Category: Events

Category Archive: Events

Redgrave Theatre

A red badge with the words Redgrave Theatre.

Place	Redgrave Theatre, Bristol
Event	Sleeping Beauty
Size	50mm
Date	2025
Fastening	Brooch

A great pantomime and a really lovely theatre.

Sun Island

A triangle with a picture of a tree and birds and text saying Sun Island Maldives.

Place	Nalaguraidhoo, Maldives
Event	25th Wedding Anniversary
Size	11 x 12mm
Date	2025
Fastening	Button

We had a lovely anniversary holiday to what is now called Villa Park Resort, but used to be known as Sun Island. I think these badges in the gift shop had been ignored for years, but clearly I couldn't leave without one.

Doctor Six

A cartoon style figure of the sixth Doctor holding his umbrella behind him.

Event	Beyond the Stars: A Propmaker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Discover Bucks Museum, Aylesbury
Size	27 x 32mm
Date	2025
Fastening	Button

This was a fascinating exhibition of props from various British science fiction shows.Read more

Thame Pride

An explosion of colours with the words Thame Pride 21 June 2025

Size	38mm
Date	2025
Fastening	Brooch

This year will be Thame's very first Pride event and I'm very proud to have one of their badges.

VE Day

Event	Eightieth anniversary of VE day
Size	25mm
Date	2025
Fastening	Button

Legend at the Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall in silver

Place	Royal Albert Hall, London
Event	Clannad - Legend
Size	32 x 20mm
Date	2024
Fastening	Button

I have loved Robin of Sherwood and Clannad for forty years, so this was an absolutely amazing evening. It wasn’t my first visit to the Royal Albert Hall, but it was the first time I managed to acquire a badge.

DeLorean

Event	Back To The Future The Musical, Adelphi Theatre, London
Size	25 x 25mm
Date	2024
Fastening	Button

Great Scott, this was an amazing show! And who doesn’t want a car with a flux capacitor in it.

Hadestown

Event	Hadestown, Lyric Theatre, London
Size	27 x 24mm
Date	2024
Fastening	Button

This was a show we went to to celebrate somebody else’s birthday. It really was a fantastic evening out.

Fairport’s Cropredy Convention

Event	Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, Cropredy
Size	52mm
Date	2024
Fastening	Safety pin

I love this festival which is a very special part of August for us. So this limited edition and beautiful leather badge is absolutely wonderful.

Roger Dean Dragon

Event	My birthday
Size	29 x 33mm
Date	2024
Fastening	Button

It’s not uncommon for people to buy me presents from Cropredy festival. This one though is pretty special, coming from the Roger Dean stall (Yes, he of the amazing artwork, pun intended). And I do absolutely love dragons.

Kingfisher

Event	Birds, Brilliant & Bizarre, Natural History Museum, London
Size	30 x 33mm
Date	2024
Fastening	Button

A second badge from the bird exhibition. It was from a set of three but I gave the third to the birthday girl.

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