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Free: Broken semi precious necklace (Widcombe) Gifted Can anyone out there make use of the beads from this broken necklace? When I was given it they said it had semi precious stones (aquamarine) and dark grey natural pearls? I had kept it with a view to fixing it but I know I never will!

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Free: Sewing machine (Widcombe) Gifted Vintage singer sewing machine 257 No foot pedal but you can get replacements on Amazon/ebay for around £30 (eg ) In lovely condition with all accessories. It looks like it’s been hardly used, but has lived in my mums house for a couple of decades! Heavy though so bring a car to collect it!

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Free: Random collection of art supplies (Widcombe) Gifted Two boxes of water colour paints in tubes (no brushes) old (at least ten years!) One box of oil paint and brushes (about 5 years old) Suit an art student maybe? Water colour paint tubes maybe hard but could be activated with water. Best reason for needing these gets chosen!

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Free: Wine rack (wooden) (Widcombe) Gifted Wooden wine rack - a bit dusty but still could hold 15 bottles sturdily

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Free: First Aid box (Widcombe) Expired Green well stocked first aid box full of bandages, plasters, heat blankets. I was given this last year as some of the items were close to their expiry date. But they all seem good to me. Could be of use to a scout group who might want to practise their first aid skills? Or an accident prone house hold? Or just to keep in the car?

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Free: Bird feeder (tray type) (Widcombe) Gifted Flat square type bird feeder that hangs from a hook (not supplied) Bought last year from Prior Park garden centre (£20) and the birds in our garden loved it. We had blackbirds, jays, robins and tits. It was great! Alas we also had other unwanted visitors of the 4 legged variety so I am having to give this away now... :

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Free: Windows 7 laptop (no network card) (Widcombe) Gifted Decent working windows 7 laptop from 2010 (I think) Acer extensa 5630 4gb ram and working cd/dvd drive Doesn’t connect to internet though, but this could probably be fixed with a WiFi dongle or just use a wired Ethernet connection. Used if for some programming stuff a few years ago... Complete with power cable but no case. Let me know when you can collect in your reply.

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Free: Black hair dye (Widcombe) Gifted Semi permanent hair colour unused in box. Has been sitting in bathroom cabinet for over a year unopened. Still in date. Any takers?

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Free: WiFi router (Widcombe) Expired N wireless starter kit - Belkin. No cables though (eg power supply or network cables) and doesn’t include integrated modem even though it says so on the box (!) but instruction leaflet and box are complete. A few years old now but maybe someone can make use of this?

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Request: 3.5in HDD reader/caddy (Widcombe) Received Does anyone have one of these gathering dust that I could have/borrow please? I liberated my late mum’s hard disk drive from her old computer and I just want to see if there’s anything useful on it before I bin it. I only want to use it once so don’t really want to spend £17 on a new reader from Amazon. Happy to free cycle it again if any of you kind people have one...

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Free: Clothes rail (Widcombe) Gifted Black metal clothes rail. Easy to disassemble/reassemble BUT one of the joints broke (as I overloaded it with clothes) but could still be used if the joint was repaired (with gaffer tape?) and then a sensible amount of clothes hung on it. Will take to the tip next week if no takers which is a shame as it was a high quality product.

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Free: 2 Lidded trays for food/propagation? (Widcombe) Expired These were used for cakes/snacks and I wondered if anyone could make use of these? Either for food, or could work as propagation trays maybe? I’ll recycle/bin them in a few days if no takers!

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Free: Sony wired headphones - white (Widcombe) Gifted White Sony on ear headphones (with small jack - see pic) Worked well last time I used these. Now surplus to requirements

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Free: 7 Small wooden frames (Widcombe) Gifted 7 small wooden frames. Square 10cmx10cm outer dimensions. A bit grubby from storage and age but could be easily scrubbed up/upcycled to make a nice collection.

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Free: Empire magazines (film) (Widcombe) Gifted About 9 copies of old Empire magazines from last year. Lots of great articles and photos. Might be good for collage? Seems a shame to recycle them…

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Free: Empty advent calendar box (posh) (Widcombe) Gifted Anyone want this beautiful advent calendar box I received last year? A beautiful box made of cardboard with peacock feather design, it has 24 drawers of different sizes most with the green tissue paper still in. (Otherwise it’s empty) If you don’t want to use it as a calendar then you can switch the drawers around so you don’t see the numbers. Seems a shame to recycle it. It also smells nice too as it had some lovely toiletries in it :)

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Free: A4 Teachers Planner (unused from 2020) (Widcombe) Expired Brand new teachers planner from 2020-21 A4 size with the name of our school on the front (you could stick your timetable over it!) I realised I wouldn’t use it and it’s been on my shelf for years. The actual planning pages are undated - for a 5 period day Made by Pirongs so good quality There’s just a couple of pages at the front that have the calendars for those years . You could remove them or stick correct ones over them. Seems a shame to bin this as it’s good quality. Any teachers want this?

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Free: Courgette/ marrows (Widcombe) Gifted Argh! My courgette plant has gone mad! I’ve got 3 big courgettes and one mahooosive marrow for anyone who wants it!

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Free: Two sombreros (straw hats for dressing up) (Widcombe) Gifted Two straw sombreros in good condition. Might be a useful addition to someone’s dressing up box.

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Free: Football shin pads XS (Widcombe) Expired Extra small Sondico shin pads - good condition

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Free: Butterfly clip mobile for nursery/bedroom (Widcombe) Expired Lovely hanging mobile made of wire with butterfly and dragonfly clips for you to hang small pictures etc from. Would look lovely in a nursery or bedroom. Hardly used.

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Free: Vintage table tennis bat (Widcombe) Expired Wooden table tennis bat. Pretty good condition but the red rubber side is a bit worn around edges. See pics

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Free: Bag of stone runes (Widcombe) Gifted Any would-be fortune tellers out there? I have a bag of assorted rune stones that originally came with a book (now lost)

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Free: Portable table tennis set (Widcombe) Gifted A collapsible table tennis set comprising two foam bats and a net. It fits together in sections (see pic) but also packs together small so could be good as an emergency toy! No ball and it seems to be missing one of the connectors for the “net” but you could use it with a slightly narrower net (see pic) or use a bit of gaffer tape!

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Free: Assortment of glasses and cups (Widcombe) Gifted Includes pint glasses, a stein(!) a giant white mug and a couple of smaller (slightly larger than espresso cups) Have some, have all!

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Free: Beechen cliff pe kit (Widcombe) Expired One pair of Pe shorts (ripped but easily sewed I think) size 30-32 Two Pe tops - for Chaucer house which is now disbanded but they’ll still let them wear this I think. One size 9/10 one size 13 Both in reasonable quality Seems a shame to recycle them, but not sure if anyone can make use of them?

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