We’re looking forward to seeing you all at Churchdown Book Fair this weekend.
Click here for all the details of the fair
Here’s a list of the dealers who will be there. Do contact them if you’d like them to bring something particular with them. Click on their name to link to their contact details:
Terry Sims (organiser)
Michael Lee Postcards & Ephemera
Eric Winder
John Murchington
Geoff Cook
Mike Price
Paul Meekins
The next Churchdown Book Fair will be on 1st May 2022. There will be no fair in February because the Churchdown Community Centre is still being used as a Booster Vaccination centre. Unfortunately there were also issues with the booking system at the hall which meant that the March and April dates were no longer available to us.
For further information about the fair and future dates, see our Dates and Details https://churchdownbookfair.wordpress.com/about/
This week, the government announced an expansion to the booster programme due to the emergence of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19. This means that the NHS will need to continue using Churchdown Community Centre as a vaccination centre for the foreseeable future.
An unfortunate consequence of this is that they have had to cancel events booked at the Centre in the New Year including the Churchdown Book Fair which was due to be held on Sunday 2nd January 2022.
We know you will all understand the importance of the booster campaign but nevertheless will feel disappointed not to be coming to the fair in January. We will keep you informed of any developments and will of course restart the fair as soon as we are able.
Thank-you for your understanding. In the meantime we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a peaceful and safe Christmas and New Year.
Terry and Jane Sims
We are pleased to announce the return of Churchdown Book Fair with our first fair of 2022 on Sunday 2nd January
We’re so sorry to bring disappointing news but we’ve now been told that we are unable to book the Churchdown Community Centre for what would have been the final two book fairs of 2021, November and December.
This is due to the ongoing booster vaccination programme.
We will hope that we will be able to resume the book fair in 2022 and will bring you any news when we can.
Please do keep in touch in the meantime and we hope to see you all again soon.
Well there finally seems to be a glimmer of light on the horizon to herald the return of Churchdown Book Fair!
As you know the Community Centre has been used as a vaccination centre for the last few months, but through various communications with the management there was an indication that we would be able to book in for September. Sadly this has not been possible and the Centre will now be used for booster shots over the next two months.
We have now been provisionally booked in for the first Sunday in November (7th) and will be keeping our fingers crossed that this will be confirmed nearer the date.
We are very grateful for the continuing support of our customers and dealers and hopefully will be able to see you all in November.
As you know, the Churchdown Community Centre is still currently being used as a Covid Vaccination Centre which means that there will be no Churchdown Book Fair in August. The manager has indicated that it may be possible to hold the fair in September but this won’t be decided for a week or so yet, so we will just have to keep our fingers crossed. Of course we will let you all know as soon as we have any more positive news on this front.
We have been asked about using another venue for the fair while the Community Centre is closed for events. This is something we looked into around the time that the lockdown ended. We did explore other possibilities including a kind offer from a nearby club. Unfortunately we didn’t find anything suitable. The Community Centre is perfect for the fair because of it’s size, location, ease of access for both the dealers and the visitors and also their great facilities. We are looking forward to eventually re-starting the fair there and hope it won’t be long.
Thank-you all for your patience.
We hope you are all keeping safe and well and still have plenty of books to read.
We are looking forward to seeing you again later in the year when we are able to resume the monthly book fairs. We have had several enquiries as to when that might be, but unfortunately we are not able to set a firm date for when this will be possible. Thank-you all for your patience and understanding.
As you may know, the Churchdown Community Centre is currently being used as a Covid Vaccination Centre serving the population of Churchdown, Brockworth, Longlevens, Hucclecote, Aspen and Alney. This means the hall will not be used for other bookings while the vaccination programme is ongoing at the venue.
As soon as we have any further news about the Book Fair we will, of course, keep you all updated.
Terry and Jane would like to wish all our customers a safe and peaceful Christmas and a happier 2021
As you know, the last two fairs of 2020 unfortunately had to be cancelled due to the uncertainty caused by the Coronavirus pandemic and the safety of our customers and book dealers.
There will now be no fair in either January or February 2021. We will be looking at the situation again as far as the March fair is concerned and will let everyone know whether that can go ahead nearer the time.
2020 has been a difficult year for us all and we would like to thank-you for your support and patience.
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