It’s come to my attention that Charity Shop Tourism was one year old on Tuesday. What about that eh? I’ve enjoyed writing this blog more than any other I’ve attempted, and it provides much less of a whinge factory than most blogs so it’s been good fun compiling it. I’ve explored loads of random places [...]
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July 8, 2009
Hiatus the second
Now that my broken hip is healing up nicely, I’m back to the busy period of work. Which, sadly, means no more Charity Shop Tourism for just a little while, until I’m mobile, until I’m less tired out, until I’m less spanked by work. So: see you later, and for now, I leave you with [...]
March 30, 2009
Hiatus
Due to unforeseen technical issues (i.e. smoke billowing from the engine), there’ll be no Charity Shop Tourism this week, and likely next as well. My apologies. Rest assured that normal service will be resumed at some point in the near future, hopefully with some updates from further afield than ever.
Until then though, please do stop [...]
January 13, 2009
Updates
I’ve been through and added transport advice to all posts this afternoon. So, need to know how to get to Southend? Whitton? Headington? Wonder no more!
I’ve also put a list of ‘to go’ places on the Philosophy page: please do make suggestions, I’m always game for new parts to try!
January 9, 2009
More Maps!
You may notice that from today, there’s a couple of new maps that I’ve put into the Maps page. These are of runs that we make on a semi-regular basis around different parts, and if you fancy spending a day going charity shop to charity shop, this is a good place to start. Our record is 22 [...]
October 2, 2008
News (warm and fuzzy edition)
A slightly special dispatch this one, as my charity shop endeavours have been somewhat limited of late. FAITH is located on Wolves Lane, Wood Green, London and is a charity shop.. sort of. It’s really a volunteer-run nursery, staffed by people with learning difficulties as a means of introducing them back to the place of [...]
September 19, 2008
News
I’ve just discovered that Oxfam have added an online dimension to their already impressive book retailing schemata, at Oxfam Online. Here you can buy literally all sorts of books, including access to their impressive antiquarian range: we spotted one bargain; one not so much.
Albert Einstein – The Meaning of Relativity
£125
Edmund Gosse – Portraits & Sketches
£5.99
I [...]
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