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Jan 205 min read

Winter UK Mineral shows of 2023

The last two shows in my calendar each year are held in November in the UK and are the SUSSEX SHOW ( at Haywards Heath) followed the...

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Nov 1, 20235 min read

The Bakewell Rock Exchange

DATE: 14th & 15th October 2023 (dates for 2024 12th & 13th October) VENUE: Lady Manners School, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1JA. The...

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Jul 25, 20232 min read

Oxford Summer Show 2023

The Oxford Show in July this year started the day in rain and by the afternoon was bathed in brilliant warmth and sunshine. The footfall...

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Mar 24, 20221 min read

Success! Geology Books sale for Ukraine Aid Appeal

Thank You! Many thanks to everyone attending Last Sunday, March 20th Oxford Mineral Fossil Show at Exeter Hall in Kidlington, It was...

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Mar 16, 20221 min read

Oxford Mineral & Fossil Shows kick off March 20th 2022

I'm going to be welcoming customers and collectors who will have traveled from all over the UK to be at the first of four Oxford Shows at...

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Nov 3, 20195 min read

Historic Greenlaws Mine, Weardale, project Update

Thought some of you might be interested in an update that I wrote for the British Micromount Society's Newsletter a few months ago. Some...

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Sep 4, 20172 min read

Oxford Show gets new Lease of life

As many of you will know, The Oxford Mineral and Fossil Show at Kidlington, Oxfordshire (United Kingdom) has been taken over, since the...

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Sep 4, 20172 min read

The latest Incarnation

Hi - Welcome to the latest incarnation of my website! I often bemoan the fact that there are 'too many hours in the day'! Consequently i...

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