2010 Fairs

[BarnesDoors]

Does anyone know about any upcoming fairs for 2010?

[FeeBee]

There's one at Bracknell on 31st January:

SPORT & LEISURE CENTRE, Bagshot Rd (A322), Bracknell, RG12 9SE
10am - 5pm, Admission £3.00

[FeeBee]

Here's a few more upcoming events:

23rd January
East of London Family History Fair
Eastbury Comprehensive School, Barking, Essex IG11 9TR. (Entrance in Wilmington Gardens). 9am-5pm.

31st January
Bracknell Family History Fair
SPORT & LEISURE CENTRE, Bagshot Rd (A322), Bracknell, RG12 9SE. 10am - 5pm, Admission £3.00.

14th February
Sussex & South London Family History Fair, Crawley
Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley, RH11 9BQ. 10am - 5pm.

21st February
Oxfordshire & Bucks Family History Fair
EXETER HALL, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 1AB. 10am - 5pm.

26th Feb - 28th Feb
Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE 2010
3-day event at Olympia, London
Friday: 10am-6.30pm
Saturday: 9.30am-6pm
Sunday: 9.30am-5pm

7th March
Merseyside & Cheshire Family History Fair
HULME HALL, Bolton Road, Portsunlight, Wirral, CH62 5DH. 10am-5pm.

28th March
East Anglia Family History Fair
ST. ANDREWS HALL, St. Andrews Plain, Norwich, NR3 1AU. 10am-4pm.

11th April
Stockport Town Hall Family History Fair
STOCKPORT TOWN HALL, Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3XE. 10am-4pm.

17th April
Gloucestershire FHS Open Day & Family History Fair
THE CRYPT SCHOOL, Podsmead Road, Tuffley, Gloucester. 10am-4pm.

There's a huge list at: http://geneva.weald.org.uk/.

[FeeBee]

Here's some more fairs for 2010:

25th April
South Coast Fair, Worthing
WORTHING PAVILION THEATRE, Marine Parade, Worthing, BN11 3PX.
10am-5pm

6th June
Kent Fair, Maidstone
LOCKMEADOW MARKET HALL, Hart Street (off of Barker Road), Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8LW
10am-5pm

19th June
Wiltshire Family History Open Day
Wiltshire College, Salisbury, SP1 2LW
10am-3.30pm

26th June
Yorkshire Family History Fair
The Knavesmire Exhibition Centre, The Racecourse, YORK
10am to 4.30pm
ADMISSION: Adults £4, Children under 14 FREE

24th July
Buckinghamshire FHS Open Day
Grange School, Wendover Way, Aylesbury HP21 7NH
10am-4pm

11th Sept
The National Family History Fair
Newcastle Central Premier Inn, Newbridge Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8BS
10am-4pm
Admission Price: £3.00, accompanied children under 15 Free

18th Sept
Bristol & Avon FHS Open Day
Thornbury Leisure Centre, Thornbury (just north of Bristol)
10am-4pm
Admission: Free

26th Sept
Hampshire Genealogical Society Open Day
Horndean Technology College, Horndean, Hampshire

2nd Oct
Oxford Fair
Marlborough Enterprise Centre, just outside Woodstock
10am-4pm

9th Oct
Glamorgan FHS Open Day
Llantrisant Leisure Centre
10am - 4pm

[GreyDoubt]

Hi FeeBee, I was thinking of going to one of these fairs as one is coming up soon in my area but was wondering what sort of things will be there and who attends these sorts of fairs? I might even bump into a distant relative! Thanks, GreyDoubt :-)

[FeeBee]

Hi GreyDoubt!

I usually see some of the "genealogy giants" there - S&N have a stand at most fairs I think, and sometimes TheGenealogist and Find My Past have stands too. I've also seen stands that have books, old postcards, and software. There's a wide variety of people there, they usually make a good day out!

Some of the larger fairs have talks, too. The York fair that is coming up on 26th June has free talks (so says my e-mail newsletter from S&N!) So that should be a good one (if only it weren't so far away!)

Hope this helps

[Ford2002]

so are s&n doing free talks at the york show? i saw one at london this year they were packed with people and really interesting !

[GreyDoubt]

Thanks FeeBee! It definately sounds like it is worth a visit, the talks also sound like they will be helpful. I might have to treat myself to a trip to London to visit the WDYTYA one next year. :-)