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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382542) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Apr

Time for a post that is horse related. In an Antiques Roadshow programme, someone had a collection of Red Rum memorabilia. Red Rum was an Irish steeplechaser. His name comes from the last three letters of the names of his dam...

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The Things You Learn on Antiques Roadshow

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382542) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Mar

We often watch Antiques Roadshow. The one we watch is set in Britain and is all repeats. A piece of chain was displayed which had been forged by a woman in a backyard forge. In the early 1900s, heavy and medium chains were made...

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Free Rolexs for British prisoners-of-war

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382542) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Dec

We watch Antiques Roadshow most afternoons and there are some really interesting items that appear. Sometimes the back stories are very intriguing too. A Rolex watch was shown which had belonged to a British POW who was interned...

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Another unusual saying - popping your clogs

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382542) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Mar 25

On Antiques Roadshow, one lady was asked what would happen to her pieces of jewellery. She said they’d go to her daughter when she ‘popped her clogs’ meaning when she died. What an unusual saying. I hadn’t heard it in years. I...

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McCutcheon’s grevillea

celticeagle @celticeagle (189988) • Boise, Idaho 25 Apr 22

I saw this flower on PBS's Antique's Roadshow. They were at the Botanic Garden in Wales. It is the rarest of plants. It has one large red flower and flattened, three-lobed leaves circling the stem. It is an attractive shrub. PBS...

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Afternoon Update... The Vicar of Dibley Meets Antiques Roadshow

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 9 Mar 19

It was my husband who got me watching the Vicar of Dibley... I had never heard of the show and had no idea what to expect... I thought that it was a show about a Vicar??? I was right an I was wrong. It's a comedy and every...

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I've Been Searchin' SO Long, To Find An Answer!

firefox333 @firefox333 (181) • United States 18 Jul 09

Greetings, all... As I stated in my discussion subject title, I have been searching SO long, to find an answer. MY question happens to be about a particular item which I have and have been trying to learn about for quite some...

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vintage calendar art

vintage calendar photos

vintage calendar tops

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If you went on Antiques Roadshow...

aero89 @aero89 (422) • United States 5 Apr 08

what one thing would you take and how much do you think it's worth? Is there something you are uncertain of it's value - and would take that over something of definite value, just to see if the uncertain item gets clarified?

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valuables

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Antiques Roadshow...

wooitsmolly @wooitsmolly (3613) • United States 19 Jul 07

Do any of you watch Antiques Roadshow? It's one of my favorite shows. The best is when someone thinks they have something worth a lot of money and it ends up being worth nothing. Haha suckers. I also like when they don't...

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Say you bought an old vase at a garage sale. When the Antiques Roadshow...

sbeauty @sbeauty (5865) • United States 8 Nov 06

...comes to town, you decide to take the vase and see what it's worth. What do you think you'd find out?

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