Shop Charity in '23!

Miró

Cherryfudge said:

Miró said:

Tested out the chazza shops in Hemsley this afty.  Has a good rootle around the Hospice one and Oxfam but found nothing of interest.  Both seemed like the old fashioned ‘Pre-Porter’ stylee chazzas.  Stopped off in Thirsk on the way back and picked up a b/n HeatGen long sleeved, bum covering length,  t-shirt in navy for £4 in the BHF shop.

The Helmsley Oxfam is one of my favourites - I love the way the rooms kind of wind into each other. I've found few things there over the years but haven't been since summer.

Both chazza shops had that ‘quaint’ and traditional feel about them…..like you never know what's around the corner.  Haven’t been to Helmsley for about 3 yrs myself….don’t think I would risk it in the height of summer….it is deffo a ‘tourist destination ‘ now judging by the number of tea rooms!

Made a bit of a boo boo this afty.  Went into Northallerton for the Remembrance Sunday gathering and popped into the BHF shop afterwards.  Found a pair of lovely bnwt  burgundy trousers by a make called ‘Liverpool of Los Angeles’(?) priced at £6.  Got them home and realised that the chazza had used the American sizing on the hanger so I had a pair of trousers 2 sizes bigger than I anticipated.  Oh well, I have a pair of very roomy and comfy trousers to wear around the house now!  RRP $89

wotever that is in £.

Cherryfudge

Helmsley is always full of bikers in the summer - I envy them because they go over the moors and the self I would have been had I not met DH would have been quite likely to have joined them! I'd recommend having lunch at the café in the Walled Garden, and trying the bookshop on the market square and the little deli nearby.

That's off topic - so is the fact I was at Northallerton Remembrance today, as well. But I did buy something in BHF yesterday and didn't notice those nice trousers. You could try taking them in I guess?

joedenise

@Miró - American sizes are actually smaller than our sizing:  eg our size 12 is an American size 8.

Potternerd

No wide legged trousers sadly.
However I did find a lovely light blue, lined, viscose, slightly longer than mid calf length Autograph dress for £3.50
A pair of skinny ish Levi’s £3
And for DGS who is staying with us at the moment
Blue Asda T 25p
Nutmeg dinosaur T 50p
H and M dinosaur sweatshirt 50p
M and S navy joggers £2
And a navy Regatta heavyweight parka/winter coat £6.50

Frith

I was looking for 15 ramekins this morning but instead found one le Creuset dish and a t shirt for me! 

Floss

Frith said:

I was looking for 15 ramekins this morning but instead found one le Creuset dish and a t shirt for me! 

That Le Creuset looks like one of mine that my mum acquired with Lurpak butter about 20 years ago!

Rosa_Damascena

@Potternerd - the midi dress is smart, I would have definitely snapped it up (even though it is not my colour!).

goldfinches

I'm up very late due to not being able to sleep and realised I'd forgotten to add my latest finds from my favourite BHF shop so here they are.



Left to right late Victorian jelly/blancmange mould with strawberries and leaves in a pretty pattern, £4, another British Library Crime Classic, £2, Alice Medrich's cookbook, £1, a Mepal bowl with lid £0.50 and a Sephora hand mask, £1. 

Miró

Rosa_Damascena said:

@Potternerd - the midi dress is smart, I would have definitely snapped it up (even though it is not my colour!).

Ha, not if I'd seen it first you wouldn't!!  Tee hee

Gorgeous dress!

Cherryfudge

Le Creuset envy here... What a great find! And the baking book... but would you believe I actually turned down a trawl of Thirsk charity shops the other day? I have plenty of clothes and plenty of books. And plenty of china too but as I collect vintage, there's always the 'must have because they aren't making any more of them' aspect. I also love buying yarn, but this year have bought almost none, until I've reduced the stash (which takes a lot more ingenuity and mugging up on adaptations than just buying new, so it's a slow process).

It would all be a lot easier if I found getting rid as easy as acquiring.