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Free: Fine art calendars (Sligo town) Seven calendars from different years all with high quality reproductions of fine art from various eras. A sample shown on the backpage of one of them, to give an idea. Roughly A2 sized. Would be easy to frame. Collect nr Radisson.

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Free: 4 gardening magazines (OX1 henwood) From 2019. February june July September Say when you can collect.

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Free: Isofix guides (OX1 henwood) Guides for isofix for car seats Two little plastic gadgets that help locate the isofix when installing a car seat.

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Free: White Insulation - “snow” (OX1 henwood) Two sheets insulation that came with food. Synthetic, not wool. Make nice “snow”. Could be teased apart very carefully into 4 sheets. Shown are two other sheets we’re keeping for tree.

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Free: Foil bags (OX1 henwood) Foil lined large grocery bags x6 (From morrisons via amazon, trying it out. No raw meat) Cherry tomatoes for scale Inches 15x17x6 approx each Seems like very robust paper I have opened out some of the bags now into flat sheets. Perhaps useful for xmas crafting or Or eco friendly wrapping paper (amazon is printed on one brown side face). Robot/Tinman costume for world book day? Windscreen heat reflector or in greenhouse? I wonder if any good for drypoint print making, backing is stout paper not tetrapak, i don’t know, but would be a large sheet if so

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Free: Ice packs (OX1 henwood) Withdrawn 6 x double packs 12 total Came with groceries No raw meat Not worth a long journey but might suit someone local Eg travelling with food over xmas. (We use a couple with the dog food in transit but don’t need all these)

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Free: Outdoor cluster lights for repair (OX1 henwood) Gifted Fantastic set of lights, have had on our guttering about 3 or 4 years, much admired. very upset they are broken. Details on box in photo. Could also be used indoors. Beyond our skillset to repair. Have cut down the male connector part where the wire snapped but can’t access the copper wires well enough. See photos. Giving away for repair by someone with the right skills to do it safely. Probably need a whole new transformer/plug Tested last weekend and working normally, but damaged when putting up. Have another set the same are up and on. can see when collecting. Collection only between Cumnor and Wootton.

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Free: Balloons 1 & 18 (OX1 henwood) Expired (Edit - the gold 8 is gone.) Large gold foil number helium balloons, Maybe 2-3 feet high for 1st birthday, or anniversary. The 8 is gone, we still have the one. It is a little soft now, not as plump as it was. Also cluster of helium balloons with 18 on. Bright colours but mostly blue.

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Free: Tile cutter needs wheel (OX1 henwood) Expired Very basic manual tile cutter. Wheel needs replacing. Something a bit similar to this one.

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Free: Pet playpen small (OX1 henwood) Gifted Small playpen with zip open roof, something like this link. Pale blue. Folding. Zip open roof. The door zip is broken though we were happy with the dog free to come and go. Used for a few months when a puppy but fully grown now and stored behind sofa.

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Free: Immunology textbook (OX1 henwood) Expired As per cover. 2nd edition. Very Clean inside but exterior a bit bumped as seen in picture

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Free: 24 Herb jars. Flower Posy vases (OX1 henwood) Expired 16+ empty herb jars. (More added since - edit) (Edit - now 24, and new photo added) Good for flower posies too. Mini vases as Table decorations for an event? Not all have lids but those that do - for saving seed from garden ? Or own dried herbs? All have been through the dishwasher, however the labels are only partially removed in some cases. Collection near Cumnor. Please

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Free: Vintage Basin taps (OX1 henwood) Gifted Taps removed from old bathrOom. Lovely heavy quality brass taps but have issues. Some limescale and a few scratches where limescale removed. Cold tap was running (more than dripping). Assumed that a washer was gone. Now that it’s out, something in the body of the tap is rattling. Tried to get in to the washer but failed. The plastic coloured button-cap that indicates hot/cold was damaged, see photo. Handles come on and off ok. Finally there is some small damage to the screw threads but i don’t think will effect usage. if you think you can get into the body and fix the rattle/washer and can tolerate the damage, they’re all yours.

