Household Physician
8 volumes of Morris’s Birds
2 volumes of African Bombyces and Sphinges
5 weeks until I take possession of my Christmas Chalet…plenty of stock to be dealing with, never had Le Sourire or Bombyces and Sphinges (moths) before….will have to see what the public make of them

13/10/2026

A year ago they were boarding up the windows and now it’s all gone St Mary le Port

12/10/2026

My Flea Market (now referred to as Malvern Flea Fair!!) finds!!
Lots of interesting things, but not for me.
Chatted to alsorts of people, a lovely sunrise, some fresh air and got 15,000 steps in…..it was all worth it

11/10/2026

Good morning from Malvern Flea Market

10/10/2026

As it is going to be a bit windy today I have set my prints up under cover St Nicholas Market and bristol fleamarket St Nick’s Traders

09/10/2026

Going going gone the scaffolding of the tower of St Mary le Port is slowly revealed St Nick’s Traders

08/10/2026

Off course it’s not all about o/s maps
A couple of 17th Century maps I recently obtained,
1607 map of Worcestershire by Saxton
1645 map of Kent by Blaeu
I buy framed county maps when they are reasonably priced…. they rarely sell, I don’t mean to collect them, but I can think of worse things to collect

07/10/2026

06/10/2026

A pile more of o/s maps, this time from eBay….I may not need more of these for a while ha ha

05/10/2026

Seen and heard over Frome yesterday at least half a dozen USAF B-1B supersonic bombers…..thankfully returning to America not off to bomb someone