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Country Fair Animals by John Hanna

Country Fair Animals by John Hanna

It' been a while since I've written about the Country Fair range of designs, skilfully drawn by John Hanna in the 1950's and as I've been updating the webpages for the table mats and coasters today, I thought it was a good opportunity to re-visit the story. Macdonald Hastings published the magazines before going on to work as a presenter for the BBC and kept copies, which were stored by his daughter, Clare. She approached me to make some Own Mats from the designs and on setting sight on them I was hooked - who wouldn't be? They are delightful...

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Stockist: Designer Creations, Worcestershire

Designer Creations, Unit 48, The Hop Pocket, Bishops Frome, Worcester WR6 5BT As designers and manufacturers of beautiful furniture Designer Creations also offer workshops and a retail shop with hand selected products for your home...

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Stockist: Edwards & Todd, London

Edwards & Todd,  25a Museum Street, London WC1A 1JU Within a stone's throw of the British Museum this delicious and delightful store has a wonderful selection of John Hanna design products, as well as a selection of work from renowned British printmakers...  

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Country Fair Animals by John Hanna

  Get set - the first batch of Country Fair Animal mats are in - and flying out already, with more in production

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Country Fair Animals by John Hanna

       Another lovely write up on the Country Fair Animal designs, this time by Delicious Industries - we've even managed to find some they hadn't seen before...

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