Best Car Boot, Charity Shop and Jumble Sale Bargains - New Thread 4/10/09

NotQuiteNorbert

Seems to be sod all on around here, and what does happen I've heard isn't really worth the time. Wish I drove so I could actually get places!

goanmad

NotQuiteNorbert wrote: »

Seems to be sod all on around here, and what does happen I've heard isn't really worth the time. Wish I drove so I could actually get places!

Oh no, poor you. Living in an ugly, built-up, industrial metropolis certainly has it's advantages. We've got six jumble sales, four car boot sales (but the weather forecast is dire) and four table top sales advertised for tomorrow. What's a girl (with a very understanding partner with wheels) to do?

Suze4Dan2007

Been to my first ever jumble sale today how exciting! Cant wait til next weeks, apparantly theres one every Friday.

Todays purchases include:

* Per Una brown and gold knitted scarf 20p
* Vintage cream knitted jumper 50p
* Pink Next frilly t-shirt 50p (for my mum) current season too!
* Black dress with pineapple print 50p
* 2 pattened scarfs 20p each

Got a brand new with tags current season Next top from a chazza shop today aswell for 2pounds.

Looking forward to my week off work! Got 3 carboot sales planned for Sunday morning, so looks to be an early one for me and a village table top sale at a local community centre. In a posh village so hoping for some bargins.

x

goanmad

Suze4Dan2007 wrote: »

Been to my first ever jumble sale today how exciting! Cant wait til next weeks, apparantly theres one every Friday.

Todays purchases include:

* Per Una brown and gold knitted scarf 20p
* Vintage cream knitted jumper 50p
* Pink Next frilly t-shirt 50p (for my mum) current season too!
* Black dress with pineapple print 50p
* 2 pattened scarfs 20p each

Got a brand new with tags current season Next top from a chazza shop today aswell for 2pounds.

Looking forward to my week off work! Got 3 carboot sales planned for Sunday morning, so looks to be an early one for me and a village table top sale at a local community centre. In a posh village so hoping for some bargins.

x

Good luck with the bargain hunting and well done with the first jumble sale, you did amazingly well for a first-timer!
We've decided on two jumbles and a table top sale tomorrow - none in particularly posh areas but who knows? Better not overdo it tonight!
I'm looking forward to learing of everyone's weekend finds.

JesaRose

Nothing going on near me this weekend unfortunately but I saw this and thought there might be someone on here near enough to go:

Table Top Sale
Bucknell Village Hall (nr Bicester) Oxfordshire
Saturday 24th October
1.30-4.30pm
Free entry
Cakes, jewellery, jumble, bric a brac ect. Refreshments will be available....

goanmad

Phew, after two jumble sales and a table top sale this morning, I think I'll be needing a lie-down this afternoon before I can even contemplate hitting the town later!

This morning's finds included:
Shabby chic hand crochet bed cover
9 x silk 1970's Indian tribal print scarves
Tweed Dunn and Co. flat cap
Black cloche hat
Padded African fabric shoulder bag
Old-skool Adidas tracksuit top
Vintage 1950's bathing costume
Warehouse tweed waistcoat
Warehouse silk blouse
Coast silk boned corset top with matching skirt
1970's tan leather jacket
Black PVC mini skirt
1970's halter neck polka dot sun dress
2 velvet evening dresses
Vintage Morphy Richards iron
Orange waterfall-front cashmere cardi
Silver sequinned cardi
Boxed Ever Ready "Motorist's Lamp"
Two white glass jars with lids with a black retro design
Boxed set of glass coffee caps in red plastic holders and a coffee pot
1960's clothes brush in box with a photo of a lady with a beehive
6 padded coat hangers

The coat hangers, glass jars, coffee set, vintage iron and clothes brush are for keeping. The Warehouse clothes are for a friend who has a smart workplace dress code and the cashmere cardi is for my mum. I'm going to use some of the silk scarves to wrap Xmas pressies and rest of today's haul is for eBay!

creaker

How do you find the local jumble sales, coffee mornings, etc. I'm in Middlesbrough (North East). Also, does anyone know of some good indoor car boots in this area, within a 20 mile radius. I would like to sell stuff seeing as the weather is changing I would prefer the indoors. I've tried looking on carboot junction but I only see a couple of small indoor ones.

goanmad

creaker wrote: »

How do you find the local jumble sales, coffee mornings, etc. I'm in Middlesbrough (North East). Also, does anyone know of some good indoor car boots in this area, within a 20 mile radius. I would like to sell stuff seeing as the weather is changing I would prefer the indoors. I've tried looking on carboot junction but I only see a couple of small indoor ones.

The local paper is my source of information. I search the on-line classifieds to save buying the newspaper.

durham_girl

creaker wrote: »

How do you find the local jumble sales, coffee mornings, etc. I'm in Middlesbrough (North East). Also, does anyone know of some good indoor car boots in this area, within a 20 mile radius. I would like to sell stuff seeing as the weather is changing I would prefer the indoors. I've tried looking on carboot junction but I only see a couple of small indoor ones.

I know there's one at Redcar, but I've only been once and it was very small. I'm from Durham but I tend to go to Hexham as the boot sale there is massive, but quite a long way from you! Sorry I couldn't be more help

Gaz70

rain put a dampener on things today at our carboot all i got was a box for a digicam with everything except the camera... might be handy for a quid
then from charity shops got an old pine shelf for £1.50, a gamers guide and an old card game and two old lego sets boxed. for 2 quid
hoping tomorrows boot is better ! getting addicted to them though.. and this thread