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Request: window box for planting seeds (New Costessey NR5) - Hello Has anyone got any unwanted window boxes for planting seed inside? I'm hoping to plant more vegetable seeds for the garden. They mustn't have holes in the bottom, some seem to have holes! Within a five mile radius of NR5/New Costessey. Thanks for looking. Kind regards Simon
Photo of window box for planting seeds (New Costessey NR5)
Photo of window box for planting seeds (New Costessey NR5)
Request: Angle iron or industrial vertical shelf supports (New Costessey NR5) - Hello Thanks for looking. I am hoping to aquire some stout angle iron or industrial vertical shelf supports to make structures in my garden, such as a wind break as pictured or to support grids for plants to grow up. In length between 3 foot and 8 foot long within an approximate radius of 5 miles from New Costessey/NR5. Kind regards Simon
Photo of Angle iron or industrial vertical shelf supports (New Costessey NR5)
Photo of Angle iron or industrial vertical shelf supports (New Costessey NR5)
Photo of Angle iron or industrial vertical shelf supports (New Costessey NR5)
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Request: String or chord for garden use (New Costessey NR5) - Hello all Thanks for looking at this. I'm hoping to be given a fair length of stout string or nylon chord. I will be using it in my garden for assorted structures like runner bean tripods. Some times there are forgotten balls of string or chord no longer needed in sheds or household draws or boxes. I can collect within a five mile radius of NR5, ( New Costessey). Request: Small logs for a wood burner (New Costessey NR5) - Hello I am hoping to acquire some logs for use in my wood burner. They can be newly cut, so unseasoned, I can store them for a year or more to season. Maximum 9 inches diameter and minimum two inches. I can cut them down so they will fit in my small car as long as I have access to electric power for my electric cutter. If you have any other suitable wood that would be good too. I can't use wood products, eg chip board or hard board as the glues aren't good for the wood burner chimney. Nor can I use painted or treated wood, creosote, even if it was treated a long time ago and now looks as if it's gone! Nails are not a problem. Within a five mile radius of NR5, New Costessey. Thanks for reading this. Request: Thumb piano (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Has anyone got a thumb piano that is unwanted please. They are often like a small wooden box with attached thin metal strips which are flicked with a thumb and then the box amplifies the vibration. My wife would like one as her Dad has dementia and has had some music therapy which was very good for him and she could use a thumb piano alongside this therapy to help him. Thanks for reading this. Request: CD storage rack - wall mounted (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hello I am looking for a wall mounted CD storage rack, ideally a small one about 18 inches high. Or a taller one which I could cut down and adapt. The rack shown in the photogaph has two holes for screw fixings, one at the top and one at the bottom but a similar one cut down could be used with just the top fixing point. Within about a 5 mile radius of NR5 or New Costessey. Thank you for reading this post.
Photo of CD storage rack - wall mounted (New Costessey NR5)
Photo of CD storage rack - wall mounted (New Costessey NR5)
Request: Bicycle bottle cage (New Costessey NR5) Received - Hello all Has anyone got a bicycle bottle cage surplus that they no longer need, within about 4 miles of NR5/New Costessey. Thanks for reading this post. Request: pole for linen line (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hello Has anyone got a spare linen line pole. We have one pole but the other end is under a tree and washing is getting pooed on by birds who sit in the tree. So we need to move the other end away from the tree. From within about a five mile radius of NR5 or Old Costessey if possible. Thanks for reading this.
Photo of pole for linen line (New Costessey NR5)
Request: Light for music stand (New Costessey NR5) Received - Hello all Has anyone got a surplus/tatty clip on light for a music stand. Not mains powered but battery or rechargable battery. Within about a 5 mile radius of NR5. Thanks you for reading this post. Request: A5 or nearly that size ring folders (New Costessey NR5) Received - Hello all Has anyone got any surplus ring binders/folders of about A5 size. I don't mind them being can be scruffy but I need them to be functional. Within about 5 miles of NR5. Thank you for reading this post. Request: Bicycle rack for over the front wheel (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hello I am looking for a bicycle rack for placing over the front bicycle wheel to place panniers on. The forks it will fit onto have threaded holes or eyelets to secure the panniers. Maybe someone has an old scruffy pair in a shed or still attached that they don't need anymore and they're too scruffy to sell but I could use. Thank you for reading this post. Request: Allen bolt or hexagon headed bolt-imperial (New Costessey NR5) Expired - I'm hoping someone has a collection of imperial bolts and can spare just one. I need it to fit an old bicycle side stand. The bolt is a 5/8 UNC ( unified national course), 16 threads per inch and about one inch &1/4 long ( the threaded part). Within a 5 mile radius of NR5, New Costessey. Thank you for reading this. Request: Jewellery fixings for seaglass (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hello I am hoping that someone will have some spare /leftovers of items like claw settings, bazel settings for making sea glass jewellery. I've shown two pictures of the sea glass with a 10p piece to give some idea of scale. Within a 5 mile radius of NR5 ( cyling distance!) Thank you for reading this.
Photo of Jewellery fixings for seaglass (New Costessey NR5)
Photo of Jewellery fixings for seaglass (New Costessey NR5)
Request: Builders bag(s) (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hi all I'm looking for some builders bags, the type that they deliver by lorry with a crane and hold sand, or stone etc. They will be used to suppress weeds etc so if they have the odd hole or small bit of damage thats not a problem. Can collect within about a 5 mile radius or NR5 or New Costessey. Thanks for reading this. Request: Bicycle, gents Dawes Karakum or Mojave or similar model (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hello I am looking for a Dawes Karakum, Mojave or similar gents bike. So it needs to have a cross bar. Frame size 18 inches to 21 inches. It will be used as a donor bike to convert to an electric bike. I will be replacing the front wheel so it doesn't matter if the bicycle is lacking a front wheel or is badly damaged. So I am hoping that someone may have a donor bike that is not rquired anymore as it needs work. I don't mind fitting new tyres, seat, or brake blocks etc. Thank you for reading this post. Request: Folding stool (New Costessey NR5) Received - Hello I am looking for a folding stool which is 16 inches high or higher. The one pictured is too small for me at about 12 inches high. There are many variations of stool, 3 or 4 legs or circular plastic any version could do. Within about a 5 mile radius of NR5. Thanks for reading this.
