Vintage Best X Found My Pets: Portobello Market

the world famous Portobello Market

 

just to show you

the varieties of stuffs available here

original copies from the 40’s

15 pounds each

 

and if you venture further

into these antique markets,

with small shop front

it’s a whole new world in there

 

have my targets locked down on

two items

or two categories of items

 

vintage toy vehicles

particularly

 

and a Paddington bear

I am not sure which one

have been stalking him for weeks already

 

after one round of survey

finally settled for

 

first thing attracted by the

“specialization-in-bear” display

 

basically can’t make up my mind

between the blue coat & black hat vintage version

or the one I always wanted

with boots, standing tall and a P.B. hand luggage

 

the lovely stall owner

I must say that

he has got that vintage Paddington look too

it’s not a derogative, really

I mean friendly, helpful

soft-spoken (as if I have heard the voice of a bear)

 

in short,

I like buying from small stall owner like this

rather than big chain souvenir stores

 

he kinda explained the

and he actually asked,

“how old is the kid?”

oh my

“it’s for collection”

 

then

next stop

super crowded

flat prices, all the large objects at 9 pounds

small one at the other side at 4 pounds

 

this is lovely

and reasonable price

the only concern is the size

 

spot-the-objects

all the dream vehicles of mine

in one row, at one go 

 

Portobello Market @ Portobello Road

how to get here?

nearest Underground: Ladbroke Grove/Nothing Hill Gate

 

we walked from Royal Oak

which is supposed to be two stations away

thanks to the lovely weather

0.5 miles along Westbourne Park Road

which takes about 20 minutes

 

as I said,

this is a lovely city,

provided that it doesn’t rain

 

loots of the day

finally, he fitted all the three job-descriptions

• hand luggage with P.B. initials
• blue coat
• standing tall with rain boots

 

they fitted the descriptions of my dream

• a Volkwagen Beatle
• a Volkwagen caravan
• a Vespa bike

 

sneak preview of

how much toys I have looted

P.S.

the pink kitties are excluded, they are souvenirs

the yellow birdies are gifts from Manchester