London 2010....an Overview And Pictures.

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good one guys! I love this place!

Londonbus those are great pictures! and I see one really contented smile holding up those stamps! congratulations for a great travel! regards!

thanks for the pics of Postman's park (great pics all round)
not sure about the brekky,
makes my bowl of muesli and an apple look wanting.

The flea market, well I had l to look away,
before I was overcome with jealousy.

Nirvana: A bag of cash, no employment, and a flea market of stamps

lovely pictures. At least we here on SCF can participate vicariously

The breakfast is very un-kosher as well!

Michael
What wonderful pictures and experiences you have brought us all a little closer to the show.
Great Job .
Love the "Black pud" it's been years .
David

My last trip to the UK was in 2001. I had a Full English every day. In Scotland, I had a Full Scottish, and one morning I was stunned by the host at the B&B who asked me if I wanted four eggs or two! My arteries said "two thanks!".

I put on a lot of weigh on that trip........

4 eggs !
That's a bit excessive !
Two is enough for one breaky.

OK, for fear of boredom setting in, I will throw upon you the last lot of pics from the last day. I hope it's not a Bridge too far !
I will scan some items I picked up that might be of interest, but will post on another thread as this one is in danger of overloading !
Then I'll crawl into my corner and catch up on messages and new threads while I was away. There's a lot!

But for now.....

FRIDAY MAY 14TH: WORK AND FAREWELL AT THE BDC.

This was the last day of an exhausting but wholly satisfying trip, one I will remember for a long time to come.
Here are a few pics of the last day.
I worked some hours at the Stamp Active Youth Stand.









Above pic of John Davies [left], Head of Stamp Active network; Dave Armitage [His Canada Collection is just about complete !]; and..er, Oh yes....a Londonbus !

The pic below is Dane Garrod, philatelic Photographer and ABPS Executive Committee member....a truly funny and very learned character...would make a great after-dinner speaker !



An unannounced surprise for everyone was the showing of the.....



....but it was tucked away in a corner under the stairs leading up to the gallery....with it's own armed guard !



In fact, a number of people did not see it at all and I found it all a bit strange. I only came across it by chance and actually bumped into an Internet Buddy at the very spot...some coincidence !

What wasn't easy to miss, were the superb hand-dryers in the Washrooms ! Quite amazing....Dyson must be proud.



The displays were great but some were a little poorly lit. Also Gibbons broke a world record for the biggest cover which went up on display on May 8th. It's quite big and certainly wouldn't fit through my letterbox !







Not all the stands were busy, but Delcampe Auctions did well for an advertising stand and were rarely quiet. I hope they recruited lots of customers !
Sebastian Delcampe is on the right of the picture with his hand on his chin ! A very nice guy.



That's about it. A good cross-section of pictures that I hope you've enjoyed. My camera packed up on me at Heathrow so the famous See-through Post Boxes will come another time. That little setback did not detract from a unique and exciting holiday.

Stamp and info scans to come on another thread...but first, to catch up a little on all those other great threads I see before me !

Thanks for Looking.

Londonbus1

for the love of god dont stop talking we havent had enough

you promised us a detailed story this looks like the top level review

BTW how come you can take thos egreat pics but your stamp pics are not tat the same level?

Boo Hoo. I'm mad at your posts. I lived just south of London for all of 2004 and half of 2003 and half of 2005. Unfortunately my "stamp" collecting bug wasn't activated (I think the battery was dead).

I remember seeing dozens and dozens of stamps on sale at the various "flea" markets, etc.

There were also tons of used book shoppes that sold stamps. I was into books and one of the greatest purchases I made was an 1815 Bible for less than $5.

But wasn't paying attention to anything else.

GRRRRRRRR.......

But LondonBus - Keep those "painful" photos coming. My wife has strapped me down and we've rigged up a feeding system where I'll get a sardine paste whenever I click the button. I'm confined enough so that I can't injure myself when I see your new photos......

"I'M JOKING HERE - DON'T TAKE ME SERIOSLY!!

Great show and reporting Londonbus1, Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for all the comments everyone. It makes it all worthwhile.

As a token of my appreciation [Or should I mention it was planned beforehand !], there will soon be a competition based on all the pictures posted in this topic and those scans coming in a new topic I will start tomorrow.
I will tell you more later.
The prize will be a nice, very collectable package of material from London 2010, A Festival of Stamps. It will be worth winning.[I think]

That bar of chocolate you saw earlier will be included in the prizes !
Keep your eyes peeled and don't leave the forum just yet !

Londonbus1

oh Goody
Pictures,quizzes, prizes, and Chocolate.
I'm in
David

OK; Y'all got me..Surely the elephant was an element in my envy. But, mostly I am just near overwhelmed ny depth and breadth of such an International Show. Of course, I'm also a sucker of World Fairs.

a competition about the London photos! great!

Could you give us a tip, I've counted all the booths and know the exact number!
or would it be the number of chairs?