This is the Barker-family.info web site, the personal pages
and projects of Nigel, Jan, Emily, Lucy and Georgina Barker.
Nigel Barker, Jan Barker, Emily Barker, Lucy Barker, Georgina
Barker
Prestonpans, Prestonpandemonium, Monkey Loft Comics, Three
Harbours Art Festival, Nulsh, Malcy Duff
Prestonpans, John Rattray, Book Crossing, Comics, Comics
Quiz, EC War Comics Index, I Love You Toast, Toast in the Post
Prestonpans Nursery School Recipe Book
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The Greatest Comic Event Ever Held… in a microbrewery…probably…
Prestonpandemonium III will take place on Saturday 31st May 2008 - 12.00-
3.00 p.m. at The Prestoungrange Gothenburg (a.k.a. "The Goth"),
227-229 High Street, Prestonpans, EH32 9BE.
The Micro Mart in a Microbrewery has all sorts of comics for all sorts of
people - vintage American and British comics and the latest Marvels and DCs;
underground and small press comics; Civil War, the Ultimates and 52; European
comics and manga; graphic novels and zines.
Several dealers and artists have already confirmed for this year - but we
still want more!
If you want to be involved in any way: sell your collection; send us a message
of support; run a workshop; do some signings; sell your own work; create something
specially for PPIII -- as long as you don't expect to be paid and don't make
any diva demands -- you're in…
You can now buy bags made from recycled Indian newspapers here.
We've changed web hosts
After years of procrastination we have finally migrated away from that other
site host that caused us all the bother. We have had to do a slight reorganisation
of the site and we know that some of the links and redirects aren't working
properly, but we are working on fixing those now.
Silver Surfers' Day 2007 was May 25th. We will be providing tailored one
to one taster sessions to any over 50s who want to learn more about computers
and the Internet.
We don't like litter in our beautiful town. One of the
projects we are involved in is clearing litter from the largely
abandoned Cuthill Park. The first two clearups were on Saturday 6th
January and Sunday 3rd March. We had great fun, the park is looking a
lot better and burgers were provided by the Goth.
The second Prestonpandemonium Comic Mart happened at the Goth
on 4th November with Alan Grant as a very special guest. We had a great
time doing the Prestonpandemonium shows but there isn't going to be
another one for quite a while, probably not until 2008. Sorry comic
fans of East Lothian.
If you're looking for a comic mart in Scotland we recommend
Glasgow Hillhead Library -- sorry no link or date for next show.
The 2006 Prestonpans beach clear and
survey took place on Sunday 17th September. Many thanks to all those
who took part and to the Prestoungrange Gothenburg for supplying
burgers and chips for the volunteers.
Our first Monkey Loft exhibition, with Malcy Duff
and Nulsh, is
now over and was a great success. if you made it along, or if you just
want to see what it was all about, check out the pictures here ...
When we first met back in the late 80s, Snickers were still
called Marathons, Opal Fruits hadn't yet been rechristened Starburst
and Channel 5 hadn't yet been invented. "zeitgeist" wasn't yet the
zeitgeist and we hadn't heard of pesto. We spent our time listening to
music and dreaming of the day we would have lots of money. Our idea of
a good time was spending a Bank Holiday Monday in Brighton.
Three children (and three stones) later we now spend our time
listening to music and dreaming of the day we will have furniture that
doesn't come with an allen key. Our idea of a good time in going
anywhere. Being spontaneous takes three weeks planning and lots of
nappies.
Nowadays our website contains things about our life, our
interests, our
travels, the girls' artwork and whatever projects we
are currently involved in.
