Ripon Does Vintage Wedding Fair

 

Are you dreaming of a vintage inspired wedding?

Now and Then events are working with the Wedding Affair to bring a brand new event Ripon Cathedral on 26th of January 2013.

Ripon Does Vintage Wedding Special!

We'll have a whole array of vintage wedding stalls, vintage workshops to help create the perfect hen do, and you'll get a vintage inspired bridal goody bag on entry.









We're also bringing our famous vintage tearoom, so after all that shopping you can relax with a cup of tea.  A great opportunity to discuss all the ideas for your vintage themed wedding that you've picked up on the day.


So bring along your partner, your Mum, your bridesmaids - everyone who you want to help plan your big day with!

Entry is a charity admission of just £2.  Looking forward to seeing you there from 10:30am to 3pm.

Vintage Events Coming Soon!

If you like our events and want to know where we for the rest of the year, here's some dates for your diary.

York Does Vintage, Sunday 14th October 2012 - Merchant Adventurers Hall.  York Does Vintage has a huge array of vintage items on offer, think crockery, furniture, vintage prints, kitchenalia, homewares, jewellery, accessories - THE LOT!
If vintage isn't quite your thing but good food, dancing and workshops are, then you are still in for a treat. Pop along to our signature tearoom - serving the very best cakes, cupcakes, scones, try your hand (or feet should we say) at lindy-hop dancing, get pampered at our beauty bar, dabble in the vintage inspired workshops and let your children get creative at our children's corner!

Harrogate Does Vintage, Saturday 10th November 2012 - Harrogate Theatre.  Yes, were back at beautiful Harrogate Theatre in November.  We love bringing our events to this beautiful spa town, and we'll have all the things you love about our Harrogate fairs from homeware to fashion and jewellery.

Newcastle Does Vintage, Saturday 17th November 2012 - Theatre Royal, Grey Street. Expect gorgeous vintage stalls brimming with sparkles, lace, chiffon - clothes, accessories, vintage art, homewares, kitchenalia, crockery, prints, vinyl, sweets - you name we have it!

We like to complement our vintage occasions with activities and features fit for all types of folk and ages! Vintage inspired workshops, instant photo-booths, lindy-hop free fun dance workshops, hair and beauty bar, style competitions and a vintage tombola with lots of great goodies!

 Durham Does Vintage, Saturday 24th November 2012 - Durham Town Hall.  Expect glamorous vintage stalls stocked up with Christmas vintage goodies, deluxe beauty bar, workshops, signature vintage tearoom, dancing, competitions and a gorgeous children's corner!

A great event for all ages and to grab some fabulously unique crimbo pressies! 

If all this wasn't enough, in December we have York Does Vintage on Sunday 2nd December 2012 at Merchant Adventurers Hall and Masham Does Vintage on Saturday 8th December 2012, at Masham Town Hall.  More details on these events to be announced, but a great places to do some Christmas shopping.  I'm sure we'll also be added some special Christmas touches to the events.  Check back here or visit our Facebook or Twitter page for more info.

Plus, don't forget we're still running our competition to win a style vintage hamper when we get 700 likes on Facebook.

Win a vintage style hamper!

Just like like and share the pic of Cliff and you'll be in for a chance of winning.  As it stands this morning we only need another 21 likes to make it to the 700!  Good luck, and hope to see you at one of our events very soon.

The Sixties Exhibiton at York Castle Museum

 

Hope you're all getting excited about the return of York Does Vintage on Sunday 14th October 2012!

If you can't wait and want to do something vintage between now and then, then why not go to the Sixties exhibition at the Castle Museum?  If you've got a York Card, you can get in for free.

They have some fab clothes on display from the era, like these 60s dresses.

The one on the left is a printed cotton dress with matching coat from 1969, that was donated to the museum by the owner who bought it as her going away outfit. The dress on the right is a printed nylon dress from 1968

And to go along with dresses are some very cool boots, accessories  and 60s make-up!





There's a good collection of 60s memorabilia.  Lots of items connected with music, a working jukebox, books, and toys.

Also the exhibition play homage to 60s TV with clips of programmes and news reels you can select to watch.  An early episode of Doctor Who staring William Hartnell is one of the things you you can view.

Another highlight of the exhibition is this Mod scooter and Parka on display.

So, if you like the 60s, then it's definately worth getting over the the Castle Museum for a look.

I will say I did find it a bit strange (in a good way!) looking at items that for me are so familiar on display in a museum in glass cases.  The clothes especially, because at our events there are often items not too dissimilar to the ones you can see in the pictures above for sale.  But then that's the point of the Castle Museum, it shows how ordinary people lived in the past and they are preserving items from this era for the future.

Alzheimer's Society Memory Walk 23/09/2012

If you've ever been to one of our vintage events you might have seen on the promotional material - for example the beautiful flyer for our upcoming York Does Vintage on 14th October 2012 (on the left), that we support the Alzheimer's Society.

Today I took part in the Alzheimer's Society Memory Walk, at the Knavesmire in York.  There more than three hundred  people who turned up to do the walk - which is amazing!

You can see a video from ITV's Calender News about the event here:-

Taking Steps the Beat Alzheimer's

To get us all in the mood the volunteers started us off with a sing-song. 

Here they're doing "Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes" as a warm up!

Richard McCourt from TV's Dick and Dom open the event with a speech about why he supports the Alzheimer's Society.

He told us that his mother suffered from the disease and  she died two years ago this weekend at the age of 64.  It's clearly a charity close to his heart.  He then cut the ribbon and led us off on the walk.

So a BIG well done to everyone who took part and thanks to all the stewarts and volunteers who made the day such a success!  I can't wait to see what the grand total was from the day, but hopefully we've raised quite a lot of money for the charity. 

So far my total stands at £115. If you'd like to donate to the Alzheimer's Society, then please visit my Just Giving page below:-

http://www.justgiving.com/Clare-Harrison

Alzheimer's Society Memory Walk

Yorkshire Does Vintage is a supporter of the Alzheimer's Society.  When you visit our events a small portion of the ticket price goes towards the charity.  Every year the Alzheimer's Society organise a charity walk called the Memory Walk to raise money and awareness.  This years York walk takes place on Sunday 21st September 2012 at the Knavesmire.

There are about 800,000 people in the UK with dementia and it mainly affects people over the age of 65.  As yet there is no cure and the disease can affect anyone, in fact most people will know someone who suffered from dementia.  This why it's so important to raise money to help fund the Alzheimer's Society, because it helps fund research and care for people suffering from dementia.

I'm taking part this year to help this worthy cause raise some money.  If you like to sponsor me, here's my Just Giving Page:-

http://www.justgiving.com/Clare-Harrison