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Request: Flexible Tent Poles For Garden (Highfield NE39) At Gibside Community Farm we are creating net tunnels to protect crops. Bendy tent poles make great hoops, so if you have any spare please could we have them? Many thanks

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Free: Leather pouffe (Highfield NE39) Gifted Morroccan leather pouffe in need of TLC. Small stiching repairs needed, needle holes still there. Comfy and ethnic all at once!

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Free: PHS soap dispenser NEW (Highfield NE39) Gifted PHS liquid soap dispenser, new, in box, perfect working order. Photos show inside reservoir too. I found this in a skip where they are doing up a restaurant. Hope someone can find a use for it

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Free: Kitchen stool (Highfield NE39) Withdrawn Kitchen stool. "mid century" in need of refurbishment and TLC. Has spent many years in kitchens but is now getting in the way!. Re-upholstery should be straightforward, seat is attached by wooden toggles.

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Free: Ink jet cartridges HP950 & 951 size (Highfield NE39) Expired 7 new inkjet cartridges HP950 and HP951 size to fit HP8620 or similar series printers. These are non-HP cartridges but compatible with the printer. There are 2 x yellow, 2 x magenta and 1 x cyan, 2x black XL. Also there is a set of 4 partly used cartridges taken from the printer (see a previous post about the dead printer) Please check that these will fit your HP printer before contacting me, thanks.

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Free: Freeview Box (Highfield NE39) Expired Goodmans Freeview digital TV receiver box, with power supply and remote. Our old telly went pop, we had to buy a new "smart" one. So this box is no longer required. Has RF in RF out, coaxial and two SCART sockets. Type GDB18FVZS2/A

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Free: Waxed Coat With Hood. Medium (Highfield NE39) Expired Green waxed coat, medium size. Has a detachable hood and internal poacher's pocket. Old, well used but in fair condition. Make: Yarmouth New Zealand. ideal for allotment or mucking out horses. Please note we are in Rowlands Gill. Dont waste a lot of petrol coming to collect if you are a long way away, as this defeats the object of local / low carbon activities.

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Free: crib (Highfield NE39) Expired This is a crib in which our neighbour received baby shower items. It is made of wood, 37cm wide x 57cm long x 50cm high. Could be used for gifts or as a doll's crib. Nicely made, be a shame to chop it up!

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Free: Waxed Stockman Riding Coat - Large (Highfield NE39) Gifted Brown waxed stockman riding coat, large size. It's big and very long. Make Harry Brown. Given to me by a neighbour who was having a clear-out.

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Free: Kitchen Garden magazines (Highfield NE39) Gifted Kitchen Garden magazines, about 20 or so. This is an excellent magazine for veg and fruit growers, lots of hints and tips for beginners. Well worth subscribing to if you can afford it!

1y

Free: Kitchen Garden Magazines (Highfield NE39) Gifted Kitchen Garden magazines - a big pile (approx 20) These are brilliant magazines, especially for the beginner or less experienced gardener. I would recommend any veg grower to take out a subscription!

1y

Free: Cordless drill (Highfield NE39) Expired My old cordless Performance Power drill. Drill works fine but battery is not retaining charge. The Battery is old technology Ni-Cd. It is at least 12 years old. Well used!. It works if you charge it up just before use. May be suitable for occasional DIY work

1y

Request: Teasmade (working) (Highfield NE39) Received Hello Freeglers. We are looking for a working Teasmade. Our old one has just died on us, as you can see from the steamy picture. Anyone out there got one that works, lurking unloved in the attic? Be very grateful if you have one!

1y

Free: Cleaned glass jars for jam/pickles (Highfield NE39) Gifted Now its jam making season I have approx 35 glass jars, standard size to go. All clean and labels removed. Also some bigger pickle jars if you want them.

1y

Free: HP 8620 Officejet printer for repair or spares (Highfield NE39) Expired HP 8620 Officejet professional printer. It needs to be repaired to work. Error message is "improper shutdown" plus "paper jam" . It will not move on from these. No paper jam, have cleaned it but no luck. We have had it since 2015, fantastic robust All-in-one print/scan/ copy machine. sadly I dont have the time or inclination to repair it, and I have bought a new ink-tank printer. There are also some spare non-HP ink cartridges for it HP950 and 951s.

1y

Free: Office paper shredder Ativa - 16X (Highfield NE39) Gifted This is a large and heavy office paper shredder Ativa - 16X. Seems to work OK. Switches on, shreds, and reverses OK. I rescued it from being thrown out from an Architect's office which is closing down.

1y

Free: Computer monitor screen Sony SDM-HS95P (Highfield NE39) Gifted Sony SDM- HS95P computer monitor screen. It has DVI-D and HD15 sockets but no HDMI socket. Switches on/powers up Ok, but I dont have a suitable PC with the right socket to test it any further. Rescued from an architects office which is closing down.

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