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Free: RadWeld. Part-filled 250ml bottle (Levenshulme M12) Part used container of 'RadWeld' fluid. Feels to be about half remaining, so plenty for a small engine with small leaks. Collection from Longsight M12, near Crowcroft Park. Nearest buses 150 and 192. If you reply, please provide a contact name and a contact number. Thank you.

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Free: Prestone cooling system flush. Part-filled container. (Levenshulme M12) Prestone brand fluid for flushing vehicle cooling systems. I estimate that about half the contains remain, so sufficient to do at least one flush on a small-engine car. Opened in about March 2026. See second picture for container instructions-for-use. Collection from Longsight M12, not far from Crowcroft Park. Nearest bus routes: 150 and 192. If you reply, please provide a contact name and contact number. Thank you.

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Free: Two pink, clothes hangers (Levenshulme M12) Two plastic clothes hangers. Pink-panther pink. Collection from Longsight M12, near Crowcroft Park. Nearest bus routes: 150 and 192. If replying, please provide a contact name and a contact number. Thank you.

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Free: Early 1900s doorknobs (Levenshulme M12) Two door knobs on their steel, square-profile, connecting bar. Both screws present. Functional. The knobs appear to have been badly lacquered. There are some bits of paint on each end but I don't think the knobs themselves have been painted; more likely I think that somebody with paint on their hands touched the knobs. Apart from being a little scruffy they seem to be in good condition. The bar is approximately 17/64ths, or just over 7mm in metric units, on each side. I can't identify the material the knobs are made from; possibly some sort of phenolic or other resin. They are neither wood, nor ceramic. Age unknown but based on my own extensive experience of twiddling door knobs, and the age of the house they came from, I'd guess they are 1910s to 1940s, so might appeal to somebody trying to recreate that era in their home. Collection from near Crowcroft Park, Longsight, M12 If you respond, please provide a contact name and a contact number.

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Free: Treated 'fence-post' timber (Levenshulme M12) Promised Two pieces of timber, each approximately 75 x 75 x 3010 mm (i.e. the size formally known as 3-by-3, in nine-and-a-half foot lengths). Both pieces spent six or seven years lying flat, outside on a concrete surface and exposed to the elements and thus have acquired some visual 'character'. Presently they are under-cover and dry. They are not perfectly straight but the distortion is but slight and, in my opinion, insignificant in the context of outdoor garden construction. Collection will be from Longsight M12, near Crowcroft Park. Please take the timber's length (just over 3 metres) into account when considering how you will carry them away. If you respond, please provide a contact name and contact telephone number. Thank you.

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Free: "Rolson" woodwork plane, corroded (Levenshulme M12) Gifted Badly corroded on toe (see images) but otherwise seems good. Size is approximately 10 inches toe to heel. Collection from Longsight M12, near Crowcroft Park. 192 and 150 bus routes (plus others I can't rememmber). If you'd like to beconsidered please provide a contact name and contact telephone number. Thank you.

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Free: Broken 'Asus X59GL' laptop computer (Levenshulme M12) Please note, if you are looking for a laptop to use right away for school-work or business, this is NOT suitable. This laptop is offered for repair, or for taking apart to reuse its innards. Brand: Asus. Model: X59GL. Screen: 15.6 inches In terms of both technology and prior deployments, this is an old laptop. Originally acquired in 2009 it has travelled far and has been worked hard. They keyboard doesn't reveal the age and prior use because the original keyboard literally wore-out and was replaced, as were the screen hinges. The critical problems are with the screen. It started having vertical lines on the left-third of the screen. These were present most of the time, but not always. Then, very recently, the backlight stopped working. Video is still available via HDMI (after pressing the appropriate keys) and, I presume, it will still appear on the VGA port, but I haven't tried. The vertical lines are only almost constant (i.e. very occasionally the image is perfect) and hence I suspect that the lines are due to a connector or cable problem rather than a fault with the screen or integrated circuits. The cause of the backlight malfunction is not known and hasn't been investigated. The other recalled problem is that the lid-catches have been removed (possibly they broke, but I no longer recall). The hard-disk has been removed but the laptop originally contained a 250GB SATA disk, and most recently contained a 1GB SHDD device. It will boot from USB but the USB ports are only USB2.0. The BIOS is a 2006 edition, and does not implement UEFI. The originally supplied operating system was Microsoft Vista, and the recovery disk for this is present. In its working life it operated with various editions of OpenSUSE GNU/Linux ... probably starting with v11.1 or v13.1, but just before the backlight stopped working I booted OpenSUSE 15.6 from a USB-attached drive and was running the computer with that. The motherboard has two Pentium 64-bit cores running at 2GHz, and 4GB of RAM. For web-browsing, document editing and similar 'administrative' tasks the performance was always more than adequate. The power-supply is not original. The case has a crack, and there are some scratches. As far as I know, the screen problems are the only functional problems. The DVD hasn't been used for a long-time but was working when last used. Likewise the SD slot, and WiFi. The audio ports also haven't been used recently but were heavily used in the past so might be worn. Ethernet, USB, HDMI and the built-in speakers were all in use recently. The laptop is now back in its original packing materials and carton. The original manuals (for what little they are worth) are present, as are the original CDs (not recently tested so might have degraded). Collection will be from Longsight, M12, near Crowcroft Park. If you could make use of this laptop and would like to be considered, please provide a contact name and contact telephone number. Thank you.

