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Request: Water Butt (CT5) Approx 200ltr water butt wanted with stand if available. Can collect from most of East Kent

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Free: Stationary: Files, sleeves and folders (CT5) Pic 1 - 3 x A4 ringbinders. The royal blue one is a bit battered but other two are fairly good used condition. Pic 2 - Plastic sleeves (lots - good used condition) and file dividers (written on one side but not on other so can be re-used) Pic 3 - Plastic display folders x 3 with fixed plastic sleeves. Can take any or all of them Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Earl Grey teabags unopened (CT5) Gifted 2 boxes of Earl Grey teabags Unopened but recently expired. (Oct 2024 and Feb 2025) Any takers? Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Stuffed Tube! (CT5) This was from the rim of a dog bed. Any good to anyone? Approx 220cm long Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Adjustable Wheeled Walking Frame (CT5) Gifted Adustable wheeled walking frame - fairly standard I think. Good used condition Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Men's 100% Woolen Jumpers (CT5) Gifted Pic 1 - Guernsey 100% navy wool jumper. No sizing on it but seems quite long and narrowish. Great condition, except a bit of fluff/dog hair. Probably never worn. Pic 2 - M&S 100% sage green wool jumper, size 40 chest. Some loose threads and couple small holes., mendable by those with know how! Pic 3 - Casual Club 100% wool patterned jumper, size large. Quite a few loose thread and holes, mendable by those with know how! Collect from Chestfield

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Free: French Sorrel; Rumex Scutatus (CT5) Gifted 2 French Sorrel plants; Rumex Scutatus Leaves can be added to salads - give sharp citrus flavour Leaves a bit discoloured in places due to drying out too much - does better planted out. It is a perrenial and will come back every year. Collect from Chestfield

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Free: 2 Kites (CT5) Gifted 2 didakites. 1 hardly used and don't think the other one has been used at all. Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Novelty Socks (CT5) Gifted 3 pairs of novelty shamrock Ireland ('Luck of the Irish' on sole) socks. 2 pairs never been worn; 1 pair worn once (washed). Probably size 3-5. Seem smaller than the the average 4-7 sock Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Self Propelled Wheelchair (CT5) Gifted CareCo X8 High Active wheelchair. Self propelled and folds for transporting and storage Well used and a bit scruffy but still in good functional order. Cushion pad cover has been washed but still a few white dog hairs! You can find full spec on CareCo website / Collect from Chestfield

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Request: Metal Wire Shelving and/or Metal Wire Hanging Baskets (CT5) Received Does anyone have any redundant wire shelves from greenhouse staging or such like? As pictured but any size will be useful And/or the metal wire hanging basket cages? As pictured but any size will be useful I need them around the garden to protect seed sowings and plantlings from cats looking for a deluxe toilet :-/ Can collect from Whitstable, Herne bay and Canterbury Many thanks, Mandy

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Free: 2 Patio & Greenhouse Grow Beds (CT5) Gifted Patio & Greenhouse Grow Bed x 2 85cm long x 50cm wide x 28cm high Only used once - good condition. Here is link with more info about uses for them etc Collect from Chestfield

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Free: 3 Veggie Cages (CT5) Gifted 3 veggie cages - see pics for more info The spike on one of them has broken but prob still usable Collect fom Chestfield

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Free: Orchid For Rehab And TLC (CT5) Gifted White orchid that needs some knowledgable tlc to get it looking good again. I'm sure it can be done, but I've tried before with others and not been very successful. It last flowered earlier this year and has reliably flowered approx 2 x yearly for a few years now. Any takers? Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Garden Tools (CT5) Gifted Spear and Jackson shears, loppers and bulb planter. All rusty but do still cut! Should work okay with some TLC Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Metal Feeders/Containers (CT5) Gifted 2 x Eltex poultry feeders; approx L61cm x W12 x H7 3 x Metal feeder/container with hooks to hang up; approx L39cm x W19 x H12 All need a good clean but whatever thay are made of they don't appear to have rusted at all. Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Plant Containers (CT5) Gifted 3 houseplant containers in various materials Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Various Plastic And Metal Plant Containers (CT5) Gifted Various Plastic small/medium/largish plant containers. All used condition. One terracotta one has a split in rim. Small metal containers/buckets - the green and cream ones have no rust. The black and silver have some rusting to base. Collect from Chestfield. Fine to pick and choose what you want but great if someone wants whole lot!

