Post by stevendoig on May 17, 2019 20:09:18 GMT
Just waking the thread up...
I've maybe mentioned before but I visit charity shops A LOT! I go around all 6 charity shops in Montrose (where I work ) twice a week and all 7 in Forfar (where I live) once a week. Whenever I'm in another town Ialways drive my wife mad by insisting icheck out their shops too. I'm always on the look out for three things -
LEGO - Amazing how lucky I get , most people either sell them at greedy prices at car boot and ebay, but stuff does turn up every month or so.
BROONS and OOR WULLIE annuals - every charity shop up here always has a few, however anything dated prior to 1974 is EXCEPTIONALLY rare - so if any of you lovely people spy any - let me know!
and of course GAMEBOOKS
I've posted before about my finds over the last few years. Considering how many were sold over time, it is incredible how scarce they are!! Every couple of months i'll come across an unexciting Wizard reprint (City of Thieves seems to be the most common) and if a Greenspine FF turns up its invariably a battered copy of Warlock of Firetop mountain.
I've picked up a good number of Osbourne puzzle books as well, they still seem quite common (both reprints and originals)
The biggest mystery is the COMPLETE absence of 'Choose your Own Adventure' books. In the ten years or so of wandering the charity shops ,I have come across NONE WHATSOVER!! Considering how many were sold, and when I was a laddie everyone seemed to own a few, I find this really quite bizarre! - Are they found in charity shops south of the border?
Anyway, the best thing about prowling charity shops in a wee town like Montrose, and it helps that I have a shop on the High street as well, is that the staff all know me well now, and even better most of them know what i'm looking for, so often when i'm having a not so sneaky fag outside the shop, someone will approach me and tell me about an item thats turned up that might be of interest.
Jings! That went on a bit - sorry!
I've maybe mentioned before but I visit charity shops A LOT! I go around all 6 charity shops in Montrose (where I work ) twice a week and all 7 in Forfar (where I live) once a week. Whenever I'm in another town Ialways drive my wife mad by insisting icheck out their shops too. I'm always on the look out for three things -
LEGO - Amazing how lucky I get , most people either sell them at greedy prices at car boot and ebay, but stuff does turn up every month or so.
BROONS and OOR WULLIE annuals - every charity shop up here always has a few, however anything dated prior to 1974 is EXCEPTIONALLY rare - so if any of you lovely people spy any - let me know!
and of course GAMEBOOKS
I've posted before about my finds over the last few years. Considering how many were sold over time, it is incredible how scarce they are!! Every couple of months i'll come across an unexciting Wizard reprint (City of Thieves seems to be the most common) and if a Greenspine FF turns up its invariably a battered copy of Warlock of Firetop mountain.
I've picked up a good number of Osbourne puzzle books as well, they still seem quite common (both reprints and originals)
The biggest mystery is the COMPLETE absence of 'Choose your Own Adventure' books. In the ten years or so of wandering the charity shops ,I have come across NONE WHATSOVER!! Considering how many were sold, and when I was a laddie everyone seemed to own a few, I find this really quite bizarre! - Are they found in charity shops south of the border?
Anyway, the best thing about prowling charity shops in a wee town like Montrose, and it helps that I have a shop on the High street as well, is that the staff all know me well now, and even better most of them know what i'm looking for, so often when i'm having a not so sneaky fag outside the shop, someone will approach me and tell me about an item thats turned up that might be of interest.
Jings! That went on a bit - sorry!