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Free: Single electrical socket face-plate, "Knightsbridge". (Levenshulme M12) Never used. Came out of the bag only long-enough for me to recognise that I'd bought the wrong thing, and then again to be photographed for this Freegle post. "Knightsbridge" brand, screwless single-gang, unswitched socket. It will need to be mounted on knightsbridge (or compatible, if such exist) back-box. Please check the pictures to be sure you can actually fit it onto your back-boxes, otherwise you'll be making the same mistake I made. It is SCREWLESS therefore it does NOT SCREW onto regular back-boxes. Collection will be from Longsight, M12, near Crowcroft Park. Nearest bus routes include the 150 and 192. If you'd like to be considered, please provide a contact name and a contact telephone number. Thank you.

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22d

Free: Patching plaster, unopened (Levenshulme M12) Gifted Bought in the Spring of 2026, never opened. Collection from Longsight, M12, near Crowcroft Park. Convenient bus routes include 150 and 192. If you'd like to be considered, please provide a contact name and a contact telephone number. Thank you.

22d

Free: Mortar mix, small bag, unopened. (Levenshulme M12) Gifted Bought in Spring of 2026 and never opened. Collection will be from Longsight, M12, near Crowcroft Park. Convenient bus routes incldue 150 and 192. If you can make use of it and would like to be considered, please provide a contact name and a contact telephone number. Thank you.

22d

Free: Mortar dye, red (Levenshulme M12) Gifted Red mortar dye. The tin originally contained 1 kg of powder and my estimate is that a little more than half remains in the tin. It is a powder that is mixed into the mortar so that the mortar seams acquire a colour similar to that of red clay bricks. The final colour depends on the type of cement used, and how much dye powder was added. The process is simple enough but matching to existing colours can take some experimentation. Please note, this is not a paint that you can brush or spray onto an existing wall. It is a powder that is used if you are building a new wall or repointing an existing wall. It is added to the cement / mortar powder before adding water and mixing. Collection will be from Longsight, M12, not far from Crowcroft Park. Please provide a contact name and contact telephone number.

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Free: Cardboard tube. 199cm x 8cm. (Levenshulme M12) Withdrawn Carboard tube. Quite robust. External dimensions are 199cm long x 8cm diameter. The wall thikness is two-to-three millimetres. Suitable for making games, or for storing large posters. Collection will be from Longsight M12, not far from Crowcroft Park. Usually I arrange collections by speaking with people on the telephone, so please provide a name and contact number. Thank you.

24d

Free: Small kitchen worktop offcut (Levenshulme M12) Gifted Beechwood kitchen worktop offcut. It has the standard depth of about 600mm and is about 360 mm side-to-side. The thickness is about 38mm. Collection will be from near Crowcroft Park, Longsight, M12, not far from the 150, 192 and 197 bus routes. Please provide a contact name and telephone number; thank you.

24d

Free: A4 note-books / ledger books / lab books. (Levenshulme M12) Gifted Eight books altogether, various brands. Four books are unused. The other four have had the first few pages removed (because they had been written on). Hardback, A4, lined pages. Suitable for use as laboratory note-books, or ledger books, or general free-form writing. Collection from Longsight M12, near the 192 bus route. If you'd like to be considered, please provide a contact name, and a contact number. Thank you.

