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Free: Folding Camping Stool (Harrogate HG1) Folding stool for camping/garden/picnics etc. It's maybe about 15 years old at the most/at a guess! Staining to back of fabric is probably due to it having got a bit damp where it was stored in an old summer house every winter. Still seems robust.

4h

Free: Kids' football (Harrogate HG1) Small-ish football. Needs pumping up.

4h

Free: Tennis Balls, Old (Harrogate HG1) 3 old tennis balls. Good for dogs.

2d

Free: Baby Album, unused, old (Harrogate HG1) Baby Photo Album for a newborn. Unused gift. Decades old. In nice condition mostly. Just some discoloration of the first page (see photos). This could be embellished artistically with a little bit of creative imagination.

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2d

Free: Ceramic Baking Dish (with fine cracks) (Harrogate HG1) Rectangular oven-to-tableware lasagne/shepherd's pie-type dish. Has some fine cracks, so could continue to be used in the oven, but at your own risk. The underside is not glazed and is therefore porous. Perhaps someone has another use for it. It's a nice-looking dish. Dimensions: 32cm x 27cm.

2d

Free: Slice of Wood/Wooden Sign/Number Base (Harrogate HG1) Gifted A slice of very nice wood. Perhaps suitable for attaching your house number to? It was a gift with a religious verse/prayer on the other side but it was never displayed. The small grey patch is I think a bit of adhesive left from a label which was stuck to it when it was bought. This should sand off easily.

8d

Free: Anglepoise lamp (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Large anglepoise lamp. Quite old! Includes fitting to attach it to a wall or solid piece of furniture. N.B. There is no base, so it can not be placed on a surface. Works fine. Someone who knows about wiring might want to tidy up the DIY job - see close-up photo of wire end. We have used this for decades, attached to the side of a solid wooden desk, but it is no longer needed.

9d

Free: Soap dish/rack (wall-mountable option) (Harrogate HG1) Withdrawn Soap dish designed to be but has never been wall-mounted. Can be used just standing with the solid tray section catching the drops. Bought from Lakeland Plastics in the 1990s. Still in good condition.

+3 +2 +1

10d

Free: Unused Child's Bathtime Fun Whale Sponge/Flannel (Harrogate HG1) Withdrawn Fun stuffed flannel whale with small patch of loofah on the underbelly. Fun for a small child's bathtime. Never used. Unused gift. Has been hanging on a hook in the bathroom as a decoration for a few years! Recently washed to freshen him up. Starting to show signs of age. Who'd like to give this Whale-Sponge a last fling before his time is up?!

11d

Free: Rubber washers (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Various washers. Rubber. Two plastic. Mostly old. All seem okay and usable.

13d

Free: Suitcase, small, old-ish style (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Small, dark-blue vinyl(?) suitcase. Perhaps useful for storage. Good condition. A bit awkward to fasten and unfasten if you want to use the straps/buckles, otherwise the zip works fine.

+1

26d

Free: Shoe brush set (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Shoe brush set. Press-stud fastener extremely stiff to open and close. Still a neat way of storing the brushes, though. Could just hold it closed with an elastic band.

+2 +1

28d

Free: Shoe polish (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Shoe polish, various.

28d

Free: Shoe polishing & shining brushes (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Shoe polishing and shining brushes. Happy to split/share out if some people only need one or two. Also happy to pass all of them on to one person.

+1

28d

Free: Folding stool, old (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Folding stool. Old. Upcycling project?

40d

Free: Vintage Folded Wedding Photo Holders (Harrogate HG1) Withdrawn Vintage paper/fine card wedding photo holders. Portrait and Landscape. Decades old. Most are in very good condition. A few have the odd small age spot. Adds to the vintage character?!

44d

Free: Curtain track, 77cm. (Harrogate HG1) Withdrawn Short length of strong, plastic curtain track. Suitable for over a small window. 77cm long.

45d

Free: Play Balls, various (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Various balls. Mostly plastic. A couple of foam ones. N.B. The two little ones might look like ping pong balls in the photo, but they are not - they're slightly smaller than ping pong balls.

50d

Free: Sticky-backed plastic, old! (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Piece of very old sticky-backed plastic. No guarantee that it will still stick, BUT it IS still stuck to its backing paper. Dimensions: 45cm top to bottom. 41cm wide.

50d

Free: Buckets and Spades (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Plastic buckets and spades for children. Please state which ones you'd like. Having unusual problems adding photos to this post for some reason. Can send photos on request if the problem persists. Sorry.

50d

Free: Row of hanging pegs (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Plastic, wall-mountable set of 8 pegs. Pegs slope very slightly upwards, so whatever's hanging on them won't slide off. I don't think this has ever been used. Has 2 holes for screws to attach it to a wall. About 35cm long.

51d

Free: Slate Planter (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Slate planter. Slightly dilapidated, but could look picturesque containing an eruption of greenery tumbling over the edges. Heavy!!

51d

Free: Banana Hook (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Banana hook for hanging a bunch of bananas on and keeping them separate from the rest of the fruit in the fruit bowl.

52d

Free: Moulinex liquidiser/grinder (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Moulinex liquidiser/grinder.

+3 +2 +1

54d

Free: Organic White Tea bags (Harrogate HG1) Withdrawn Organic White Tea in unbleached bags. Almost full - I think 1 bag has been used. Out-of-date but does this really matter? I'm sure it does not. Has been stored in a sealed tin in a clean, dry kitchen cupboard.

55d

Free: Large bucket (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Large plastic bucket, I think possibly a brewing bucket? We've used it for years for making summer and autumn fruit jellies. No longer needed. A bit of the outer rim has cracked off, but it's still a perfectly functioning and very useful bucket. Dimensions are: 39cm high; diameter 33cm.

+1

55d

Free: Quick Yeast, out-of-date (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Doves Farm Quick Yeast. Unopened packet. Best before date: 30.11.2022.

+1

57d

Free: Umbrella (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Black umbrella. Folding/Compact type. Manual lift, i.e. it opens by hand, not by pressing a button. I am of average strength and can put this umbrella up easily but it does require an slightly firm push to click it into place. This is not the reason for passing it on. It is surplus to requirements, that's all.

+1

58d

Free: Metal tray/kitchen tray/tea tray (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Metal tray - tea tray - kitchen tray. Upcycled decades ago with a coat of paint and a fun sticker.

58d

Free: Five Year Diary (Harrogate HG1) Gifted Five Year Diary. Unused.

60d