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Valentine’s Fayre – Dorchester
Sunday 13th February 10am til 3
a one-day event and a hundred old fashioned ways to say I love you
The beautiful Victorian Hall at Dorset County Museum, Dorchester is the perfect venue for this unusual and fun Valentine’s Fayre. An event celebrating old fashioned romance, sentimental music, dancing, gorgeous vintage teas and heaps of ideas and quality gifts including from local designers. A great vintage day out just in time for Valentine’s Day.
This FREE event is a collaboration between retro and vintage enthusiasts, craftspeople and hand-makers, musicians, singers and local artisans all living and working in and around Dorchester. The Fayre is kindly supported by the Co-operative Membership and Dorset County Museum
The Valentine’s Fayre includes:
Live music – Johanna Wolff and her talented musicians present nostalgic and romantic music from past decades
Vintage teas and cakes – from Vintage Dorset
Romantic and gorgeous gifts, homewares, cards, flowers & presents
Vintage wedding gowns, evening wear, vintage fashions & retro holidays
Beautiful jewellery, accessories and handbags
Vintage Dancing – If you’ve ever enjoyed a barn,dance, if you adore “Strictly” or you want to dazzle on the dance floor you’ll love Vintage Dancing.
Try a cheeky galop, flirt through a quadrille or sample a tea-dance. Live music and a friendly caller will help you spin through some simple steps.
Dancing for singles and couples begins
11am and 1 oclock
Weddings, Engagements & Anniversaries – Photography, cakes, flowers and other services helping you bring magic to weddings and special occassions
Displays, trade stands, music and other goodies including:
ABJewellery, Dorset Dubbers, Every Cloud Boutique, Yummy Mummy Parties, AJ Photographic, Rubyrockcake, The Cherry Closet, Steve Atkins Photography, Vintage Dorset, Red Brick Glass, Johanna Wolff, Raggy Rat, Beau Frippery, The Design Collective, Violet Pearl plus handmade creations from Maria, Madeline, Doug and Sabine
Look out for our 100 vintage and shabby chic hearts in Dorchester and check out more on our Facebook Page
Prize Draw
Blitz Christmas – wartime festival
This Saturday and Sunday the Tank Museum at Bovington is hosting a wartime Christmas Festival and craft fair giving a flavour of how Christmas was celebrated during the two world wars.
The museum has a fabulous 1940’s “home front” house where you can find out how families decorated their homes for Christmas and where you can make your own wartime Christmas decorations to take home
A wartime housewife provides cooking demonstrations and the Land Girls are also telling their own Christmas stories
For children there’s an American G.I Santa in the village hall, with treats (for good boys and girls!)
The museum also includes an exhibition of how soldiers celebrated Christmas in the trenches, and tells the story of the 1914 Truce
If you need to catch up on Christmas shopping then the Indoor Christmas Market has more than 70 traders selling local gifts, festive food, drink and lots more
As most of our vintage crockery is out at weddings this weekend we’re sadly not exhibiting – but Steve and I will be dropping by to check out this fabulous vintage event so if you spot us making our vintage decorations come over and say Hi!
Directions to the Tank Museum HERE