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Free: Bike tyre - damaged (OX1 henwood) Expired 26” bike tyre Unusable for bike, does anyone want as some sort of bumper or other use ?

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Free: Herb jars. Flower Posy vases (OX1 henwood) Expired 16+ empty herb jars. Good for flower posies too. Mini vases as Table decorations for an event? Not all have lids but those that do - for saving seed from garden ? Or own dried herbs? All have been through the dishwasher, however the labels are only partially removed in some cases. Collection near Cumnor. Please

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Free: Fresh lemon balm - lots (OX1 henwood) Expired Going to cut back a very large plant this week. Let me know and we can liaise timing so not all dried out. It has bolted and flowers past their best. Cutting this evening sunday 3 aug.

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Free: Mature blackcurrant plant (OX1 henwood) Expired Just harvested today sunday - see pic - good yield Then pruned - quite randomly Then pulled out. Has extensive roots - see pic. Pulled at 2:15 on sunday. Roots now bagged up. I know it’s not the right season but i want the space cleared. The sooner replanted the better

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Free: Jam jars (OX1 henwood) Expired Lots of jars from sauces, pickles, jams etc All have been through dishwasher but some labels still remain. Well over 20. Collect near cumnor

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Free: Moving boxes (OX1 henwood) Gifted 4 used medium sized moving boxes in good usable condition

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Free: Gaming chair (OX1 henwood) Gifted Gaming chair. Battered usable condition. Vinyl covering has torn and has been “repaired “ with duck tape. A tiny bit wobbly, not very, possibly just needs tightening. Fully functional if you don’t care what it looks like, the issue is the leatherette. Wheels and Swivels like an office char. Reclines. Headrest. Pop out footrest. Black and red. Height adjusts.

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Free: Computer monitor (OX1 henwood) Expired Computer monitor Built in VGA Adjustable angle Working fine when last used No power cable so haven’t tested recently - power input in picture 14-16” across diagonal Collection only, cumnor/wootton area Say when you would collect

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Free: Venetian blind (OX1 henwood) Expired White venetian blind in good condition a little dusty. 120cm wide. At least that long. Collection only Near cumnor Please say when

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Free: Carpet underlay (OX1 henwood) Expired Used but Decent quality and condition. From hall, so long and thin. About 1.10x3m Collect near cumnor

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Free: Herb jars. Flower Posy vases (OX1 henwood) Expired 16 empty herb jars. Or more Good for flower posies too. Table decorations for an event? All have been through the dishwasher, however the labels are only partially removed in some cases. Collection near Cumnor. Please suggest when. Edit - a few more now

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Free: Herb jars. Flower Posy vases (OX1 henwood) Expired 16 empty herb jars. Good for flower posies too. Table decorations for an event? All have been through the dishwasher, however the labels are only partially removed in some cases. Collection near Cumnor. Please suggest when. Edit - a few more now

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Free: Curtain rail (OX1 henwood) Gifted About 4 and half feet. All the fixings. Could be cut down. Collection only near cumnor Please say when

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Free: Dried Sedum heads (OX1 henwood) Expired I’m going to chop down and put in compost unless anyone wants them. I have three plants in total, only one in the photo. The stalks are about 18” long Collect near cumnor.

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Free: Large Shed base - used (Sligo town) Expired Only good for firewood probably Battens are about 15” apart, to give you idea of size. Needs breaking up unless you can somehow take as a sheet. Random nails and screws at your own risks, suggest using work gloves. Collect nearish radisson, sunday night or monday.

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Free: Wood (Sligo town) Expired Floor of old shed Rotten around edges and not fit for reuse. Tongue and groove battened together, needs breaking up

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Free: Large Metal disc (Sligo town) Expired Was Base of broken bird feeder. Probably about 18” diam Slightly domed heavy metal disc with some decoration. Heavy Where the upright pole went through is all rusted so no central hole and would not be easy to reuse as originally intended.

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