The Kazimier Summer Vintage Fair

Kazimier Gardens

Me, Holly & Gabby went to the summer vintage fair they had at The Kazimier today. We'd never been to The Kazimier but have been wanting to go for a while just haven't had the chance to yet! It was a lot smaller than what I was expecting but it was nice though.

There was a few stalls selling vintage clothes, hand made jewellery, art, vinyl, food, drink & a live DJ. Holly bought RUN DMC It's Tricky record for £3 & Gabby got handmade pom pom earrings for £9. I sadly left with nothing.

It's nice to see local businesses being supported as it can be really hard to start up your own business when well known brands & high street stores are so well known. Many people don't realise the hidden treasures that can be found. Especially with things being handmade just makes it that little bit more special, unique. More effort, time & love is put into it compared to the same manufactured thousand of the same product. Getting yourself known definitely takes time everyone has to start somewhere! Having events like these brings people together to find things they never knew existed, find something new & exciting. There should be more events like this, I wished there was more stalls. 

It's sad that The Kazimier will be closing it's doors as a venue on New Year's Day 2016! It's due to redevelopment plans for the surrounding area. Reportedly the owners have been offered a new site within the new development plans but obviously it won't be the same as what it is now. It's a well known gig venue for many new & upcoming bands, & has lots of events all around the year. It's definitely a nice place to enjoy a drink or two in the summer! So it'll be sad for it to close. Hopefully I'll be able to visit it more within it's last 6 months!

Standing on a street corner while Gabby put her new earrings in.

Cropped Top - Fruit of the Loom, Amazon (Cut myself)

Necklace - New Look

Belt - Vintage

Lee Shorts - Vintage

I finally got myself a pair of vintage Levi shorts! I've been wanting a pair for years but I couldn't find a pair which was the right fit & colour! I found them in Pop Boutique on Bold Street which is a store that sells vintage clothes as well as their own label clothing. They have stores in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, London & Gothenburg Sweeden. They were £15 I then got student discount so they were only £13.50. Which is the cheapest as other vintage stores & Urban Outfitters are selling them for £25. I'm now on the hunt for Levi jeans! 

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A stroll in the park

Me & Kelly decided to walk to Sefton Park, which took around 45 - an hour (I'm not sure we forget to check the time when we left Kelly's) & try out the Liverpool CityBike hire. It's like the one they have in London which started in May this year. You register online & say how long you want to rent the bike for with different tariffs, day, week & annual memberships. You create an account where you then get given a membership number & pin. There are bike stations dotted around the city with a machine for you to enter your membership number & pin then you select a bike & off you go for the time you you chose to hire it.

Kelly created an account, when we got to the park we picked up our bikes to hire for an hour & cycled around.

Top - Miss Selfridge

Belt - Vintage Mum's

Shorts - Lee, Mum's vintage

Nikes Free Run+ - Florida Nike outlet

Backpack - Roxy Kelly's

We just cycled around the whole park which was really fun! I'd never been round the whole park & haven't been since last year when I went to LIMF festival but didn't really explore just stayed by the stage.

Not too sure what this, the writing on the on it made no sense whatsoever

That's cupid on the top!

The palm house! Which is a Victorian glasshouse that has plants from around the world. It's really nice inside I had my year 11 prom in there.

Sefton Park is such a lovely park with a lake in the middle of it that has ducks, & swans. It has a kids play area, tennis courts, bowls, fountains, ice cream parlours. It's really nice if I lived closer I would probably go every with Frodo & go for a run but it's not close to my house since it takes so long to walk & like 15 minutes in the car.

We road down to Lark Lane which is famous for all the different cafes, pubs & restaurants which is a favourite for students as a cheaper alternative to town but I've never actually been her before! We also found out that city bikes are not for the pavement at all & not good for riding up hill either & definitely are for the road in the city! We were too scared to ride on the road though.

I think this bike hire scheme is a really good idea especially to help with pollution & traffic within cities. It's good for people who may not be able to afford a bike or don't have somewhere to put it if they lived in like a flat or apartment. It's also good for people who park & then get the train into town instead of getting the train they could ride a bike which would work out much cheaper for them & the bikes have a lock attached to it so you can lock it up securely at your work. However to make it a success that they want they really need to sort out the roads & make them safer for cyclists. We actually have 4 bikes in our house & have a city bike but I'm too scared to ride on the road of getting ran over. If they made the cycle lanes wider & drivers were more cautious I'm sure more people would take up cycling. 

It was a nice day not too hot with a cool breeze. Bit of a sweaty back with a backpack but nothing too horrible like the past couple of days. It took us around the same time to walk back to Kelly's but we decided to go a different way. It was a really nice I enjoyed it we will definitely be doing it again!

Julie

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