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What can £1 get you in your town?

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  • Caroby
    Caroby Posts: 145 Forumite
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    Some of the locals round here sell eggs from the end of their drives, usually 6 for £1. Don't buy em myself but enough people must do.
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,389 Forumite
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    Caroby said:
    Some of the locals round here sell eggs from the end of their drives, usually 6 for £1. Don't buy em myself but enough people must do.
    From pretty much £1 every where locally they have mostly gone up to between £1.30 and £1.50 now
  • Katiehound
    Katiehound Posts: 8,141 Forumite
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    Not my local town- but Mablethorpe

    3 paperback books for £1 in Eric's charity shop. Money goes to Macmillan's. Great bargain, great charity.
    Being polite and pleasant doesn't cost anything!
    -Stash bust:in 2022:337
    Stash bust :2023. 120duvets, 24bags,43dogcoats, 2scrunchies, 10mitts, 6 bootees, 8spec cases, 2 A6notebooks, 59cards, 6 lav bags,36 angels,9 bones,1 blanket, 1 lined bag,3 owls, 88 pyramids = total 420total spend £5.Total for 'Dogs for Good' £546.82

    2024:Sewn:59Doggy ds,52pyramids,18 bags,6spec cases,6lav.bags.
    Knits:6covers,4hats,10mitts,2 bootees.
    Crotchet:61angels, 229cards=453 £158.55profit!!!
    2025 3dduvets
  • Soontobeoap
    Soontobeoap Posts: 1,577 Forumite
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    edited 15 November 2022 at 6:09PM
    Can get lots of entertainment for £1 around here. At our local social club I can have an evening playing crib or at book club (books loaned by library) or a morning at a singing group. Our charity shops sell 2 novels for £1. The haberdashery sale for charity at the local church was selling cross stitch kits for £1, two weeks ago. (I am not a church goer but it was advertised for all) Thats my entertainment taken care of. The bargains are there if you look for them. 

    GC 2022 = £3154.96 ,  2023 = £3334. 84   2024 = £.3221.81 ,   2025 = £3974.24 .  2026    £899. 91/£3500, May £21.76 /£250
    Decluttering campaign. 2026. 33 /74 storage places, book cases, drawers cupboards and sheds. Also tidying / clearing front and back gardens , giving bathroom and kitchen a bit of a spruce up.  Me🏅⭐ DH🏅
    Make £600 in 2026 = £397.59
    NSD in May = 4/15
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