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Old Cove @oldcoves

An anecdote waiting to happen. Antique Dealer based in Deal.

Joined September 2012
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Old Cove@oldcoves
25 Nov 2024
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Old Cove@oldcoves
25 Nov 2024
I picked up this empty autograph book yesterday. Dated from 1923, the pages of this little black book has no signatures other than an inscription from a Mother to her son.
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Old Cove@oldcoves
15 Jul 2024
I wrote a piece about my shop Old Coves for The Deal Despatch.
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Old Cove@oldcoves
28 Aug 2023
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Old Cove@oldcoves
28 Aug 2023
Good to hear from you J.
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Old Cove@oldcoves
27 Aug 2023
Lost but not forgotten, the strange tale of 1960s photographer Chad Hall and Salvador Dali. #ChadHall #Dali #OldCoves #newblogpost wix.to/eosFo2F

CHADWICK HALL AND SALVADOR DALI

The first name might sound like a crumbling country pile in England, not one of a long forgotten American pop photographer of the 'Swinging Sixties', who at his peak, shot the infamous Dali for the...

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Old Cove@oldcoves
14 Apr 2023
Seafront Pages: MODERN ART IS RUBBISH seafrontpages.blogspot.com/2…
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Old Cove@oldcoves
15 Mar 2023
Good morning sunshine
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Old Cove@oldcoves
7 Mar 2023
My wife thought this looked like the Devil’s armchair, I think she might be right.
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Old Cove@oldcoves
6 Mar 2023
Yesterday I had the pleasure of running into ⁦@rallen78⁩ in ⁦Deal who was touring the town’s fleshpots in a homage to David Seabrook’s cult novella All The Devils Are Here. ‘Where was ⁦@IanCallaway352⁩ ‘ we briefly wondered over a couple of large G&Ts.
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Old Cove@oldcoves
26 Feb 2023
Bang & Oldcove Beocenter 3500 in rosewood, SOLD.
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Old Cove@oldcoves
20 Feb 2023
This rare 1950s drinks cart by Gaetano Pizzi is such an eccentric piece of Italian design. I can’t decide whether I should wheel it, walk it or drink it. What would do?
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Old Cove@oldcoves
19 Feb 2023
One of the bonuses of having my own shop is random strangers posting random books through my letterbox. I guess they assume I’m a kindred spirit living in the long ago past and that unlike charity shops, I might actually read them. So, whoever this was from thank you, I loved it.
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Old Cove@oldcoves
16 Dec 2022
Strawberries & cream. Now served @oldcoves 71 Middle St #DealTown
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Old Cove@oldcoves
12 Dec 2022
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Old Cove@oldcoves
10 Dec 2022
When you wanna come? Relax @oldcoves Open Saturday 10 to 4.30
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Old Cove@oldcoves
7 Dec 2022
Stop the clocks.
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The Irwell Edition@IrwellEdition
5 Dec 2022
George Orwell or Anthony Burgess?
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Old Cove@oldcoves
5 Dec 2022
It deserves another look. It’s a bad trip and I think we’ve all had that fear of being so out of it we can’t even get out of our seat.
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Old Cove@oldcoves
5 Dec 2022
This unselfish infectious entertainment is the kick up the arse we all need. Pakistan v England: Captain Ben Stokes says first-Test win is 'mind-blowing' bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/6385…

Pakistan v England: Captain Ben Stokes says first-Test win is 'mind-blowing'

Captain Ben Stokes says England's last-gasp victory over Pakistan in the first Test is "mind-blowing".

bbc.co.uk
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