I had high hopes of the jumble sale at the local Steiner School – was thinking there’d perhaps be a fair selection of interesting, artsy clothing and homewares – and…
This is half an old Aquascutum coat, chopped into a waistlength jacket, but done well by a woman with considerable skills as a seamstress. £5 from the car boot sale…
Very nearly had a great story for you about how I stopped in a tiny Kent village to buy a sandwich and got tempted by a near-£2500 guitar (picture below),…
It’s all Lucy’s fault. She encouraged me to buy this Top Shop tweed-effect trench-coat (£1, from jumble sale in Chailey), but it really is a bit too small (might get…
More finds from the Arlington jumble sale: reversible Aquascutum camel overcoat/trenchcoat – wool on the outside, gaberdine on the inside (or vice versa, depending on which way you look at…
Had a load of ‘points’ left over from the previous MySwish clothes-swap, so went back for a second round on Sunday afternoon to see what I could find. Not as…
Just a few slightly odd but pleasingly interesting jumble sale finds this week, from a tiny hamlet called Arlington. Six Midwinter plates (£1), sort of rectangular; glittery lurex wraparound cardigan…
Trenchcoats may be trendy at the moment, but I have a fundamental reservation about the trad belted mac: can’t help but think of flashers and dirty old men. Not sure…
Do people have boxrooms any more? Or are they now simply known as bedrooms and studies? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a boxroom mentioned in an estate agent’s blurb.…
A barter with K: she found the Aquascutum tweed at the Cooksbridge jumble, I found the pink 1960s swing coat (each £1). It was a fair swap and we are…
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