Category Archives: News

I hadn’t realised my state of neglect here at CST, but I’ve fallen off diamondgeezer‘s list of blogs that link to him through ‘month-long neglect’. Whoops. Rest assured I’ve got a backlog of posts to compile and put up, but … Continue reading →

No post this week I’m afraid: essays due soon. More next week maybe.

People sometimes misunderstand what I’m aiming for with this blog. Certainly it’s about charity shops, but I’m no thrifter or financial manager – I really don’t have the organisational skills to be truly skinflint. I’m not making any bold claims … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

  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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →