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Request: OS map, Explorer 180 (New Marston OX3) This map includes the area to the east of Oxford which I'm interested in for research purposes, specifically Otmoor and its environs. If you no longer need your copy, I'd be very grateful to have it.

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Free: Linseed oil, 2 fl oz (New Marston OX3) Gifted Useful for use with oil paints and wood renovation.

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Free: Quarto typing paper, 50 sheets (New Marston OX3) Gifted Useful for someone who has a USA printer* (doesn't fit UK printers!) *Maybe works in the Philippines ones too??

147d

Free: Pine shelving unit (New Marston OX3) Gifted Pine shelving unit, height 90cm, width 90cm, depth 42cm. Would need to be placed against a wall. Has been used in a home office for storing stationery, etc. Please specify when it would be collected (avoiding 20th).

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Free: Slow cooker (New Marston OX3) Gifted Fully working slow cooker, with removable casserole dish. Overall dimensions 28cm wide x 22cm high. Three settings: high, low and auto. If you'd like it, please specify when you would be able to collect it (from New Marston).

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Free: Expanding drawer tidy (New Marston OX3) Expired Plastic drawer tidy with movable upper layer which expands to 52 cm wide. Un-expanded, it is 30 cm wide. It's 40 cm long. Unused.

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288d

Free: IKEA laminate worktop off-cut (New Marston OX3) Gifted Useful for craft room or outdoor kitchen? Size: 63.5cm front to back, 2.8cm thick, width = 55cm at the front, 53.5 cm at the back. End piece, so the front and right-hand side are fully finished. Original description from IKEA: /

295d

Free: Filter for a cooker hood - see link for compatability (New Marston OX3) Gifted Charcoal carbon filter for a Bernstein cooker hood, 170mm in diameter. Their website lists the extractor fans that it is compatible with. . In its original packaging.

296d

Free: Five doors (3 six-panel, 2 semi-glazed) (New Marston OX3) Gifted Following house refurbishment, five pine (type) doors are available. Three are 3 six-panel doors, one of which is painted white on the back (which looks good). Two other doors are semi-glazed, one of which requires more work because it has what look like claw marks (dog shut in kitchen??) All are 198.1 cm x 76.2 cm x 3.5 cm, so will require a large car or a van to collect.

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Free: Toaster - works well (New Marston OX3) Gifted Dark grey, two-slice toaster, bought 18 months ago from Dunelm (own brand). Slight marks on the steel top but generally in good condition and full working order.

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Free: Under-stairs door (New Marston OX3) Expired Heavy MDF door, just under 2 cm thick, 55cm wide and 65.5 cm tall. The previous owners had created a cupboard under the stairs, and this is the door. Painted in white gloss, has small hinges, a slide lock and a decorative knob handle.

1y

Free: Bundle of plastic loose leaf file pockets (New Marston OX3) Gifted Approximately 50 used but good quality plastic file pockets for storage in ring binders (photo for illustration purposes only) Two bundles available.

1y

Request: MP3 player (New Marston OX3) Received If you have an MP3 player you no longer need, I would be very grateful to have it to replace mine which has an ever-increasing intermittent fault. I use it to listen to podcasts when I can't get back to sleep in the early hours. Many thanks for checking!

1y

Free: Art Quarterly magazine (New Marston OX3) Expired Four issues of Art Quarterly, the magazine for the National Art Fund. Spring, Summer and Autumn 2024, summer 2023.

1y

Free: Pair of metal brackets for, eg, hanging baskets (New Marston OX3) Gifted Upright: 18 cm high. Projection: 30 cm out.

1y

Free: Very large, robust cardboard box (New Marston OX3) Expired It's 25cm deep, 62 cm wide and 88 cm long. Good for storage, might fit under a bed?

1y

Request: Two plastic garden chairs (New Marston OX3) Expired Looking for two upright green plastic garden chairs. Optimistically planning for next summer, having realised there's a sunny spot to enjoy outside the kitchen door.

1y

Request: Insulation pads from Hello Fresh deliveries (New Marston OX3) Received Do you have deliveries from Hello Fresh? I can't find the contact details of the Freegler who gave me some of the "felted" insulation pads (40cm x 80cm) made out of recycled plastics. I'm using them to make garden cushions but have run out and would like at least two more (but could take 10 if they were available!!!)

1y

Free: offcuts from carpet tiles (New Marston OX3) Expired The original polypropylene carpet tiles were 50 cm square. The size of the offcuts are marked in yellow on the middle photo.

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Free: Jars of shoe cream - dark red and scarlet (New Marston OX3) Gifted Partly used jars of shoe cream, one a dark red and the other scarlet. To be applied with a cloth, and polished with another cloth. Smarten up those red shoes with the right colour polish!!

1y

Request: Plastic (charity) collection boxes (New Marston OX3) Expired We're a voluntary group (not a charity) promoting electoral reform*, and we'd like to collect donations at our stalls for printing leaflets, meeting room hire, etc. Do you have any collection boxes you no longer need? If so, we'd be really grateful to have any you can spare. (* Make Votes Matter Oxon)

1y

Request: Plastic cone - used for pets after surgery (New Marston OX3) Received Much as I would like a cute dog like that, I'm actually after a clear plastic cone for a DIY project. Did your furry friend have one post-surgery, and is it no longer needed? Thanks in advance!

1y

Free: I litre of Wilko Timbercare preservative (green) (New Marston OX3) Gifted A generous litre remaining in a 5L can of Wilko Timbercare water-based wood preservative (contains wax) for, eg, garden shed, fence, outdoor furniture, etc. "Evergreen" a dark olive green.

1y

Free: IKEA Aspekt knife sharpener (New Marston OX3) Gifted IKEA knife sharpener surplus to requirements, as have decided to continue using a traditional sharpening stone.

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