Monday 24 March 2014

Nostalgia on London's Southbank

The weekend of 15/16 March saw the return of the classic car boot sale at London's Southbank on a gloriously sunny weekend (Yes - sunny!)

There were many stalls selling a wide range of vintage items including kitchenalia, clothing, radios everything you need to host a tea party and there were even one or two classic cars for sale. One of my favourite stalls was The Old Collectors Garage (see www.theoldcollectorsgarage.com) where they were selling Coca Cola refrigerated units and a wonderful rusted Gas Pump. If only we could have found the space to put the gas pump in our tiny Victorian Townhouse, I'm sure it would have accompanied us home.

Another stallholder, a very talented guy called Craig Masson was selling dolls that he had made from old tins, jars and discarded junk. I was very tempted.

It was great to see so many classic cars in one place and my favourites were the big American classic cars that come in such dreamy ice cream colours. Those guys certainly work hard to keep them gleaming and the chrome spotless.

There was an excellent range of food on sale at the event, most of which was sold from classic vintage vehicles. It really was difficult to choose. After much deliberating, I went for the Mexican Beef Taco and Malcolm had Mac and Cheese. Both were very good.

The event was well attended and when we left early afternoon, there was a long queue of people waiting to go in.

I have included some photos of the event.

















Oh - Yes that gas pump! Just where could we put it?

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