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Free: OLD Freeview recorder - needs new HDD (Chorlton M21) Promised This is an old DigiFusion FVRT150 - look it up and you'll get an idea of how old it is. Its HDD has failed. You need an 80 - 120 IDE HDD replacement. You can get one from eBay for under £10. You'll also need a 12V/ 5A power supply. But read to the end of this post. Why you might want to do this: It's a Freeview "set-top" box that can pause/rewind the programme you're watching, and record for later viewing. It came with an 80GB 3.5" drive but I replaced it with a 2.5" 160GB laptop drive, which is quieter and uses less power. (The original power supply couldn't manage the demands of the 3.5" HDD.) The FVRT150 can only use 120GB, but that doesn't matter. I had to get an adapter to fit the 2.5" drive. I'll leave it in the machine. You can also do things like adjust the start and end time of the recording, so not limited to the scheduled times, and edit recordings you've made by trimming the start and end. We got a BT Youview box to replace the Digifusion and I was disappointed not to have those options. Why not: We stopped using it when whoever was providing the 14(!) day electronic programme guide killed the service and we were left with only the current day's programmes: that is you could tune to what is on now or set a programme later in the same day to record, but not further ahead than that. Shame. Also it's Freeview only - no internet link or catch-up. If you want to see the enthusiasm people had for these machines, look for the DigiFusion discussions on DigitalSpy. It would be a pity to scrap it if anyone could make use of it, but off to the tip if no response in a week. Collect from Chorlton M21

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Free: (Very) old desktop tower (Chorlton M21) Gifted Originally Windows Vista, now with Lubuntu 17 installed, so may be good if you want to play around with Linux. Keyboard but no mouse or monitor. Collect from Chorlton M21

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Free: Large cardboard box (Chorlton M21) Gifted 47 x 51 x 42 cm, plus some padding materials if you want them. Collect from Chorlton M21

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Free: Apple lightning earphone adapter (Chorlton M21) Gifted Lets you use wired earphones with an Apple device that doesn't have a suitable socket but has the (now old) lightning socket. Collect from Chorlton M21

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Free: Holdall (Chorlton M21) Gifted 48 x 29 x 29 cm, approx. (not leather. Collect from Chorlton M21

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Free: Nicky Clark heated curlers (Chorlton M21) Gifted Seem to be working fine. Collect from Chorlton M21

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Free: Part-used nail polishes (Chorlton M21) Gifted Part-used nail polishes (a few completely unused). Nails Inc, Autograph, Boots, Lenny Deighton, And Other Stories, Malvala.

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Request: old wireless router (Chorlton M21) Expired I have some things that by (BT) router no longer recognises. I want to see if they can connect to something less up to date. I don't need to be able to connect to the internet. Thanks

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Request: Garden sand (Chorlton M21) Received A little sand to lighten potting soil and for lawn

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Free: Phone wiring parts (Chorlton M21) Expired A selection of plugs, sockets and tools for phone wiring. The picture has a small sample only. Also some bits of cable, extension leads, adaptors and broadband filters. Hard to see what use these could be now, but offering just in case. Collect from Chorlton M21

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Free: Steam inhaler (Chorlton M21) Gifted This is a plastic cup with a mask to go over your nose and mouth so you can breath steam if you're congested. Pour in hot water from the kettle. Boxed and unused. Collect from Chorlton (M21)

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Free: Office Chair (Chorlton M21) Gifted Gas lift office chair, as pictured. Adjustable height, arms and back. Collect from Chorlton (M21)

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Free: Silcone watch strap 19mm (Chorlton M21) Expired New, bought in error. (I needed 20mm and the pins are just too short.) Collect from Chorlton (M21) - or I could drop it off if you happen to be near somewhere I'm going, but that's probably a long shot.

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Free: Cassettes (Chorlton M21) Gifted Lots of cassette tapes, mostly music from seventies to early nineties. Some pre-recorded. Ask if you want more detail. Collect from Chorlton M21

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Free: Folding screen / room divider (Chorlton M21) Gifted From IKEA, a long time ago. Can be dismantled (but the uprights are about 158cm, so no smaller than that. Cotton panels can be removed and washed (will need it, some marks) or bleached, or dyed it you'd like a different colour. 3 panels are just under 50cm wide. Collect from Chorlton M21

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Free: (Old) desktop computer (Chorlton M21) Gifted This is a computer in a tower case. Small monitor and keyboard included, but no mouse. Lots of usb connections and optical drive. Ethernet socket but not wifi. (You could add this with a usb adapter.) Has windows 7 installed, but as security updates are no longer provided also has an up to date version of Linux Mint you'd be advised to use instead; also works quicker than Windows. Suitable for basic computer work like browsing the internet, email, document writing and so on. (LibreOffice, Thunderbird and Firefox all installed as well as various other applications.) Collect from Chorlton M21 If I get lots of replies I shall wait a few days before responding, so please don't write more than once. And make sure that you keep an eye on Freegle as emails via Freegle often get treated as spam.

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Free: Trestles (Chorlton M21) Gifted Two crude trestles of the kind that builders knock up (and discard). Collect from M21 (Chorlton)

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Free: Box of old bike bits (Chorlton M21) Gifted See picture for a sample of what there is. Includes Tools, including multi tools, tyre levers; pump Reflectors for wheels, clothing and a couple of flags that stick out sideways to make you more visible and look wider to cars pedals, toe clips Brackets to attach stuff to your bike, metal and plastic, including brackets for the ancient every-ready lights and other stuff. You can have it all, or anything in particular you can use. Preference to anyone who wants to take the lot. Collect from Chorlton M21. Please give contact details you can guarantee you will notice if I reply. Freegle email often gets stuck in my spam filter; it may get stuck in your, too.

