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 OLLIFFS TO BRING GIANT BIRDS TO SALVO
MARCUS and Jane Olliff have just jettisoned their posh Bristol shop in favour of a warehouse, the internet and trade shows like the Salvo Fair. In order to make a bit of a splash, this being their first time exhibiting at Salvo Fair, they have decided to bring three huge avians.
The biggest is a pair of 8ft 6in carved hardwood eagles, possibly from the Philippines, that were imported into England about twenty year's ago, then sold to an English dealer who retired to France with them, where Marcus rediscovered them on one of his buying jaunts and brought them back to Bristol. He believes they may have had a religious significance, originally polychrome and made in the 1930's, they still have traces of brightly painted red eyes and green stylised foliage pedestals. They will be for sale at Salvo for £8,500.
The idea of Faye Dunaway stripped off for a bubble bath is enough to get most men of a certain age excited, and it was this that persuaded Marcus to part with £1,100 for a fibreglass swan bath, supposedly featuring the said star in an old film version of The Four Musketeers. Despite much research, unless the scene was filmed and ended on the cutting room floor, the alleged provenance remains unconfirmed. The bath is now in a rather sorry state, albeit still decidely swan-like (not swan lake), and needs £500 spent to bring it back to its former glory. We asked Marcus not to tosh it, but to trundle it down the motorway to Knebworth as is, and ask for best offers at the fair.
Jane was hoping to create a flight of fancy on their stand at Knebworth, with many other bird-related objets. However, once their pickup has been enveloped in the foregoing three Sinbadian feathery monsters, will they have room for much more? Yes, is the answer.
SALVO FAIR
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When: Saturday 2nd July and Sunday 3rd July, 11am to 5pm
Where: Knebworth House, Hertfordshire.
Admission: £6.50 redeemable against purchases of more than £100 Pitch prices: Large pitches (1,200sqft) available until Fri June 24th, small pitches (400sqft or less) available until 6am Sat 2nd July, call Ruby Kay 020 8761 2316.
Visitor numbers: This year 10,000 visitors are expected (last year 2,500 came).
Hotels: The nearest 120 bedroom Novotel is now full. The next nearest is the Premier. Tel 0870 990 6628 and quote 'salvo fair' to get a discounted rate.
Get there: By Car A1(M) J7. By rail Stevenage. By Air Luton Airport 5mls. Stansted and Heathrow, about an hour.
[Photo: Marcus and Jane O with swan bath, and two carved wood birds]
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Date Created : 09 Jun 2005 15:10:08
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