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Latest additions / updates include:-
All listed car boots have post code and a google map place marker to help you plan your visits.
Please remember times and venues can change at short notice so please check using any contact details before setting out.
2012
19 January: Hellesdon, Norwich (Norfolk)
18 January: Wimborne (Dorset)
17 January: Lebberston (North Yorkshire)
13 January: London SW15, Dungannon (Co Tyrone N Ireland) Sharnbrook (Bedford) Stoneleigh, Corley (Warks) Histon (Cambridge) added / updated
Happy New Year!!!
4 January: Sprowston (Norfolk) restarts 8 Jan
2011
17 December: Histon / Impington (Cambridgeshire)
9 December: Aberdeen (Grampian, Scotland) Croyden (Surrey) Rathcormac (Co. Cork, Ireland)
3 December: Sprowston, Fritton, Arminghall, Bradenham, Costessey, Harford, Martham (Norfolk)
1 December: Bishops Stortford (Herts) Craigavon (Co Armagh, N Ireland) Stalybridge (Cheshire) Swansea, Bridgend (Glamorgan)
Activcheltenham and Activbath
I've exchanged links with the Car Boot Sales and Antique Fairs pages of Activecheltenham and Activbath - Your local community guides for Cheltenham and Bath and the surrounding areas.
These pages add to the information on my Gloucester and Somerset pages and are kept up to date.
They are definitely worth consulting.
- This site lists over 2000 different car boot locations around the UK and Ireland plus many more car boot sales world-wide.
- Click on interactive map opposite to find a local car boot sale.
- Most have a link to a Google map to show the exact location of the carboot.
My son has done some more coding so you click on 'Map' button of a car boot and its infoWindow pops up on map at an increased scale to show its location.
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Stolen Goods. Unfortunately, stolen goods are often sold at car boots. I've been notified by a carbooter that this week this week a Stihl MS 260 chain saw and Alpina Chain saw were stolen. Kent police can be contacted on 01732 379 170 crime reference BY/8342/09.
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BEWARE when searching the internet. Many links apparently to sites about car boots in Google are bogus. They usually include random letters and numbers in the address eg im2zd9 plus several hyphenated words taken from a genuine website and are not .com or .co.uk addresses (see address in green at bottom of Google listing / in status bar). They lead to sites which download viruses, trojans and other types of malware. carbootsRus does not try to download any malware. All links to external sites in it have been tested and were ok when tested.
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Devon Car Boot
A car boot sale has been organised to bring different generations together in a South Hams village.
The Yealm Park and Marjorie Walk Residents' Association is teaming up with a Yealmpton youth club to host the fundraising event and raise money for the Youth of Yealmpton Organisation (YOYO).
It will take place at the village's recreation ground between 8.30am and 11am on Sunday.
The cost will be £5 for cars and £10 for traders.
Call Sylvia Frampton on 01752 880530.
Details from This Is Devon
Map on the Devon page.
Popular car boot sale re-opens - Chalon Way - St Helens - Merseyside
The popular Sunday Car Boot Sale at Chalon Way in St.Helens is set to return on Sunday, 16th October following a month's closure.
Following a review of the car boot sale spaces will now be limited and the council will be taking bookings for this event. An online booking system will also be made available shortly.
This system will allow the public to book their position making entry to the site quicker and easier.
Ever-growing visitor numbers raised concerns over safety at the multi-storey car park used for the Sunday morning event. So, following advice from the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, the decision was taken to close the car boot sale until a review could be carried out.
Councillor Barrie Grunewald, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Culture, Communications and Town Centre said: “I know that many people were disappointed when it was closed but I am delighted to announce that it is returning. Public safety is always of paramount importance and we had to make sure that the event was safe for people to attend and enjoy.”
Further details regarding the reopening and future events can be obtained by contacting the Markets Office on 01744 677155.
John @ carbootsRus hopes this will do the trick but often the problem is the large numbers of buyers, not sellers, that cause the problems.
Newburgh Indiana USA to host Car Boot Sale
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Saturday October 15 will see an English style car boot being held in the parking lot of Newburgh's Town Hall on East Water Street. The organiser, Connie Yoak, says you are welcome to pull in your car, open your trunk or, as they say in England, your boot, and sell your stuff.
Connie points out, "The reality is that the English boot sale is very much like an American flea market. The object of the game is to rid your house of stuff. One man's trash is another man's treasure."
Spaces are limited so you will need a reservation. Contact Connie by email or phone her on 490-0006 It costs $10 for a space, setting up is from 7am and buyers are welcome from 8am. It will finish at noon. There will also be the usual Farmers Market adjacent with apples, melons, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, grass-fed beef and pork, honey, flowers, herb oils, and artists. |
Council set to overhaul car boot sale policy
from the Yorkshire Post 20 December 2010
PRIVATE organisations may soon be permitted to hold large-scale car boot sales in Sheffield, if a change in policy is agreed that could generate an extra £25,000 a year in licensing fees for the city council.
At present, Sheffield Council's policy means that only the authority itself is licensed to put on the events, but car boot sales have not been held in the city since the previous site at Blonk Street was sold in May 2008.
