Did you know that Fakenham’s Charity Shops, yes all of them, there are 7 that I can think of, are Staffed by really kind, helpful and happy people who freely give up their time to do this work. As I am not one of them I feel I can ‘blow the trumpet’ on their behalf without any bias.!
Not only do they all have lovely Staff, they also have amazing bargains of every type, sort and description.
Being of a certain age and size I cannot find any clothes I like in the shops which trade in new clothes, but I have found things which I really do like AND can afford, in this Goldmine which is at our disposal.
Now that we cook only for two, I have also found pyrex or other casserole dishes which are exactly right for us. Oh and I found a superb complete set of fascinating history books ( I think it was called Horrid History) aimed at young people which made a good present for a 7 year old grand child.
These shops are a treasure on our doorstep and they are all helping various charities.”
Regards
Ann
Totally agree. Rector
April 14th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I stopped using the County Library years ago… not because they weren’t any good, simply because the ‘purchase and return’ process of getting your books from the charity shop seemed a whole lot more sense to me!
As a graduate in English Literature, I have trouble keeping the number books down to a managable number - if I had my way the spare room would become a library, but sadly visitors would protest at sleeping in the bathroom, so my dreams of being surrounded by books will never become a reality.
However, I often make a bee-line for the charity shops when I’m out and about (not for the clothes and casserole dishes like Ann, but for the books often huddling together at the back of the shop) and tend to find an author I’m familiar with but not a book I’ve read. I pay my £1.50 or whatever it is, read the book and then give it back to them on my return visit for a ‘new read’.
I never forget a phone call I had from my father a few years back when he excitedly told me over the phone that he’d found an out-of-print edition of one of John le Carre’s novels - something that Waterstones had failed to get for him for years and the only one of le Carre’s books he hadn’t read. It was this surprised find that led my father to do as I do - ‘purchase and return’ books at any and all charity shops that I come across.
Daniel.