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Herts and Essex Antiques Centre的点评
点评：On another annual antiques 3-day buying trip away from Hampshire up to Lincolnshire in my post-media career, I had a recommendation that dropping by Sawbridgeworth on the Hertfordshire & Essex border on the return leg home would be a good idea..!
So on a rather cold, late November morning, my pal and I rocked up to this amazing Antiques Centre, residing, (so it appeared to my eyes), in an old railway siding..with 3 or 4 other similar businesses stretched out alongside, all in some very interesting old multi-floor barn-type railway-looking architecture.
Pulling into the long & narrow car-park alongside a main railway line, my eyes were actually first drawn up to an absolutely huge & very impressive tall building on the other side of the line which, for all the world, looked like some massive Austrian Castle-fortress from the late 1700's looming over the scene..but was in fact, an old brewery I was later told.
(Memo to self..look up its history at some point!).
Once parked up, we entered the Herts & Essex Centre, the building nearest the main road.and oh boy, what a higgeldy-piggeldy maze of antiques & collectible dealer-cases stretched out over many floors.
So after a warm welcome from the staff located just inside the front door, we immediately began investigating this huge old building: up & down stairs, around hidden corners, finding all sorts of lovely artefacts, (though sadly not a lot of militaria, which is my own particular bag), but certainly an amazing cross-section of interesting bits & bobs to suit most collector's interests and indeed budgets,.
Happily I did eventually track down a couple of pieces for myself and was served by a very friendly lady who made the transactions all the more fun and so my first visit to this intriguing Centre was more than worthwhile... and all rounded off with a superb cup of coffee in the wee cafe at the very top of this historic old building..a gorgeous hot & creamy cappuccino, just the job on a bone-numbingly cold morning!
So all in all, a smashing place to visit on a cold winter's day and I very much look forward to visiting Sawbridgeworth again in the Summer..the normal period for our annual 'northern' antiques road trip. 👍
So on a rather cold, late November morning, my pal and I rocked up to this amazing Antiques Centre, residing, (so it appeared to my eyes), in an old railway siding..with 3 or 4 other similar businesses stretched out alongside, all in some very interesting old multi-floor barn-type railway-looking architecture.
Pulling into the long & narrow car-park alongside a main railway line, my eyes were actually first drawn up to an absolutely huge & very impressive tall building on the other side of the line which, for all the world, looked like some massive Austrian Castle-fortress from the late 1700's looming over the scene..but was in fact, an old brewery I was later told.
(Memo to self..look up its history at some point!).
Once parked up, we entered the Herts & Essex Centre, the building nearest the main road.and oh boy, what a higgeldy-piggeldy maze of antiques & collectible dealer-cases stretched out over many floors.
So after a warm welcome from the staff located just inside the front door, we immediately began investigating this huge old building: up & down stairs, around hidden corners, finding all sorts of lovely artefacts, (though sadly not a lot of militaria, which is my own particular bag), but certainly an amazing cross-section of interesting bits & bobs to suit most collector's interests and indeed budgets,.
Happily I did eventually track down a couple of pieces for myself and was served by a very friendly lady who made the transactions all the more fun and so my first visit to this intriguing Centre was more than worthwhile... and all rounded off with a superb cup of coffee in the wee cafe at the very top of this historic old building..a gorgeous hot & creamy cappuccino, just the job on a bone-numbingly cold morning!
So all in all, a smashing place to visit on a cold winter's day and I very much look forward to visiting Sawbridgeworth again in the Summer..the normal period for our annual 'northern' antiques road trip. 👍
翻译：在我的后媒体职业生涯中，在另一次每年一度的从汉普郡到林肯郡的为期 3 天的古董购买之旅中，我收到了一个建议，在回家的回程中顺道前往赫特福德郡和埃塞克斯郡边境的索布里奇沃思将是一个好主意......！
因此，在 11 月下旬一个相当寒冷的早晨，我和我的朋友来到了这个令人惊叹的古董中心，住在（在我看来），在一个旧的铁路支线中……旁边还有 3 或 4 个其他类似的企业，所有这些都在一些非常有趣的古老多层谷仓式铁路建筑中。
驶入主要铁路线旁边狭长的停车场，我的眼睛实际上首先被铁路线另一边一座绝对巨大且令人印象深刻的高楼所吸引，在全世界看来，它看起来就像一些巨大的奥地利建筑1700 年代末的城堡要塞隐约出现在场景中……但后来我得知，它实际上是一家古老的啤酒厂。
（自我备忘录......在某个时候查找它的历史！）。
停好车后，我们进入了赫茨和埃塞克斯中心，这是距离主干道最近的一座建筑。天哪，古董和收藏品经销商柜就像一个杂乱的迷宫，延伸到许多楼层。
因此，在受到前门工作人员的热烈欢迎后，我们立即开始调查这座巨大的老建筑：上下楼梯，在隐蔽的角落里，发现各种可爱的文物，（尽管遗憾的是没有很多军用物品，是我自己的特别包），但肯定是一个令人惊叹的有趣的小东西的横截面，以满足大多数收藏家的兴趣和预算。
令人高兴的是，我最终为自己找到了几件作品，并得到了一位非常友好的女士的服务，她让交易变得更加有趣，所以我第一次访问这个有趣的中心是非常值得的……一切都以一个完美的结束。在这座历史悠久的老建筑顶层的小咖啡馆里喝上一杯美味的咖啡……一杯美味的热奶油卡布奇诺，在寒冷的早晨正好适合！
总而言之，这是一个在寒冷的冬日参观的绝佳去处，我非常期待在夏天再次访问索布里奇沃思……这是我们一年一度的“北方”古董公路旅行的正常时期。 👍
因此，在 11 月下旬一个相当寒冷的早晨，我和我的朋友来到了这个令人惊叹的古董中心，住在（在我看来），在一个旧的铁路支线中……旁边还有 3 或 4 个其他类似的企业，所有这些都在一些非常有趣的古老多层谷仓式铁路建筑中。
驶入主要铁路线旁边狭长的停车场，我的眼睛实际上首先被铁路线另一边一座绝对巨大且令人印象深刻的高楼所吸引，在全世界看来，它看起来就像一些巨大的奥地利建筑1700 年代末的城堡要塞隐约出现在场景中……但后来我得知，它实际上是一家古老的啤酒厂。
（自我备忘录......在某个时候查找它的历史！）。
停好车后，我们进入了赫茨和埃塞克斯中心，这是距离主干道最近的一座建筑。天哪，古董和收藏品经销商柜就像一个杂乱的迷宫，延伸到许多楼层。
因此，在受到前门工作人员的热烈欢迎后，我们立即开始调查这座巨大的老建筑：上下楼梯，在隐蔽的角落里，发现各种可爱的文物，（尽管遗憾的是没有很多军用物品，是我自己的特别包），但肯定是一个令人惊叹的有趣的小东西的横截面，以满足大多数收藏家的兴趣和预算。
令人高兴的是，我最终为自己找到了几件作品，并得到了一位非常友好的女士的服务，她让交易变得更加有趣，所以我第一次访问这个有趣的中心是非常值得的……一切都以一个完美的结束。在这座历史悠久的老建筑顶层的小咖啡馆里喝上一杯美味的咖啡……一杯美味的热奶油卡布奇诺，在寒冷的早晨正好适合！
总而言之，这是一个在寒冷的冬日参观的绝佳去处，我非常期待在夏天再次访问索布里奇沃思……这是我们一年一度的“北方”古董公路旅行的正常时期。 👍
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