I’m back with a new series of Collectors for BBC East Midlands Today.
Last time I interviewed people with collections of valve radios, Roy Rogers memorabilia and badges.
This time round I’ve met a man who collects saucy postcards, a cheque collector and I’ve sat amongst the world’s largest collection of Smurfs.
The feature below is with Jenny Swindells from the British Button Society, who collects, you’ve guessed it, buttons!
It’s amazing how much you can learn about social history by looking at buttons. Jenny was a great guest. We had to cut so much good stuff out to fit it into 2 minutes 15 seconds of TV.
If you’d like to find out more about buttons you can visit the British Button Society website.
Jenny also travels the country giving talks on buttons. You can contact here via the speakers page.
And if you’d like me as a speaker, then check out my talks at the top of this page. I don’t do much about buttons though.
Enjoy the feature.
If you enjoyed this feature, please check out my feature on a man who collects badges. It’s here
Jeremy Nicholas, London, UK