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Free: Rolson floor mat set (Levenshulme M12) Gifted Set of six interlocking foam floor mats. Please see the Amazon link below for details. The mats are in good condition and are in their original carton. Intended to be used as "anti-fatigue" mats, and not intended to be slip-resistant. The whole package is about 64cm x 64cm x 10cm and weighs about 5 lbs (2.5 kg) . It could be hand-carried if necessary, and could be taken on a bus without too much awkwardness. Amazon link: Collection will be from Longsight, M12, near Crowcroft Park. Please provide a contact name and contact number. Thank you.

31d

Free: seedling plant pots (about 80 of) (Levenshulme M12) Good structural condition but grubby. Each pot is approximately 55mm high and 55mm diameter at the top. This size pot is useful when "potting-on" seedlings from a seed-tray. There are about 80 of them; take them all or take a few. Collection will be from Longsight M12, not far from Crowcroft Park and the 150, 192 and 197 bus routes. Please provide a contact name and phone number.

79d

Free: Expanded polystyrene (Levenshulme M12) Withdrawn Packaging material from a couple of domestic appliances. Possibly of use to somebody who makes model landscapes. White and of greater density, I think, than insulation board. Awkward stuff to photograph and to describe but if you think it might be of use to you please get in touch and I can provide whatever details you need to decide. Longsight M12, near Crowcroft Park.

85d

Free: Cardboard boxes, small, medium large. Also bubble wrap (Levenshulme M12) Withdrawn Cardboard boxes and bubble wrap. The larger boxes ones would be suitable for house-moves, for bedding or clothes. The medium boxes might be useful for house-moves , for books. The small boxes and the bubble wrap might be of use to somebody who has an ebay business and needs packaging. I've acquired these because things were delivered to me in them, so they have tape on them It seems a bit silly to try to describe them individually but if anybody has a need for boxes, please get in touch and we can find out whether any of what I've got corresponds to anything that you need. Longsight, M12, near Crowcroft Park.

85d

Free: Plasterboard offcuts, 12mm thick (Levenshulme M12) Gifted Five pieces of plasterboard offcuts. Each piece is nominally 12mm (or 12.5mm ?) thick. The approximate other dimensions of the five pieces are: #1 70 x 58 cm #2 40 x 56 cm #3 34 x 55 cm #4 30 x 52 cm #5 18 x 28 min to 35 max cm Take one or take them all. Collection will be from near Crowcroft Park, Longsight, not far from the 150, 192 and 197 bus routes. Please provide a contact name and telephone number; thank you.

87d

Free: Cardboard Tube 198 centimetres long, with end-caps (Levenshulme M12) About 198 cm long and 75 mm diameter. Originally used to deliver metal poles. Could be used to store pictures or to make games, or for craft projects. The end-caps press into the tube, not around it, so if they are used the effective usable storage length will be about 194 or 195 centimetres. Please provide a contact phone number and name. Collection will be from near Crowcroft Park, Longsight close to the 150, 192 and 197 bus routes.

87d

Request: tobacco tin, pencil case, shoe-polish, or similar small tin (Levenshulme M12) Received My need is for some small, shallow metal tins. Rectangular ones would be ideal but circular ones would also be useful. What I have in mind is something like a tobacco tin, or a metal pencil case. Shoe polish tins would also be usable for some of what I need. There might be other small tins that I've not encountered so please feel free to suggest something. Their condition is not critical, so long as the lids fit reasonably snuggly. Scuffed paint and a bit of rust won't matter at all. Metal is essential. One tin would be lovely but I could find uses for about half-a-dozen. Home is south Manchester but I'm often further afield around New Mills, Marple, Wilmslow, etc so happy to collect even a single tin if it is somewhere that I pass near.

107d

Free: decorative bamboo. 1m wide by 3m roll length (Levenshulme M12) Gifted Fair condition, but not pristine. Some of the strands have snapped, or been crushed. The bamboo strands are approximately 100cm long, and the sheet when unrolled is about 300cm. Some small pieces have been cut-out along one long-side. You can see one of these cut-outs in one of the pictures. The second cut-out is approximately in the middle of the roll, and the third cut-out is at the other end of the roll. If you were to trim the roll to remove the cut-outs you be left with a sheet that is 90cm by 300cm. Collection will be from Longsight, M12, not far from Crowcroft Park. Usually I arrange collections by speaking to people on the telephone, so please provide a name and a contact number. Thank you.

