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Title: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: M Blakey on August 06, 2025, 08:56:10 PM
Colours 2025 is just round the corner :D

6th September Newbury Racecourse

https://nrwc.org.uk/colours-2025

Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: BeneathALeadMountain on August 06, 2025, 09:12:03 PM
Huzzah! Always look forwards to Colours.

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain
Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: Roo on August 06, 2025, 10:11:18 PM
Anybody know if the Perry Bros are bringing the metals as I don’t see Dave Thomas on the roster?
Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: has.been on August 07, 2025, 12:49:27 PM
Looking forward to it. :)
Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: comet5 on August 07, 2025, 01:11:03 PM
I went for the first time last year, a very good show.  BTW it's on the 6th September.
Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: M Blakey on August 07, 2025, 05:10:08 PM
I went for the first time last year, a very good show.  BTW it's on the 6th September.

Annoyingly I changed it to the 6th but I guess my phone was determined its the 5th haha amended it now!
Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: painterman on August 07, 2025, 06:06:04 PM
Anybody know if the Perry Bros are bringing the metals as I don’t see Dave Thomas on the roster?

Looks like TraderA44 maybe Dave T??
Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: M Blakey on August 07, 2025, 06:17:34 PM
I wonder if the perry bros is actaully Dave T as ive not seen the Perry's come this far down the next of the woods for shows!  ???
Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: manchesterreg on August 10, 2025, 11:57:51 AM
Coming down from Manchester, so looking forward to it
Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: gringo on September 01, 2025, 01:15:07 PM



Top Notch Show....ticks every Box and more!! :o :-* :o :-*
looking forward to seeing all our  old customers and new
ones !!
regards Ged www.gringo40s.com
Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: Peterem on September 07, 2025, 02:27:32 PM
I found it highly enjoyable. As busy as I'd ever seen it when I arrived at 11:30 ish, but it seemed to thin out fairly quickly through the afternoon, and some traders were packing up and leaving quite early. Nice variety of traders to cater for the loss of some former regulars such as Donnington, Kallistra and The Square. The B&B was a bit meh (again), but it's never been my favourite. Games were all shunted up to the top floor, so I didn't give them as much attention as I should have. Still very much up for next year though, weather and the Elizabeth Line permitting...
Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: has.been on September 07, 2025, 02:56:23 PM
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Top Notch Show....ticks every Box and more!! :o :-* :o :-*
looking forward to seeing all our  old customers and new
ones !!
regards Ged www.gringo40s.com

Nice to meet you too. :)

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some traders were packing up and leaving quite early/quote]

I believe there was some problem with card authorisations, I don't know if that was why some were leaving early.



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The B&B was a bit meh (again),

I completely agree. It has needed a revamp for years.
An island would be a big improvement, as would some OBVIOUS sectioning of items, e.g. 40k / Historical (Ancients on the left through to Sci-Fi on the right) /
Items need to be CLEARLY marked with their price, (I had to ask several times, 'What's the price of...'

Still really liked the show & spent more than I intended. :)
Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: manchesterreg on September 07, 2025, 04:50:24 PM
Enjoyed the time i spent there, had travelled down day before, first show for years, only thing was the B&B a bit of a scrum, and well one or two need to remember manners. Besides that will come back again.
Title: Re: Colours 2025 Newbury
Post by: Citizen Sade on September 07, 2025, 04:59:12 PM
Gave up on the B&B due to the crowds, the backpacks & some people with breath that could have felled an ox.

The venue could do with upping their catering game. Having card only outlets with single coffee machines is a recipe for grumpy caffeine-deprived punters. Surely there are enough people at Colours to open up a few of the concession stands?