British Shell Collectors' Club Convention 1

Dear Goga & few New Friends I met for the first time, now that I am a 
member of the British Shell Collectors' Club.

It was nice meeting you at the Shell Convention.
Please scroll and view some of the wonderful Shells viewed at the British Shell Convention at Theydon Bois Community Centre. Photos taken with permission.

Lower down this blog spot are some of my shell collection which you will soon see well presented in 4 glass cabinets. Many shells available to exchange.

I have sent you an email with more details.
My Email is: benny@benitodesouza.com

Look forward to meeting you again.

Best regards, Benito




 
































































































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NEW UPDATE. Friday 26th April 2024.

Dear Simon Taylor,

Benny, welcome to the Club!

Thank you very much for your kind message I have just read and certainly look forward to meeting you and other members of your British Shell Collectors Club.

I feel very proud to be accepted as a member and certainly look forward to making new friends.

As for the boxes I have ordered, I will pay in Cash tomorrow.

My next door neighbour Neil Clegg and myself will be attending the Shell Convention. My wife who is also a member will miss out this time but certainly welcomes you and other members to our home whenever you all visit Surrey.

"We can share our Shelling experiences exchanging shells etc.

Home address: 'Sunset Crest' - 5 Parklands Way - Worcester Park - Surrey KT4 7HT

Telephone: 020 8330 2542 & Mobile: 07951 086781

Benny De Souza



Benito De Souza - Musician/Entertainer
Email: benny@benitodesouza.com

www.benitodesouza.com

www.karibuparadisezanzibar.com

www.bennyandbettysdream.com

www.bettyssugarcraft.com

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Message from Simon Taylor

Hello Benny, welcome to the Club!

I look forward to meeting you on Saturday and very much hope you enjoy the day. There will be several dealers present to interest you, plus lots of other collectors to talk to. We have refreshments available all day too, prepared to order and very inexpensive.

Ten each of all of the various size boxes makes a total of £18.65 by my calculation. The simplest thing to do is to pay cash on Saturday of that is okay with you.

Also looking forward to you populating your website; East Africa has a very handsome seashell fauna.

Kind regards
Simon Taylor

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Dear Family Members,

I have joined the British Shell Collectors' Club and attending the

British Shell Convention to be held on

Saturday 27th April 2024.

As I will be meeting and making New Friends connected to Shelling, I have taken some photographs of some of my shells for quick viewing by new members.

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NEW UPDATE.

Quick Overview of some of my collection for Club Members to view.

Saturday 27th April 2024.

My NEW Shells Display will follow on Saturday 11th May 2024




























































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Today Wednesday 7th February I put some of my 

Shell collection in one cabinet.

More to follow.    











Below - Posted in my website www.bennyandbettysdream.com few years ago.

BENITO'S SEASHELL COLLECTION

Below are some photographs taken from my mum's home at the time she was a keen expert shell collector and certain days at very low tides I would have to dive and break globulous coral finding the rare cowries.

Unfortunately my cowrie collection is not included below as they are being exhibited in Switzerland and on return I will add them for general viewing where I will explain more about those precious shells.

I will in time also include names of various shells with a few interesting short stories of my mother's and my experience in shell collecting just like collecting stamps which I also enjoyed and have a fairly good collection which will be handed over to one of my grandchildren interested in stamp collecting.

If anyone has any questions regarding shell collecting, please feel free to contact me and I will assist where I can.

In our island of Zanzibar we were very fortunate to be surrounded by coral reefs across the whole island where at some villages when the tides went down, one could walk in the shallow waters and find various shells.


























SHELL COLLECTING:
Do check out my Shell collecting web page and view part of my shell collection. Again the secret of collecting rare valuable shells is revealed. Another hobby I enjoyed mainly assisting my mum who was a great shell collector.  







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