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Free: Vacuum cleaner hose (Braintree CM7) Expired 129d - Flexible, extending hose for a vacuum cleaner. When relaxed it is about 5 feet long, the external diameter of one connection is about 1.5 inches and the other is about 1.25 inches. Very good condition, I doubt that it has ever been used. I don't know the manufacturer. Collection from Braintree town. If you would like this please be sure to say when you can collect.

Free: Cake storage tin (Braintree CM7) Expired 130d - Large cake storage tin 8 inches tall (20cm) and 8 and a half inches diameter (22 cm) decorated for Christmas with pictures of Father Christmas and Christmas trees. It originally contained a Christmas cake but all the information about this is printed underneath so if you wanted to use it to put in a cake or sweets as a present you could easily cover this up. Otherwise it would make a good storage tin. It is clean and in good condition and has not been used for anything other than containing the original cake. Collection from Braintree town. When replying please be sure to say when you can collect. Cake not included.

Free: Shoe Rack (Braintree CM7) Gifted 143d - metal shoe rack: height 22 inches (54 cm) width 18 inches (45 cms) depth 7.5 inches (9cm). Good condition. Collection from Braintree town. If you ask for this, please be sure to say when you can collect.

Free: House plant Billbergia Nutans (Braintree CM7) Gifted 305d - 2 house plants, Billbergia Nutans (bromeliads) also known as Queen's Tears or Friendship Plant. Not currently in flower but expected to flower shortly after Christmas with unusual red and blue pendant flowers on long stems. Good indoors or in a heated greenhouse or conservatory. Decorative pots included. Collection Braintree town. When asking for this please be sure to say when you can collect and whether you want one or both.

Free: Roofing felt offcut (Braintree CM7) Gifted 305d - 1 piece of Chesterfelt polyester reinforced shed felt approx 1 metre by 1.5 metres, unused. Might be useful to cover an outdoor toolbox, small animal cage or birdboxes. Collection Braintree town. When asking for this please be sure to say when you can collect.

Request: Garden chair (or chairs) (Braintree CM7) Expired 1y - A garden chair like the one in the picture or something similar. This one is from the John Lewis Naples set but anything a bit like it would be great. Condition is not important, I can work on it.

Free: Plant pots (Braintree CM7) Gifted 1y - More than 80 plastic plant pots, various shapes, sizes and colours. Collection Braintree town. When replying please be sure to say when you can collect.

Free: Slide bindings for documents (Braintree CM7) Expired 1y - Packet of 10 plastic slide bindings for A4 projects, essays, reports etc. Max capacity 60 sheets. 9 blue and 1 black. No, I don't know why either. Collection Braintree town. When replying please be sure to say when you can collect.

Free: Baby bath (Braintree CM7) Gifted 1y - Yellow plastic babies' bath. This is over 30 years old and has been stored in our garage for most of that time. You might not want to wash your baby in it but it could be good for washing your dog or putting your fish in when you are cleaning out your garden pond. 30 inches x 16 inches approx. Collection from Braintree town. When replying please be sure to state when you can collect.

Free: Beach boards (Braintree CM7) Gifted 1y - 2 children's beach boards probably made of some light plastic material. Over 20 years old but have been well stored and are clean and usable. 32 inches long and about 10 inches wide. Collection from Braintree town. When replying please be sure to state when you can collect.

Free: Vacuum cleaner (Braintree CM7) Gifted 1y - Aqua Vac cylinder vacuum cleaner, old but still works. Has mostly been used for cleaning cars and after decorating. One of the castors is broken but a wordworker or diy person might find it useful to use as a dust extractor on a wood working machine. Comes with a hose, 3 pipes, brush, crevice tool and (amazingly) an instruction book. It uses a large paper filter. There is an old one it but I don't have any replacements. Collection from Braintree town. When replying please be sure to state when you can collect.

Free: Saw horse (Braintree CM7) Gifted 1y - Old wooden saw horse (just the one). Has been well used but still sturdy. 30 inches long and 22 inches high. Collection from Braintree town. When replying please be sure to state when you can collect.

Free: Pine wood shelving (Braintree CM7) Gifted 1y - 22 pieces of pine wood, believed originally to be the top of an old dresser. In the hands of a good woodworker could make a nice set of shelves or form the basis of a small cupboard. Some good pieces of tongue and groove about 47 inches long which formed the back and some strong pieces of the main structure approx 58 inches x 5.5 inches x .75 inches. Plus some decorative bits. Collection from Braintree town. When replying please be sure to state when you can collect.

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Free: Canna plants in pots (Braintree CM7) Gifted 1y - 4 canna plants currently in plastic pots but need planting out in a sunny spot into deep damp fertile soil when they should grow into good plants with large sculptural green leaves and light red flowers Collection Braintree town. When replying please say how many you want and when you can collect

Free: Tomato plants for greenhouse (Braintree CM7) Gifted 1y - 6 tomato plants ready for planting in a greenhouse now: 2 x Moneymaker (large red) 2 x Orange santa (smallish orange) 1 x Sweet apperitif (small red) 1 x Speckled Roman (beautiful large red tomato with vertical orange stripes) These are ready for planting out in a greenhouse now so need to be collected this weekend from Braintree town. When replying please say how many you want, which varieties and when you can collect.

Free: Grout protector (Braintree CM7) Gifted 1y - Applied to the grout of tiled areas in bathrooms, kitchens etc to prevent stains and mould. This is a 500ml bottle and there is about half left, so probably enough for a shower or small bathroom. Collection Braintree town

Free: Pair strap hinges (Braintree CM7) Gifted 1y - Pair of iron strap hinges taken off an old gate. Each 18" long and 2" wide (460mm x 50mm) These are heavy, strong hinges in working order of a quality which is difficult to find nowadays but they do need stripping down. I hate giving them away but I have saved them for some years with a view to refurbishing them and using them and I know that I shall never get round to it. Collection Braintree town.