Jumble Sales are a rare occurrence nowadays but I went to a Giant Charity Jumble Sale held in Debenham Church a couple of weeks ago. Every pew was covered with all sorts - tons and tons of clothes - which I didn't sort through, although lots of people were.
Some people were stuffing things into carrier bags like crazy - there were no set prices and payment was by donation on the way out.
I just came out with these three things. The 500 piece puzzle is to try to get back an interest in doing puzzles - starting small!. A Glow in the dark birthday card for one of the grandchildren and a book to encourage me to get out the crayons and do a bit of drawing and colouring everyday - starting in winter I reckon. I gave a £2 donation to the church for these three items.
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Sue
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Did the rise of charity shops lead to the demise of jumble sales?
ReplyDeleteor car boot sales?
DeleteThe village where my parents lived used to have jumble sales on a very regular basis, but I wonder if that still continues now that the lady who used to organise them has passed away. My father used to collect the jumble and said that some items were "old friends" which he picked up from different addresses every few months!
ReplyDeleteThere were a couple of ladies in the village where we lived in the 80's who organised 2 huge jumble sales every year and then we had one at the Scout Hut and another for the British Legion. No one to run them now.
DeleteI used to like BIG jigsaws but now I really enjoy a 500 piece. All done in one evening and put away again. Tidy.
ReplyDeleteI opened the box an discovered the pieces are so tiny that It's impossible to see what they are. Think it's going into a charity shop for someone else to try
DeletePeople who organise jumble sales deserve a medal - lots of work for little reward.
ReplyDeleteThere must have been tons left in the church to be cleared before the Sunday service - very hard work
DeleteI love doing puzzles, 500 pieces are always manageable I think.
ReplyDeleteI used to love them but went off doing them, the one above is going out of the house again - too small pieces
DeleteThe things you find at boot sales and now here always give me a smile. Maybe you should have been a squirrel or a jackdaw.
ReplyDeleteYou've said that before ! and I proved everything is useful in one way or another.
DeleteGlad I found your blog Sue. What a dark horse you are! I love your recipes and will def try some . Jilly (Keep Active)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you found it OK. You could now read back from 2013!!! if you need something to do on a wet day!
DeleteI suppose the rags collectors give the biggest donation taking away the unsold jumble? Clothes seem to sell well at carboot sales. My plants don't.
ReplyDeleteThere are often heaps of clothes at boot sales - usually on a sheet on the ground - too back-breaking to sort through. But anyone who wants childrens clothes could probably kit them out easily
DeleteI think Rachel is right about jumble sales being usurped by charity shops.
ReplyDeleteWe have a huge stack of puzzles in our understairs cupboard, passed to us by m in law who is an avid puzzler. Perhaps we'll get one out this winter, a good pastime to keep the brain cells active.
Alison in Wales x
I discovered the pieces in the box are too small and fiddly to do - I'll have to look out for another
DeleteI've never heard of a jumble sale being in the actual church, it's usually in the church hall isn't it. You got a couple of good things and gave a good donation, I do hope everyone was as generous. I haven't done a jigsaw for years, but then I don't have a table anymore so it would be a bit difficult. :-)
ReplyDeleteDebenham doesn't have a church hall, jus a small house they use for coffees etc and I guess hiring the community centre would have cost extra . Someone said they used to have one in the church every year until covid . I was amazed at how much stuff they had collected
DeleteIt sounds like your jumble sale is what we call a rummage sale where lots of people donate stuff to be sold? I like your finds.
ReplyDeleteI started an art journal on August 1st and I doodle or write something each evening. I'm not very good but it has been interesting to see what I feel like doing each day.
Yes just the same. They used to be a regular thing, always one somewhere in local villages on a saturday afternoon in autumn and spring with a Christmas fayres in the winter
DeleteYou always find something useful to buy at a great price.
ReplyDeleteWe do not have jumble sales or charity shops. If we did, I am sure I would stop in. We do have consignment shops where anyone can take clothing (of all kinds in good repair) and the shop owner will sell items at a 60 - 40 percent cut. I tend to donate items (clothing, books, furniture, art) to Goodwill and Salvation Army and just take the tax write-off.
We have a little 50/50 shop in the village two afternoons a week but I've never found anything interesting there. It's a fund raiser for the parish magazine we all get delivered each month
DeleteI found jumble sales invaluable in the late 1970s when I had very young children and almost no spare cash - with a bit of care I could keep them supplied with toys, books and clothes at very little cost.
ReplyDeleteJumble sales are a thing of the past in the city I've moved to but big charity shops, almost the size of aircraft hangars, are doing well and I've never lost that passion for the unexpected find in clothes, bedding and books - I always find something there.
What I do find odd is something I've seen more than once - a newcomer to charity shopping who will try to haggle the price down when buying something - if anything I will offer more than the price shown - its for charity for goodness sake.
I kitted out my children from jumble sales too all through the 80's and my mother in law knitted things for them - we couldn't afford to buy everything new from shops and it was before charity shops and boot sales. I've always liked finding a bargain
DeleteI haven't been to jumble sale for decades - a real blast from the past there. xx
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