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THE HISTORY OF THE BISLEY ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC ARMS FAIR

 


THE BISLEY
ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC
ARMS FAIR


FUTURE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Bisley Man With Dog & Flint Gun

PICTURE IS OF: NATHANIEL OLDHAM [1728-1774]
HE WAS A NOTED ECCENTRIC WHO, ON INHERITING A FORTUNE, SPENT IT ON HIS FAVORITE OCCUPATIONS OF SHOOTING & COLLECTING CURIOSITIES. UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM, HIS COLLECTION WAS BY THE STANDARDS OF THE TIME, JUNK, THOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE THAT NOW WE WOULD FIND VALUE IN IT, & HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND BUYERS WHEN HE TRIED TO LIQUIDATE IT. EVENTUALLY HE WAS IMPRISONED FOR DEBT, DYING IN GOAL.
 
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SUNDAY 27 MARCH 2011
SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER 2011
SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2012



DONT MISS IT

NOW IN IT'S FIFTEENTH YEAR
A TOP QUALITY SHOW IN THE
HEART OF BISLEY SURREY
A FINE DAY OUT
FOR ALL THE FAMILY

 

THE HISTORY

 THE IDEA OF THIS TWICE-YEARLY FAIR CAME ABOUT IN 1995. AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO NEED FOR YET ANOTHER 'TYPICAL' ARMS FAIR,OF WHICH THERE WERE ALREADY ENOUGH, BUT THIS ONE WAS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, GOING BACK TO THE EARLIER ARMS FAIRS CONCEPT OF BRINGING TOGETHER DEALERS, COLLECTORS AND ENTHUSIASTS FOR AN EVENT CONCERNED SOLEY WITH THE BEST OF ARMS, OLD AND NEW WITHOUT THE EVER-INCREASING ELEMENT OF 'MILITARIA'

THE VENUE WAS CHOSEN TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSIBLE SETTING FOR SUCH AN EVENT. NO OTHER SUCH SHOW CAN HAVE THE UNIQUE ADVANTAGE OF TAKING PLACE AT THE MOST FAMOUS AND HISTORICAL SHOOTING GROUNDS IN THE WORLD. FOR THOSE WHO KNOW BISLEY IT HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL ATMOSPHERE. THERE IS PLENTY OF PARKING AND ACCESS FOR BOTH VISITORS AND EXHIBITORS, YOU HAVE NONE OF THE INCONVENIENCES EXPERIENCED AT MOST OTHER VENUES, THERE IS A RAMP FOR THOSE WITH RESTRICTED MOBILITY.
FULL CATERING IS AVAILABLE FROM AN EARLY START BREAKFAST THROUGH TO LUNCH, AS WELL AS SNACKS, BEVERAGES AND A LICENCED BAR LATER IN THE DAY.

A YEAR CAREFUL PLANNING RESULTED IN THE FIRST ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC EVENT ON 24th MARCH 1996. IT WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS AND SINCE THEN THE TYPICAL REACTION BY VISITORS AND EXHIBITORS AT THAT FIRST SHOW HAS BEEN 'AT LAST A REAL ARMS FAIR'
IT HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY ECHOED AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE DISCOVERED THIS SPECIAL EVENT.

THE BISLEY ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC ARMS FAIR IS A SHOWCASE FOR A COMPLETE RANGE OF ITEMS TO SUIT EVERY LEVEL OF INTEREST BROUGHT TO BISLEY BY THE UK's TOP DEALERS.

CHRISTOPHER PEARCE

 

 

 
 

 

 

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