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Free: Picture frame 69.5cm x 102.5cm (Levenshulme M12) Gifted Picture frame. Ornate wood, painted. Fair condition. The outside dimensions of the frame are approximately 69.5 cm x 102.5cm. The picture backing is hardboard, and there is a transparent plastic cover. The frame forms a border of approximately 6cm all round, therefore the area of the visible picture will be approximately 57cm by 90cm. The plastic cover is grubby and will need cleaning. The frame has gathered some dust and would benefit from some sort of gentle cleaning with a vacuum cleaner and small soft brush. Collection will be from Longsight M12, not far from Crowcroft Park. Usually I arrange collections by speaking to people, so please provide a name and contact telephone number. Thank you.

145d

Free: Large cardboard tube, approx 197cm x 7 cm. (Levenshulme M12) Expired Cardboard tube, suitable for craft projects, model making or for storing something. It has end-caps; these are held in in place with sticky tape. The internal dimensions are approximately 197 cm by 7.5 cm, and the outside dimensions are about 199cm long, by 8cm diameter. Collection from Longsight, M12, not far from Crowcroft Park.

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Free: Netgear DG834GT router (Levenshulme M12) Expired Netgear DG834GT router. Provides 100Mb/s switch, plus WiFi. I believe that the carton contains all of the original parts, and that everything is fully working. Password and username reset to default. Please note, these routers were designed for Internet connections provided via analogue telephone lines. if you've already upgraded to a "fibre" broadband connection then this isn't going to be any use to you as a router (i.e. it can't replace a damaged "fibre" router) but it can still be used as a 100Mb/s network switch, if you need such a thing. If you'd like to be considered, please provide a contact name and a contact telephone number. Collection will be from Longsight, M12, not far from Crowcroft Park. Convenient nearby bus routes include the 150, 192 and 197. Nearest train stations are Levenshulme and Ryder Brow.

1y

Free: Octagonal empty tins (sweet tins) (Levenshulme M12) Expired Empty tins, formerly containing "Quality Street" sweets. Octagonal shape. Ideal opportunity to get a nice tin without the bother of eating all the sweets. There are two to be taken but if you only need/want one, that is also fine. Collection will be from Longsight M12, not far from Crowcroft Park. Nearby bus routes include 150, 192, 196. Please provide a contact name and a contact telephone number. Thank you.

1y

Free: 6-sigma / six-sigma books (Levenshulme M12) Expired Two paperback books on the topic of six-sigma (the management technique). One is an introductory text. The other is more specifically about the 6-sigma process in the context of product design. Both in good condition.

1y

Free: 8x DVDs (Levenshulme M12) Expired 8x DVDs, all fairly mainstream. Skyfall 007 Lara Croft Tomb Raider Elizabeth (i.e. QE 1st, portrayed by Cate Blanchett) Elizabeth, the Golden Age (QE1, Cate Blanchett) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mean Girls Charlie Chaplin collection Abigail's Party

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Free: 2x colour-changing lamps (BC22 mount) (Levenshulme M12) Gifted Two colour-changing lamps. BC22 base (i.e. what is generally the standard for UK ceiling lamps). These are LED lamps with the ability to change colour. The colour change is accomplished via blue-tooth, using a mobile-phone app. They've barely been used; I experimented with them for an hour or two before deciding that they weren't suitable for the situation in which I wanted to use them. Presently they are set to be green, so at some point I must have worked-out how to change their colour but I no-longer have the "app" on my phone. As coloured lamps they are not very bright; more of a bed-room feature or party gimmick, or a back-light for a plant or ornament. The colour can be set across to the spectrum with some ability to mix the primary colours (red, green and blue) to obtain purple, cyan and colours approximating yellow or orange. They can also be set to white, and in that mode they are brighter than in any colour mode. The box contains the instruction leaflet that explains how to obtain the "app", and how to combine lamps into groups if you should wish to do that.

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Free: cardboard boxes x4 (Levenshulme M12) Expired Cardboard boxes, perhaps of use when moving home. Four boxes, with sizes approximately as follows: 2x 450mm x 450mm x 450mm 1x 450mm x 450mm x 610mm, presently flat. 1x 300mm x 400mm x 500mm Given their sizes, I suggest that these would be suitable for less dense items such as clothes or bedclothes. They'd likely be too heavy to carry if filled with books or similarly high-density items. Collection from Longsight M12, not far from Crowcroft Park. Please provide a contact name and contact telephone number. Thank you.

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