Basically, there about 20 people displaying and selling a great range of antiques and collectables.
There are items and prices to suit all tastes and pockets.
Bill and I tend to be in the shop only once a week - we help look after everything on Mondays.
One of the great pleasures is looking around to see what all the other people have brought in during the week.
Bill and I always have a box full of fresh stock on Mondays and most of the others are the same; duty days involve finding some time to arrange the fresh stock.
This week's blog is a brief look round with my camera to find treasures not seen before.
But I begin with something completely different that we hadn't spotted before.
It was Bill who noticed as he sat out in the back yard to eat his lunch. He watched parent blackbirds busily taking nice juicy titbits to their young.
And here they are.
One of them seems to be much bigger than the tiny fledglings, which is slightly odd.
I had fresh stock to arrange in my area.
I had fresh stock to arrange in my area.
The teapot fascinated me. It is the same design as a traditional honey pot.
Next to it is a little trinket pot made by Wedgwood and designed by Susie Cooper.
If you enlarge the picture, you can clearly see the prices of the objects and will know that I aim to provide bargains to either fellow traders who come calling and collectors too.
Enlarge by clicking on the picture, then return to the main page by using the back arrow on your computer screen.
The little cupboard is fairly recently made, using reclaimed old wood. There are little struts either side, showing that it could be used for CDs; but I would prefer to see it with perhaps one shelf and used in the kitchen.
These lanterns are also recently made, but I have a feeling that the glass is old.
I also have 2 lanterns which can stand on a shelf, similarly made.
This is Ridgways Homemaker - the epitome of 1950s design.
This is Ridgways Homemaker - the epitome of 1950s design.
It was a cheapish item in its day, sold in Woolworths.
Now, hard to find pieces command prices up to £50 plus.
Jo is selling the Homemaker.
Jill brought this large glass Murano bowl to Pilgrims last Thursday.
I really love this sampler. It is extremely well crafted and very poignant.
Do enlarge the picture to see what it is all about.
Jonathan has this in his area.
Jonathan also had this quite beautiful Victorian photograph album, presented to somebody in 1891.
Sue has this brass fire insurance plaque.
To the left of it is the top of a very sturdy lamp stand - about 5 feet tall - in heavy dark wood, perhaps ebony.
Gill normally sells fine glass, but she has very recently brought in these two copper items in the arts and crafts style.
They are by Joseph Sankey and sons who was a coppersmith in Wolverhampton from 1890 to 1932.
This huge family Bible saddened me.
It is a treasure that should have remained within the family.
I would love to own such a Bible that has served generations of my own family.
Not only was this Bible a religious book it was also a family almanac, with details of births, marriages and deaths.
The names and dates are poignant - enlarge it and see.
The two names at the bottom are parents of the two children named above.
How the mother, Agnes must have wept each Christmas for her Alice, who died on Christmas Eve 1902.
Jo has this precious old Bible.
Bill took in the Hornby Dublo railway yesterday.
It seems that it sold today.
This enamel bread bin is in superb condition and Monika found this to bring into the shop.
And she also found a bread plate.
The bench and the teddy have been in Jo's area for a couple of weeks.
Terry has the hand made Odds and Ends draw string bag.
We have seen that some items sell very quickly - like Bill's train set.
The pinafore went even faster.
I brought it in yesterday morning and persuaded Monika to model it for me.
She decided she must have it - it would be her best pinny!
It certainly suits her.
There is another one in my area in a different fabric, but hand made in the same style.
We are looking forward to doing some work in Pilgrim's Antiques during the summer - hopefully to improve the lighting and heating.
Some of you would know just how cold it can be on a winter's morning.
It will be great to have lots of the dealers working together - some of us rarely meet up with some of the others - just talk to them on the phone.
If you are not enjoying the abundance of sport on TV just now, do escape and come and see us.
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