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BBR’s 2015 Winternational Weekend

BBR’s Winter National weekend (Sat 31st Jan 1st Feb) is fast approaching comprised of an unreserved auction on the Saturday and a Show and Major auction on the Sunday. BBR shows are very well attended, as the above picture shows, … Continue reading

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Douglas Legg Weymouth Mineral

Quite a scarce early Weymouth mineral appeared on Ebay recently and made a reasonable price of just over £30.

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Ginger Beers Bournemouth and Poole

Just up loaded the known GB’s from Bournemouth and Poole . If you know of any more examples we would love to know and add to the record even if it’s a fragment. We would like to make the record … Continue reading

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Updated Minstead show page Additions to GB record

Just to let you know that we are starting to think about our annual club show in May the show page has just been updated and is set to be modified and more detail added as the plan for 2015 … Continue reading

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Seasons Greetings for 2014

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Club Meeting December 2014

The Dorset Club members were in party mood at this months meeting where both members and partners attended. To celebrate Christmas The Club put on a buffet and held its Christmas raffle. The competitions this month were a couple of … Continue reading

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Antique Sealed Bottle Books

Just about to hit the bookshelves is the new three volume book Antique Sealed Bottles 1640-1900 and the families who owned them by David Burton. Published by Antique collectors club ISBN: 978-1-85149-755-3.  This has been long awaited  in early glass … Continue reading

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JAN 2015 Club Meeting date change

Quick notice to all club members that January’s club meeting has been changed to the Thurs 15th Jan not the 1st the hall is closed.

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Competitions updated for 2015

A few may have noticed that the competition list ran out in Dec this year I have just updated the competition lists for 2015.

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Three months in

It’s been about three months since starting this blog type website for the DABCC. I thought it was about time to let you all know how it’s going. We’ve had getting on for 2000 hits from places as far away … Continue reading

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