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Free: Plastic Window Boxes (CT5) Gifted 2 plastic window boxes - Used condition and need good clean but no crack/splits or holes Approx L70cm x W22 x H20 Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Red Pepper And Chilli Plants (CT5) Gifted Hi there, I have 2 red pepper and 3 chilli plants for re-homing. Ideal for greenhouse but may be okay outside in warm, sunny and sheltered position. The red peppers are the long pointy peppers, but seeds were harvested from shop ones which worked well last year but don't always come come true to original parent plant. Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Electric corded lawnmower (CT5) Gifted Bosch Rotak 3200 electric corded lawnmower. Offering on behalf of someone else so don't know it's history but it starts okay, Can't say say anything about how well it performs though. Would be suitable for small/medium garden. On the new equivalent model it says in the blurb that the blade needs to be tightened before each use so this may be the case with this one too. Something did sound a bit loose when I started it up. Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Ladders (CT5) Gifted The double one (Youngman) is 11ft x 2 . The single one is 10ft - I guess it must have had another bit to it at some point. Any good to anyone? Can go together or separate. Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Petrol Lawnmower (CT5) Gifted Viking 2 petrol lawnmower. Is working but unreliable to start. I took it for service and was told carburetor needed replacing (this along with the full service would have been uneconomical to do, so tried making do for a while but drove me nuts getting it started in end so have replaced with battery mower). My brother said it was unlikely that carburetor needed fully replacing poss just diaphragm. Doesn't mean much to me but might to someone else who has a bit of engine knowledge. Bodywork is pretty sound with little rust and has had oil change. Any good to anyone? Not sure how old it is..... prob 5-10years. Could poss find manual if someone takes it. Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Gift Bags (CT5) Expired Various gift bags - mostly for children. Also a red taffeta like drawstring bag. Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Vintage Ewbank 525 Carpet Cleaner (CT5) Gifted Vintage Ewbank 525 carpet cleaner, still works as should I believe, don't think there's too much that can go wrong! Any good to anyone? Collect from Chestfield -- MODERATORS MESSAGE -- If you are expecting a reply PLEASE PLEASE remember to check your SPAM folder, you'd be amazed how many messages we find/or hear of that are missed because they've got sent to spam by over zealous email filters, Yahoo being by far the worst. Please also remember to check your Freegle account page for 'Chat' messages from other members and/or site volunteers. Please check that items offered are suitable, before any potentially wasted journeys are undertaken. Remember EVERYTHING on Freegle must be for FREE - Freegle = FREE, Giving, Locally, Easily. Finally PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT allow buying, selling, lending, borrowing or swapping under any circumstances.

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Request: jewellery (CT5) Expired On behalf of my daughter - any unwanted jewellery for craft/upcycling projects. Beads, pendant, chains, bracelets, broaches, earings etc Can collect from Whitstable/Herne Bay area and poss Canterbury too. Many thanks

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Free: Water/Drinks Bottles (CT5) Gifted A selection of drinking bottles. One is without a lid but others all seem intact. Can't guarantee leakproofness of any of them. Not sure why we have so many! Take all or any of them Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Coat Stand (CT5) Gifted Coat stand with 4 double hooks and umbrella/stick holder. Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Cream venetian blind (CT5) Gifted Cream venetian blind from Blinds to go. It is waterproof with wood grain effect. 115cm wide x approx 110cm long. It was in our bathroom where bath runs alongside window hence got very wet and now discoloured at bottom threads. Slats not discoloured but do need a bit of a clean. Pelmet to go accross top but missing a couple of the plastic clips. Any good to anyone? Collect from Chestfield

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Free: Magazines (CT5) Gifted 4 Ethical Consumer magazines from 2022/23 2 Wilder Kent and Junior Wildlife watch magazines from Autumn and Winter 2024 Collect from Chestfield -- MODERATORS MESSAGE -- If you are expecting a reply PLEASE PLEASE remember to check your SPAM folder, you'd be amazed how many messages we find/or hear of that are missed because they've got sent to spam by over zealous email filters, Yahoo being by far the worst. Please also remember to check your personal Freegle account page for 'Chat' messages from other members and/or site volunteers. NOTE: If there is a red dot or a red number on the 'Chat' icon at the top of your account page then there are messages/replies from others for you to read !!!! Please check that items offered are suitable, before any potentially wasted journeys are undertaken. Remember EVERYTHING on Freegle must be for FREE - Freegle = FREE, Giving, Locally, Easily. Finally PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT allow buying, selling, lending, borrowing or swapping under any circumstances.

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