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Free: Unusual adjustable chair (Chorlton M21) Gifted Unusual because it goes quite high and has a foot rest, so for sitting at something like a counter, rather than a desk. The two pictures show it in a low and high position. The stick leaning up against it is a metre rule, to give you an idea of the adjustment range. The base is a five-legged spider, without castors. Adjustable back. The gas mechanism is a bit leaky so the usable height range (as pictured) is a bit less than you m ight expect if you weren't sitting on it. And if left to its own devices it has a tendency to raise the seat if you're not sitting on it. When you sit down you can use the height lever to fix the position again. Has been languishing in the cellar so you'll want to give it a good hoovering. Collect from Chorlton M21. Emails from Freegle often get diverted by the junk filter. Please give me some contact details that you will be keeping an eye on to make an arrangement quickly.

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Free: 2 bathroom striplights (Chorlton M21) Gifted one used, one unused 284mm, 60W These are the kind of bulb typically used in lights over a bathroom mirror. They are the old incandescent kind. Collect from Chorlton M21 Please say in your post when you expect to be able to come, and give a contact number or an email address you will be looking at. Email via Freegle often gets flagged as spam so it's easy to overlook.

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Free: Old Hotpoint Washing machine - for repair (Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21) Expired This front-loader from 1989 needs new bearings. The parts are easily available (bearing set about £10) but none of the repairers I've contacted are interested in the job, which I guess is quite time-consuming. If you know what you are doing you could do this yourself - there are quite a few instructional videos online. The ones I've looked at are for more recent machines and I could not work out how to take enough of the machine apart to get at the bearings. It can be done, though: the bearings on this machine were replaced about 6 years ago. Why might you want this? Well, you could get a working washing machine for £10 + your labour. It's from the days when robust engineering wasn't ditched to reduce production costs. It's much simpler than modern machines, so less to go wrong. It still has 7 basic programmes, + choice of spin-speed, half load and prewash. You can fill it from the hot water supply, which might be cheaper than filling with cold and heating in the machine. Why might you not? Although it's worked with very few problems for over 30 years there's no guarantee that it won't develop another fault. Maximum load is 4kg on a cotton wash, which is much less than most machines today. Model is 9533. Note the picture is taken from the internet. It's the same model, but much newer-looking than the one I have.

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Free: Harry Potter wand (Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21) Expired Has lost its magical powers but they could be restored with two AAA batteries (not supplied). Collect from Chorlton M21 I can't stop Freegle messages getting treated as spam so sometimes miss them. I shall wait a few days to see how many reply. Don't expect me to respond immediately if you ask for this. Please be patient.

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Free: Outdoor badminton set (Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21) Gifted Contains a net with guy lines and pegs, two rackets and a couple of shuttlecocks. Suitable for a bit of play in the garden or on the beach, not for anything else. Collect from Chorlton M21 I can't stop Freegle messages getting treated as spam so sometimes miss them. I shall wait a few days to see how many reply. Don't expect me to respond immediately if you ask for this. Please be patient.

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Free: Ancient tennis racket (Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21) Expired Wooden frame. You could use it for French cricket or something like that. Old tennis ball also available if wanted. Collect from Chorlton M21 I can't stop Freegle messages getting treated as spam so sometimes miss them. I shall wait a few days to see how many reply. Don't expect me to respond immediately if you ask for this. Please be patient.

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Free: IKEA Kritter child bed frame (Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21) Gifted Note: this one has no guard rail, unlike the picture from IKEA. White. Slatted base. (No mattress). (Not new.) Collect from Chorlton M21 I can't stop Freegle messages getting treated as spam so sometimes miss them. I shall wait a few days to see how many reply. Don't expect me to respond immediately if you ask for this. Please be patient.

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Free: Black and Decker WALLmate (Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21) Gifted This is like a Workmate - a small worktable with a moving top that can be used to clamp the workpiece, but it only has two legs: the back is designed to be fixed to a wall. Out of use it folds up against the wall if you don't have space to keep it out permanently. I have used an old trestle so that it can be moved around (and, outside) to support the back. You can have the trestle, or not, as you wish. Collect from Chorlton M21 I can't stop Freegle messages getting treated as spam so sometimes miss them. I shall wait a few days to see how many reply. Don't expect me to respond immediately if you ask for this. Please be patient.

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Free: Bits of carpet offcut (Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21) Expired Blue, wool/poly 45 x 360 cm (used offcut) Grey poly 54 x 410 cm (new offcut) Grey wool/poly c 360 cm square (used, small room size) And some more largeish pieces, (wool/polyester) All sizes approximate. The grey strip isn't actually a rectangle. Collect from Chorlton M21

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Free: Laptop bag (Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21) Expired Briefcase style, with shoulder strap. Main compartment and two external pockets; usual array of internal divisions, and pockets. Collect from Chorlton M21

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Free: 2 bean bags (Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21) Expired For a young person to lounge on, This picture gives only a rough idea. The blue one is rather darker than it looks here. The camouflage one is quite a lot smaller than the blue, and rather more greeny. Collect from Chorlton M21 I can't stop Freegle messages getting treated as spam so sometimes miss them. I shall wait a few days to see how many reply. Don't expect me to respond immediately if you ask for this. Please be patient.

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Free: Furniture for restoration (Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21) Gifted Various pieces of furniture that need work to be useable. If you want to get into furniture restoration these could be for you. Small dining chairs - no upholstery on the seats Two old reclining chairs Medium sized chest of drawers - worn drawers and rails will need some carpentry. Very spare Scandinavian design from the 1960s Small dark wood table top - needs legs I can give you more details if you are interested, but please only if you are serious. Collect from Chorlton M21

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