Nantwich Again!

Pleasant wander around Nantwich this morning now it's a bit cooler. Big Pride thing going on with crafty stalls and clog dancers etc. Lots of flags and rainbows everywhere. Got a few bargains in the charity shops - Chas 'n' Dave CD boxed set with "rarities" disc I'd not seen before, CD of one of my all time faves - Fairport Convention "Leige and Leaf" that I used to have on vinyl . I may even have the CD somewhere but for quid I just had to have it! Also DVD "Dee Blue Sea" Terence Davies. Hazel bought herself a toy for her birthday I have to wrap up. Also a pair of chef's trousers. On way home we dropped in on the hospice warehouse to have a mooch round. Bumped into old train gang member Geoff ? George? for a quick chat - he works there every other Saturday. Now he's retired - busier than ever - brass band meetings, guitar lessons, walking the dog, gym lessons, charity work etc. Made me feel very lazy! Bought a nice old French school book to cut up for collages. Hazel bought a stack of old dolls house wallpaper, brick paper, tile paper etc. Also a novelty birthday cake carousel that plays "Happy Birthday" as it revolves. And she told me off for thinking of buying some old photos "as we have enough!" Blimey!

Nantwich

Nice wander around ye olde Nantwich. The market to say hello to the toy man who was busy framing a splodgy ink drawing of a cow. He had a nice Xmas in Tunisia he said but the rubbish problem was annoying. We noticed a similar problem in Cheshire - the roadside garbage is disgusting! Anyway, Nantwich is relitively free of rubbish thankfully. The local council obviously does a good job of sweeping it under the carpet or whatever it is they do with it. A few bargains to be had including some battered and play worn tinplate toys. Also an Indian recycled "pop pop boat" found at the Hospice warehouse on the way home near Winsford. Made from a biscuit tin by the looks of it. Hazel got a puffy coat for the garden and some more wool. Sunny start but soon clouded over. Some cavaliers and roundheads in the town square. Hazel said they were re-enacting the battle of somesuch this afternoon. We left before the trouble started!

Boy Scouts Boot - Knutsford

A few bargains from our morning trip to Knutsford on the Heath. Lots of punters despite the threat of rain. Got a great pile of DVD's including some foreign films on the excellent Artificial Eye label. Nice little pressed tin railway workers hut ( Hornby ). Hazel found some gadgets including a rare soap saver. Also a flour sifter. Then to Audreys to clean up a desicated mouse she caught in a trap about a year we just discovered! Ugh! Now the rain is really coming down - we were so lucky this morning!

Boot At Blakemere

This mornings boot sale bargains from the Blakemere rummage. Lots of stalls despite the drizzle and cold wind. felt more like October! Brrrr! Bumped into Bob who had a battered trumpet on his table. he said it had a mouthpiece but he sold it online as it was a rare Foden's Brass Band one. Hazel did well with tons of plants. a shirt, zips, necklace, badges, a coloured glass for a candle, a penguin lighter, an ostrich pencil sharpener etc. I only found two badges and nice set of Rapidograph pens with spare ink.

Boot Sale - Moss Farm

A few bargains from the boot sale over at Moss farm today. The weather wasa bit cloudy but no rain. Hazel got all these. I found nothing. Bob did the painting "Peeking Duck". He gave it to Hazel but she insisted on buying it - ok 50p he said. She also bought some old tins and a mysterious compact with "paddy" on the front. It has an unusual mechanism inside that pushed powder out in small ammounts through slits in a revolving doodad. She also got a solar light bulb, a lamp and several other object darts.

Nantwich

Just a few bargains from our trip to Nantwich this morning. Roads a bit of a nightmare due to detours, etc. but nice to wander round the market and the charity shops. Found a nice frame and some cheap pens. A DVD copy of Joseph Losey's "The Servant" from the Oxfam shop. Hazel got some books and jug from the Hospice shop on the way home near Winsford. I got a book about WW2 memorablia and stack of CD-R's that are always useful. Home for tomatoes on toast.

Vagrants

Nice drive through Cheshire's leafy lanes to Vagrants near Nantwich for boot sale. Got a few bargains including some films I wanted to see again particularly the Bob Dylan doc. by Pennebaker. Nice old snakes and ladders board with wooden dice cup and counters. A battered "Striptease" card game that Hazel found. She also got some metal bits, hooks, a massive teaspoon, shelf brackets a table tennis trophy "Barnoldswick Winner 1956 Arnold Greene " , other bits and bobs. Just nice to walk around in the sunshine listening to odd snatches of conversations, some in Polish. Home again via the Co-op for some bread and salad stuff. Tried to get some ice cream wafers but they had sold out.

Boot Sale Time

Slim picking's at the indoor boot sale at Memorial Court this morning. Lots of my favourite sellers weren't there sadly so didn't get anything. Hazel found a few bits and bobs including a small trug, some hessian for rag rug making, custard glass, Dinky ice cream van, etc etc.