Let Thrift shopping thrive in 25!

General_Grant

yorkie_cook said:

Had a really good visit to Huddersfield yesterday, went into the Kirkwood hospice shop near the church & found a pair of m&s jeans for £3.50, then walked down to the shop in the pack house centre & found 2 tu dresses, a next office shift dress, Peter storm short zip fleece, a Tu shirt, a Tesco top & a pair if George jeans for myself & a pair of Charles tyrwhitt trousers for my brother all £2 each such a haul for a size 20 lady unusual. Even bigger happy moment was when I tried everything on at home & everything fitted. Thankyou to the size 20 lady who must have had a clear out 

I checked the price on my brother's trousers when I got home an eye watering £89.99 had spotted the brand until I repacked my bag they happened to be his size.

I suspect she has been jabbing herself with whatever is now fashionable and is no longer size 20.

Nelliegrace

I remember the Wood and Sons Clovelly tea plates, bought from The Shambles in Worcester in the 60s to supplement the Green Beryl ware.

Potternerd

This pink silk Devore dress for £7.50. It doesn’t have the brand label but fortunately does have the care label or I might have ruined it.
M and S navy jumper with red and white stripes and elbow length sleeves £4.50.
Next black velvet scarf £2
M and S black pencil skirt £3
New Winter white fleece pjs £4
Kids wide leg drawstring jeans £2
Zara kids silver gilet £2  age 11-12 but fits me just right.
The Snowman Led string of lights £2
Wooden box on wheels to store DGS’toys £7
Lacoste water bottle£2
Emma Bridgewater melamine cup £1

Frith

Nelliegrace said:

I remember the Wood and Sons Clovelly tea plates, bought from The Shambles in Worcester in the 60s to supplement the Green Beryl ware.

Much missed Pratleys? 

DigForVictory

General_Grant said:

I suspect she has been jabbing herself with whatever is now fashionable and is no longer size 20.

General I don't think you were posting back in the days when someone expressed a wish for some tidily turned out person to drop dead so they could buy out an entire wardrobe from a charity shop? It was before covid & seemed funny at the time. I worry these jabs are not a good idea not least as we have ectomorphs & endomorphs for a reason, (even if it seems to be to give the ectomorphs someone to laugh at.)

MrsCatz

Frith said:

Nelliegrace said:

I remember the Wood and Sons Clovelly tea plates, bought from The Shambles in Worcester in the 60s to supplement the Green Beryl ware.

Much missed Pratleys? 

I have two small dishes from this service and some egg cups. I use them in the bathroom to hold bars of soap and bobby pins. I saw the complete set in our local charity shop over the summer.
I remember on special occasions we would eat dinner on this set.  No idea where the original went but I have collected them from charity shops over the years 

Nelliegrace

An amazing place, good prices too. @Frith

Floss

MrsCatz said:

Frith said:

Nelliegrace said:

I remember the Wood and Sons Clovelly tea plates, bought from The Shambles in Worcester in the 60s to supplement the Green Beryl ware.

Much missed Pratleys? 

I have two small dishes from this service and some egg cups. I use them in the bathroom to hold bars of soap and bobby pins. I saw the complete set in our local charity shop over the summer.

If you'd been around our local hospice shop 20 years ago you could have had our family's complete set, along with some Berylware too!

Rosa_Damascena

I bought a set of Cloverleaf Eternal Beau melamine coasters for the bargain price of 60p this week. Fleabay and similar sites are listing for silly money, but mine are for home use: https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcSpr8E8DXAiJ27J9EwfqdyWbdl1SKQ6pPtJWG1xRmtF0FbsmldRO7e2IsPlBD_2bk_G7_zdrmGc3fNKYlYgvfR11jRlVWNc9qIfYjnqmuXs9sJv5L6etHzKPA

I took a trip into Bethnal Green and Shoreditch yesterday, they are so much smarter than when I first encountered them some 35 years ago! I nipped into the Spitafields Crypt Trust chazzer on Bethnal Green Road but was sorely disappointed by both the goods and the prices, so came away empty-handed (no bad thing).

@DigForVictory I didn't read that @General_Grant was wishing harm on anyone, just that donors have no use for their wardrobe items post weight loss.

Wednesday2000

Rosa_Damascena said:

I took a trip into Bethnal Green and Shoreditch yesterday, they are so much smarter than when I first encountered them some 35 years ago! I nipped into the Spitafields Crypt Trust chazzer on Bethnal Green Road but was sorely disappointed by both the goods and the prices, so came away empty-handed (no bad thing).

I was thinking about that shop today! I went to that area a few weeks ago and couldn't find the shop I used to go to near Whitechapel.

I am in central Leigh today so will look in the shops there. I don't really need anything, to be fair.