Adams Antiques Fairs-July-2023 

About the Fair

16th Jul, 2023 to 16th Jul, 2023 at Lindley Hall, The Royal Horticultural Halls , London, United Kingdom HE HISTORY OF ADAMS ANTIQUES FAIRS:- Matthew Adams studied Costume & Theatre Design at Central School of Art & Design in the mid-1970s. On leaving college Matthew hitch hiked to Iran where he supplemented his meagre English teacher's income by trading watches, jewellery, bags, clothes and accessories between Tehran and Afghanistan. On returning to England in 1979 he carried on trading by selling antiques and vintage fashion at the now defunct north London Swiss Cottage Market and by the early 1980s had set up the still thriving Stables Market in London's Camden Lock (see recently discovered flyer for the very first market in 1981 below). In between dealing in antiques, textiles and vintage fashion both in London and America (including regular stands at The New York Armoury, Penman Antiques Fairs, The Decorative Fair and Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair throughout the 1980s), he has been running antiques, vintage fashion and retro events in London ever since. With over forty years’ experience running events, Matthew Adams is by far the most successful and enduring one-day antiques fairs organiser in London.