plantfit 7,098 Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 8 minutes ago, MRS B said: Think I might need to do a rekky beforehand. If you are coming from the A46 into Newark over the railway level crossing (Newark castle station) the carpark will be on the right so you will need to turn right (Tolney lane) immediately before Trent bridge then right again into the carpark, Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Don't forget there's a market in that car park on a Wednesday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,098 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 2 hours ago, philmayfield said: Don't forget there's a market in that car park on a Wednesday. forgot about that, bit of a car boot/old tat auction Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 That Wednesday market has been going for many years. It was held on Beastmarket hill over the bridge, by the river, before the new cattle market was built the other side of the railway crossing. Like you say you could bid for all sorts of tat there. I did go to the cattle market once with a farmer friend. There was a bar where I’ve never seen so much whisky drunk in all my life. I don’t know how those farmers managed to drive home! They’d put a fiver, luck money, into the top pocket of whoever had bought their stock. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 It’s a bit of a chav/traveller town Newark is Mrs. B. Best to dress appropriately and not look like an incomer! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 4,275 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Bargain Hunt on BBC at the moment is from Newark. Would it be at the market to which you refer Phil? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,098 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Beekay said: Bargain Hunt on BBC at the moment is from Newark. Would it be at the market to which you refer Phil? Probably not B unless they are looking for some old tat or items with a dubious history Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 No, the regular Newark Antique Fairs are on the county showground, the former Winthorpe airfield just off the A46 towards Lincoln. We went once but the prices were too high for us. We’re pretty savvy antique buyers! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,098 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 2 minutes ago, philmayfield said: No, the regular Newark Antique Fairs are on the county showground, the former Winthorpe airfield just off the A46 towards Lincoln. We went once but the prices were too high for us. We’re pretty savvy antique buyers! Trouble is everyone now looks at their smartphone and googles each item to see what the items are fetching, I had a good deal a few years ago at Breedon antique fair/salesroom, a pair of Masons Ironstone candlesticks the guy wanted forty quid for them I offered him twenty and he accepted, very pleased with that, now though it seems the bottom has fell out of the pottery/ceramics market and no one is interested anymore Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Yes Rog, looking at the Hemswell Antiques website the dealers are asking silly money for Moorcroft and Clarice Cliff pottery. They do have an interesting fossilised mammoth’s tusk, intricately carved for £43,000 but it’s been on sale for quite a long time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,098 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 I had plenty of "Mammoths Teeth" that was dug out of the various quarries I've worked in, gave then to the grandkids or donated them to the local schools Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Looks like you might have given away a fortune! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,098 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 2 minutes ago, philmayfield said: Looks like you might have given away a fortune! I think most go for around a hundred quid now, I still have some "Belamnites" in the garden and plenty of round flints of various sizes, they look good in the little rockery Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,098 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 It's amazing just what gets dug up in these quarries, nearly all of it goes unreported because once the archaeologists get involved it is very expensive and by law they can halt production for however long they feel necessary Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,098 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Couple of memories for you Sue B Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 When any new development is to be permitted in what the local authority deem to be an area of historical interest a preliminary archeological survey has to be carried out. We had to have one in our village church field just for the erection of benches. I and others dug a hole about six feet deep and I discovered what I thought to be a mammoth’s tooth. I handed it in along with lots of pottery finds from other excavations. Although the finds were displayed my tooth disappeared, presumably pinched by one of the bearded archeology blokes! I wish I’d kept it and said nothing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,098 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 1 minute ago, philmayfield said: When any new development is to be permitted in what the local authority deem to be an area of historical interest a preliminary archeological survey has to be carried out. We had to have one in our village church field just for the erection of benches. I and others dug a hole about six feet deep and I discovered what I thought to be a mammoth’s tooth. I handed it in along with lots of pottery finds from other excavations. Although the finds were displayed my tooth disappeared, presumably pinched by one of the bearded archeology blokes! I wish I’d kept it and said nothing. Exactly Phil, we had them at a quarry not far from where I live now, I was part of the management team at the quarry responsible for their H&S and payments of their bill, just over a quarter million quid for six week work and they were awkward as hell about wearing Hi Vis vests and hard hats in a working quarry, in other words a bloody expensive set up with people who have no thought for H&S or others on the site Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 I think I recognise Nether Lock cottage from my boat trips from Newark marina down to Cromwell lock many years ago. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 795 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 On 1/15/2023 at 7:02 AM, philmayfield said: Don't forget there's a market in that car park on a Wednesday. Do they still have that market? As far as I know it stopped during covid and hasn’t restarted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 I'm sure it was there last week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,098 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, letsavagoo said: Do they still have that market? As far as I know it stopped during covid and hasn’t restarted. Full market every Wednesday and Saturday with various little markets on the other days, bric a brac, antique/collectables that type of thing Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 795 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 On 1/16/2023 at 10:44 AM, plantfit said: Full market every Wednesday and Saturday with various little markets on the other days, bric a brac, antique/collectables that type of thing Rog I was referring to the auction type sale on the car park corner of Tolney Lane not the market place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,098 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 21 minutes ago, letsavagoo said: I was referring to the auction type sale on the car park corner of Tolney Lane not the market place. As far as I know they still have the little auction/market Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 280 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Yeah I have been to Newark many times but a good while back. My Aunty used to live in Balderton. I’ll do a Weds rekky when we get rid of this bloomin ice. thanks everyone for the info Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,364 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Ah! Apart from Fridays when the roads around Newark are snarled up in the late afternoon, Wednesday market day is the second worse day to visit. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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