.......................and a load of rubbish!
I looked on line and decided to pop over to the viewing but everything looked much worse in real life.
The sale-yard is in a wide open spot and the wind was blowing across the surrounding fields and it was absolutely Freezing. I thought I'd combine the trip out with a visit to the nearest church - of course it was locked. On the way home the Tyre Pressure warning light came on so I went straight home to charge up the hand-held compressor and pump up the tyres, instead of stopping at another church on the way..............felt like a wasted morning............. Oh well, it got me out of the house!
I took a few photos of the slightly more interesting and less rusty lots from among loads of junk.
Random bits of Meccano .
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| I had a similar toy china tea set when I was little |
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| Who on earth collected all these flagons? And who will buy them? |
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| And someone collected old cameras - there were another couple of boxes too |
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| The scales are nice but where on earth has that huge bag of custard powder been for umpteen years |
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| A lot of old tins and packaging |
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| And more |
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| There were lots of enamel signs - they always sell well |
When they first started these three times a year special sales (they have regular weekly sales of household stuff, proper antiques and machinery sales too) there were all sorts of interesting things at every sale, but recently nothing very special.
The next sale of 'Rural Bygones Junk will be July.
Hopefully, in July, it will be a bit warmer!!!! Let us hope the custard powder bag was filled with sand or something. I'd worry about dragging some stored product pests home.
ReplyDeleteThe huge shed that the sale is held in gets really hot in summer, I feel sorry for the men who work there
DeleteInteresting comment about the boys and the Meccano! Good to see the old enamel signs! They fetch a fortune in a place not far from me!
ReplyDeleteHave a good week!
I think us girls were meant to play 'house' in the house corner! or draw pictures
DeleteNothing very exciting there. I imagine, now that the stoneware flagons have really gone down in value, someone will have to be PAID to take them away!! I imagine that custard powder has set like concrete!
ReplyDeleteI should have poked the bag to see!
DeleteLove the doll’s tea set and I would have loved that as a child. We always bought our daughter toys regardless of gender stereotypes-she loved all kinds of building toys and little sets of tools. She used to take her dolls to bits to see how they worked! It has all paid off as she sent a photo yesterday of a tall bathroom cabinet that she had built from a flat pack whilst her father in law was papering the bathroom. He husband was golfing. Catriona
ReplyDeleteNo boys toys for us although we did have a few dinky cars and farm things
DeleteYour comment about Meccano being boys only reminded me that I really wanted a car ( toy not real !) when I was young. My parents didn't want to get mee one so I played with my brother's instead !! Never wanted to play with Meccano though .Helen
ReplyDeleteI had a few toy cars and a red double decker bus and farm machinary but no other boys toys
DeleteCustard powder can explode. I kid you not! The biggest custard explosion in the UK was in Birds Factory in Banbury in 1981
ReplyDeleteGood Grief! what a shock
Delete"Oh well, it got me out of the house". I can definitely relate to that one. Those enamel signs are worth a lot of money. I have seen vintage AA road signs go for 500 Euros.
ReplyDeleteIt's been too cold to go anywhere just for a walk or to see the sea so I've not been far
DeleteWhat a disappointing day, but at least you got out of the house and got some fresh freezing cold air. I remember my Dad buying my brother a Meccano set one Christmas, he never played with it, so I claimed it and made furniture and a bogey for my teddy bear out of it.
ReplyDeleteWe had bricks called Betta Builda - English version of Lego which even had individual tiles to make the roofs, probably because of Dad being a builder but no Meccano
DeleteI've never heard of Mecano sets but I see they are similar to my older brother's Erector set. That reminded me of the days when my daughter was little and carried a cute pink purse with her but it was usually filled with GI Joes as she had 4 older brothers!
ReplyDeleteMy brother had Meccano and on wet days we both played for hours with it. I have 2 daughters no sons but they also got boys toy as they are so much fun.
ReplyDeleteOh golly to potentially explosive custard powder! I never knew that could happen. There would have been nothing in the sale to interest me either, and certainly not on a freezing cold day :( It's been far too cold here to venture very far, only to the village and back this morning. I'm longing for a bit of milder weather soon.
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What a disappointing sale. I would be a bit concerned about the custard powder, if it were really custard powder as it can be explosive, especially when old! Looking forward to the catchup visit to the churches.
ReplyDeleteThe sales are a roll of the dice. The cup of coffee or tea on the way home is guaranteed.
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ReplyDeleteYou really do need to learn the rest of the words to this song you keep singing!! Although it does go very well with the tune in my head. :-)
DeleteYou know, an interesting thing happened when I got that comment. I was asked if I wanted it translated from Afrikaans. (I guess we know the fellow isn't local). Anyway, just for giggles, I did translate it. Die means the.
DeleteOh my that tea set brings back memories of the one I had as a girl. I wonder what happened to it......
ReplyDeleteI see your troll is back.
God bless.
How disappointing. The child's tea set looks nice. Oh my on the custard powder. I wonder what made them keep that!
ReplyDeleteOur local auction house seems to be full of collections , rarely anything appealing to us. Umpteen ceramic pigs, teddy bears, flying ducks, etc etc. One person s treasure is another person's trash!
ReplyDeletePenny