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Request: Old carpet or old rug to act as a garden weed suppressant (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hello all Has anyone got some surplus old carpet or rug they no longer require. I am trying to suppress some weeds in my garden. Within roughly 5 mile radius of NR5 so it's worth the journey/petrol Thanks for reading this. Request: Strap or straps from old fashioned bicycle pedal toe clips (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hello I'm looking to re-purpose some straps from the old bicycle toe clips which people use to have on their pedals. They were some times made from leather and sometimes other materials. From within approximately a five mile radius of New Costessey. Thanks for reading this.
Request: Angle iron (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hello all I need to strengthen a wire fence and wondered if anyone has some spare angle iron 6 feet in length or longer. Thanks for reading this. Request: Polythene plastic sheeting for garden weed supression (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hello all Has anyone got some surplus polythene plastic sheeting they no longer require. I am trying to suppress some weeds in my garden. Within roughly 5 mile radius of NR5 so it's worth the journey/petrol! My e mail isn't working so if you wouldn't mind please text, 07821 568 351, thanks. Thanks for reading this. Request: Coal for fire (New Costessey NR5) Received - Hello all I am hoping to collect any unwanted coal that someone may have surplus as they longer have a fireplace, or other reason! An amount that is worth making a trip for and within 5 miles of NR5, Bowthorpe, Norwich. Thank you for reading this. Regards Request: Tin(s) of spray paint for metal primer and or black or white (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hello Thanks for reading this. I am hoping to get a tin or tins of primer paint for metal, they're usually grey and perhaps black or white spray tins of paint, again for metal. Its for a bicycle. Regards Simon Free: Slide projector, Model Norimat 300 West German (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Slide projector Noris made in Western Germany- model Norimat 300 Serial number 61282 Needs a new belt for the fan under the machine. The bulb works in the machine but the light doesn’t project out due to a metal plate being in the way. This may move if slides were loaded in, I don’t know. Comes with a spare bulb and long lead. The lead is very long and ends in a three pin with 2 round pins. This then goes into a stout rubber socket with a short lead going to a normal three pin. Due to this arrangement it must be vintage!! Request: Single ring burner or gas stove to fit on a cylinder (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hello I have a gas cylinder, as in the photograph. I am hoping that someone may have an unwanted single burner which screws on top of the cyclinder. The cylinder is a Campingaz 904 model. The single burners can be known as a gas stove as well. Thanks for reading this.
Photo of Single ring burner or gas stove to fit on a cylinder (New Costessey NR5)
Free: Superhero poster with LED lights frame needs repair (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Fabric Superhero Poster -Justice League with LED lights frame needs repair Some of the DC characters: Batman, Superman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Women and more. From a company- Height 79 cm and width 59 cm approximately. Takes 3 AA batteries and looks good in daylight and striking in low light with the LEDs shining from the hero’s eyes etc. From smoke free home. Item located in NR5, 4.5 miles west of central Norwich with easy off road parking. Assume item still available and suggest some dates/times for collection
Photo of free Superhero poster with LED lights frame needs repair (New Costessey NR5)
Photo of free Superhero poster with LED lights frame needs repair (New Costessey NR5)
Photo of free Superhero poster with LED lights frame needs repair (New Costessey NR5)
Photo of free Superhero poster with LED lights frame needs repair (New Costessey NR5)
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Request: Firewood to suit a wood burner ( can cut up old pallets etc) (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Firewood Firewood to suit burning in a wood burner Wood with nails and screws is OK. Palletts, I have a small Nissan Micra so it's only a small car but if I could have access to electric power I can cut the wood up into smaller sections for transport. No wood products : eg chipboard, plywood, painted wood or recently treated wood as they are bad for the chimney. Within about 3 miles of NR5 New Costessey Thanks for reading this. Free: Small light green bath for pond/garden use (New Costessey NR5) Expired - This is a small bath , it has a small hole in the bottom, biro placed near it for scale but could be filled if required. Could be used in a garden for a pond, planter, rain cover etc etc.
Photo of free Small light green bath for pond/garden use (New Costessey NR5)
Photo of free Small light green bath for pond/garden use (New Costessey NR5)
Request: Car manual, Haynes for Fiat 500-- 2009 (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hi all My daughter has bought a Fiat 500 car and I would like to help her fix it up. The Haynes manual has the title, Fiat 500 and Panda 2004 to 2012 petrol and diesel. If anyone has a copy that they no longer want I'd be very grateful. Thank you for reading this. Request: Bicycle handle bar tape (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hello I was hoping to find some handle bar tape for a bicycle. I have another use for it, to place around a bike's cross bar to save it from being scratched when leaned up against something. Maybe you have some left over that will not be used or just some oddments. I could use different colours of short lengths. Thank you for reading this. Request: Oil lamp chimney and or shade (New Costessey NR5) Expired - Hi everyone I have an oil lamp shade and chimney which have cracks in and I wondered if anyone has got some examples in better condition then mine that they don't want. Thank you for reading this advert.
Photo of Oil lamp chimney and or shade (New Costessey NR5)
Photo of Oil lamp chimney and or shade (New Costessey NR5)
Photo of Oil lamp chimney and or shade (New Costessey NR5)
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