However, officials from the city council have drawn up plans which would see an overhaul of the policy on licensing such events.
The changes would mean that small local fairs would no longer have to apply for a licence and private organisations could hold car boot sales, in the hope that more events would take place as a result and bring in additional revenue for the council. Read more.... |
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Markets are being threatened with closure.
Local Authorities are quoting 600 year old Royal Charters which 'give them authority to ban markets within a day's donkey ride of another.' None actually seem able to produce copies of these charters in today's English.
They claim this distance is equivalent to about 6.25 miles and are measuring as the crow flies. In one case Tyneside Council has to decide whether to allow a market to be set up within a donkey's ride of the market in South Shields. The distance as the donkey rides is nearer 14 miles.
Anecdotal evidence is more markets are better for the areas.
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Increase Numbers of Car Boot Days
At the moment only 14 car boot sales a year can be held on any field in Green Belt land. The organisers of
"Warrington's Favourite Car Boot"
are petitioning to allow them for 28 days. They state "We go on about recycling, please tell me what is more efficient than recycling your unwanted items than burying that in land fill sites. A good day out for people and if run properly, a safe and clean way of raising extra cash and emptying your garage."
To support their petition, click here
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New Year's Resolution: please resolve to check in your local paper and email me updated information about one car boot every week. Please don't forget to say which county / area it's in.
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Transfer tapes to MP3 free (Updated Information).
My birthday present, back in August, was an MP3 player from Amazon. It came with trial software letting me rip all my tapes to computer in WAV but only encode 20 to MP3. I've exhausted the 20 so I searched for a freebie and found a fully functional free one at Audacity
. (Most are just trials or only copy 75% of your file!). At this rate, I'll need to get myself a bigger MP3 player!
MadSally
has full details of how to transfer it all (again free!). To transfer you need a tape player, preferably mains, with a headphone socket (from a car boot sale) and a line-in on the computer + a 3.5mm stereo jack-to-jack lead. Good luck.
I've also found NCH Software which has an even better piece of software which can convert your vinyls and tapes directly to mp3!! The quality of recording is excellent.
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The best options are either to set-up a peer2peer network using a cross-over cable or use the PCmover USB2 cable, if you have USB2 on your old machine.
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Telephone queues
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Bienvenue, St Germaine-sur-Vienne
Three bedroom, charming self catering fermette, 10km from Chinon. Perfect, quiet location for Loire Valley holidays and house-hunters. Ideal for cyclists / walkers. Sleeps 5. £230 to £295 pw
Tel : 01732 761442 (evgs)
French gite - Pays de Loire |
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The Barn, Hepple, Northumberland
Three bedroom, self-catering, sensitively converted barn with adjacent 14th-cent Pele Tower. Perfect, quiet location for Borders holidays and house-hunters. Ideal for cyclists / walkers.
Sleeps 6. £316 to £418 pw
Tel : 0870 197 5853 (quote ref 4166)
Holiday cottage - Coquet Valley |
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Llangrannog Cottage near Cardigan
Beautiful and characterful cottage only 5 minutes walk from Llangrannog's (blue flag) sandy beach with its 2 cafes, pubs and local shop. The patio, ideal for BBQs, overlooks a stream.
Sleeps 5. £170 to £260 pw
Tel : 07769567671
Holiday Cottage - Wales |
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Car
Boot Sales: facts & figures
Each year 1.5 billion pounds
are spent at Car Boot Sales in the UK.
One million people visit Car Boot Sales every weekend during the season.
Average spend £9.61 per visit.
Most profitable boots London (£83), Wales (£80) per boot full |
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The UK has
'Car Boot Sales', what do others have?:
- France -
Brocante
/ vide-grenier (empty your attic) / Troc et Puces
(exchanges)
- Australia - Swap
Meet
- USA - Garage Sale
- Wales - Arwerthiant
/ Sêl Cist Ceir
- Ibiza - rastrillo
- Netherlands - kofferbakmarkt(trunk barge = barge-boot)
- Italy - 'sofitte in piazza'(= cash in the attic) also 'mercato delle pulci' = flea market; 'mercato dell'usato' = car boot
- Finland - kirpputori
- Denmark - Loppemarked/kraemmermarked
- Sweden - bakluckeloppis / bakluckan / loppemarknad
- Norway - Loppemarked / loppis
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Tips for buying / selling:
Buying:
- get up early!
- always bargain
- check all the boxes
- check for damage
- beware of electrical items unless seen working
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Selling
- Take plenty of change and plastic bags
- Use a bum-bag to keep money safe
- take warm clothing
- clearly display your items - make book and video titles easily seen
- put a tablecloth / sheet on your table
- price up the bigger items beforehand
- take some stationery: pens, pencils & stickers
- be honest, helpful and remain polite
- on arrival, walk round for 10 mins, then set up your pitch, otherwise you will be overwhelmed.
- selling for a charity? If so consider using the GiftAid form to donate your takings - this may increase the amount by 25%
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Parking - several organisers have been warned by the police that their car boot may be in jeopardy if customers park on the verges outside or the drivers may be ticketted for obstruction. So, please park inside the grounds. |
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