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Grizz, I've had a couple of big earners over the years. I bought a long surfboard with a cover for £10, put it on ebay and it sold for £300! The fella drove 250 miles from Durham to Essex to collect it. I picked up a set of 8 pairs of Art Deco bakelite door handles, finger plates, stancions...

Not totally relevant to the thread but Grizz would appreciate this post. Today's haul from a local boot sale. We're driving to Spain in December and managed to pick up 2 hi-vis jackets and 2 boxed warning triangles for £2.50. 3 tubes of adhesive for £2, a brand new pair of safety goggles 50p...

Grizz, I know you love boot sales! Seen many of your ventures on Rods n Sods. And, like you, I've picked up so many great deals at boot sales and the NSRA Southern swap meet. You may remember you bought a set of alloys off me for your C10 about 4-5 years ago. They were on my '59 long bed...

Certainly was, these retail around £1500 new.

Seems it closed down for good a while ago. This picture was taken in 2015. https://www.flickr.com/photos/philgyford/20096097050 This national newspaper article is from 2011. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017142/Burgled-Shopkeepers-fury-council-tells-afford-CCTV-attack.html

A little update. Not a great deal going on as I've spent the last few weeks getting stuck into the refurbishment of our recently acquired 1930's bungalow. I've laid the porcelain tiles and grouted half of them. Here's how it looks now. Plans for the next couple of weeks is to complete the...

Budget seems to be my middle name. I love going to boot sales over here. Managed to pick up some guttering parts, a bag of clips and other stuff for £1! These will be used on the other side of the roof which still needs to be completed. 2 bags of beige grout for £4 so I can now finish grouting...

In between the rain showers I managed to put up the guttering....second time around! First fixture I got it all in place, made sure it drained away properly and then found out it was a bit too low and the side door wouldn't open. Moved everything up around an inch and it's now fine. Hard to see...

Must have been a bit better than the ruins in London. Not sure if Wrights Bakery is still there. The Essex coast had it's share of damage, though. There's a great little museum in a Martello Tower at Point Clear with wreckage of various planes, machinery and accounts of happenings from the...

Thanks Garageman. :thumbup:

A few more....

No progress on the garage as I've been working on our bungalow plus the weather has been atrocious. Hope to get some more done this weekend. So, instead, here's a few photos of members cars from my local club, Clacton Hot Rod and American car club. It's a great club probably around 100 members...

Thanks:thumbup: That's how I envisaged it. Still a few more bits to do to make it 'finished' (are they ever?). I'm sure there will be many pints sunk in there in the future. Cheers!:beer:

Thanks Steve. We used to live in Hornchurch, moved here 10 years ago and wouldn't dream of going back to 'the smoke'. Cheers!

Great place Sean and a fantastic garage space! And great to see the family enjoying it and getting involved. I agree with drivesitfar, it's not about location, it's about neighbours (english spelling!) and we are blessed with great neighbours either side of us. Looking forward to seeing how...