Jumble Sales.... do they still exist?

powershopper

Does anyone still run Jumble Sales? Or has the Charity shop put an end to them?
In another lifetime, when we lived in a village and didn't have much money, we Mums used to love a good rummage at a jumble, often buying cotton garments to make patchwork quilts, I think this was the true ethos of the P Q anyway, woolly jumpers could be un-ravelled to re-knit as almost anything, and occaisionally a gem of a bargain.
I dont think I have come accross a Jumbly for years, have they gone for good? They were real OS economy

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let's have them back, what do you reckon folks?

Welsh_Totster

I used to love a good jumble sale when I was younger, I was always amazed at the bargains you could get. I havent seen a jumble advertised anywhere for a long, long time, shame really.

Caterina

There is a regular jumble sale at the church near where I live, I have found the most amazing clothes there, it is run twice a year in Winter and then Summer. After a couple of weeks of each run, they also run a sort of "leftovers" jumble sale, where you can pick amazing bargains of what had not sold at the main events.

If you look in local newspapers that's where they are usually advertised.

esmf73

Yes, I'm running a Jumble Sale at the end of March in aid of our local playgroup (its a charity). Already have loads of stuff and hope that others have lots more. As soon as my printer cartridge is here I will have to start printing off posters to go in the local post office advertising it!

Pick up a bargain before Easter!!

Primrose

Yes, they still exist. Our local church holds them every Spring and Summer.

goanmad

Yes, of course they do. I'd be naked otherwise. :rotfl::rotfl:

Have you missed our thread?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1988327

Claire_Bear

I went to my first one on Saturday Once you start looking for them, there seems to be loads, but they're a bit hidden unless you're keeping your eyes out!

Gigervamp

I remember my friends and I as teenagers, queuing up with the old ladies at jumble sales. We loved them, but they, as well as flea markets, seem to have disappeared since the advent of car boot sales. Much as I love a good car boot sale, I do miss a good jumble sale.