CLASSIC cars command attention, but Sunday’s Rotary Christmas Markets proved their miniature versions were just as popular.
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Orange stallholder Ian Davidson attracted much of the interest at Moulder Park with his collection of children’s pedal cars, single and tandem tricycles and ‘horse’-drawn buggies.
He started the collection for his children and later his grandchildren.
“Now the grandchildren are grown up, I wanted someone else to use them,” he said.
Hours of restoration went into the toys – the 1938 Cyclops Chrysler needed many of its parts worked on and replaced.
“I had to get buy new bumper bars because kids bump into things,” Mr Davidson said.
Kristy Beech was also selling her wares, including hanging succulents and miniature fairy gardens.
“Having plants to hang inside the home is quite nice and different,” she said of the trend.
“You buy [the fairy gardens] for the kids, but it’s also something we would have liked when we were a kid.”
Market manager John Fisher said the market was a far cry from the trash and treasure markets the club held at the Kmart car park for 30 years.
“The quality and diversity of the stalls has improved,” he said.