[neil_s_wood]

QUOTE (Ravenser @ 1 Apr 2008, 07:11) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Eventually much of the infrastructure of the hobby could be driven out of the more properous and densely populated parts of the country and we end up with a world where you buy over the internet from specialist traders living in Mid Wales , Cornwall and Invernesshire
I think we're well on the way to that world. A lot of what I buy comes from sources like these.

 

[neil_s_wood]

QUOTE (dwb @ 1 Apr 2008, 09:00) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I get the impression that a lot of the craft stalls you find at County Shows are based in these places. I imagine them all beavering away through the winter months making the stock and then traveling the country from show to show during the late spring to early weekends selling the stuff.

David
Some of them do as Jim Hendry used to do with Townstreet. Some of them will just advertise in the mags and operate as a mail order outfit.

 

[neil_s_wood]

Thanks for posting the phots Mick very nice.