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Free: Wooden wardrobe, traditional style (Marchmont EH9) Small wardrobe (W 93cm H 175cm D 54cm), 1960s style, light wood. Good condition. Collection from 3rd floor tenement in Marchmont, no lift.

15h

Free: Metal shelving, self-assembly (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn IKEA Broder metal shelving: - 5 shelves @ 79 cm x 37cm - 10 shelves @ 120cm x 37cm - 6 uprights, 205 cm high - 30 shelf brackets - 6 adjustable width cross-braces - stabilising wall brackets - screws and bolts - IKEA leaflet Already dismantled, ready for transportation. Collection from a 3rd floor flat with no lift.

2d

Free: Small brown glass containers with lids (Marchmont EH9) Gifted About 18 assorted very small jars with lids, mostly Solgar pill containers. Suitable for holding spices, herbs, screws, washers, etc. Or pills.

3d

Free: Glass jars with lids (Marchmont EH9) Gifted About 18 assorted glass jars with lids, mostly used nut-butter containers. Smallest holds about 200ml, largest about 600ml.

3d

Free: Drinking glasses (Marchmont EH9) Gifted A mixed collection of odd tumblers, beer mugs, etc. (see photo)

12d

Free: King-size duvet cover & superking-size sheet (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn King-size duvet cover, white with pale grey edging, and flat white super-king sheet.

14d

Free: Mattress topper, king-size (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn A memory-foam "topper" (i.e. additional cushioning layer), 2.0m x 1.5m x 0.04m, to fit on top of a king-size mattress.

15d

Free: King-size duvet(s) (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn A pair of John Lewis "four seasons" duvets, i.e. two duvets of the same size (king) which can be used separately or clipped together to make an even thicker duvet. The slimmer one is 4.5 tog, heavier one is 9.5 tog. Filling is synthetic, not feathers. (Duvet cover and flat sheet may also be available - see other posting)

15d

Free: Learn Spanish course (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn A home study course for learning Spanish - see photo for details. (Note -- it uses reel-to-reel tapes, not CDs or cassettes.)

27d

Free: Rug (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn Hard-wearing short pile rug with rubber-ish backing, 1.88m x 1.34m.

30d

Free: Papier-mache trays (for eggs or for packing) (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn 25 papier-mache trays, 30cm x 30cm, suitable for holding eggs, but also useful as padding when packing something fragile.

36d

Free: Cardboard boxes (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn About 15 cardboard boxes, from quite small ( c. 25cm x 14cm x 14cm), via medium-sized (several around 30cm x 30cm x 20cm), to fairly large (c. 60cm x 45cm x 30cm). Available in flattened form (I don't have space for them otherwise... and it'll be easier for you to carry them.) (If they aren't taken very soon, they'll have to go into the recycling.)

36d

Free: Stereo cassette player... with a catch (Marchmont EH9) Gifted AIWA AD R707E stereo cassette deck, with lots of features. BUT... it has developed a fault. If you feeling like trying to get it working again, you are welcome to have it. Otherwise, it goes to the rubbish collectors. Soon. (With a cassette loaded, pressing PLAY gives a few clunks as if the cassette had reached the end of the tape - which it hasn't - and refuses to play. No other symptoms.)

41d

Free: CD/DVD boxes (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn 20 plastic cases for holding CDs/DVDs. Assorted colours and styles.

42d

Free: 2Kw electric heater (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn Electric convector heater: very old but still working well. 2.0 Kilowatts, rotating knob to adjust heat level, no on/off switch (have to switch at the mains socket, or plug it into a plug-in timer). Has detachable feet, with sockets at the back to allow it to be wall-mounted instead. 62cm W x 50cm H x 18cm D

43d

Free: Microwave oven (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn Sharp 209 microwave oven, 800 W, in working order, with instruction booklet.

44d

Free: 2 IKEA rugs (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn Two hard-wearing IKEA "EGEBY" rugs, each 140cm x 80cm, both as in the photo. Some of the corners are curling up, but that should be fixable. Otherwise, they should have a several years to go.

45d

Free: Electric convector heater (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn Electric heater: very old but is still working well. 1.5 Kilowatts, three settings (low, medium, high), no on/off switch (have to switch at the mains plug, or plug into a plug-in timer). 68cm W x 51cm H x 20cm D

45d

Free: Dimplex electric heater (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Electric convector heater, 5 years old, 2.0 Kilowatts (with boost to 3Kw), programmable to 3 slots during the day. Has detachable feet, with sockets at the back to allow it to be wall-mounted instead. (Some of the digital facilities listed for this model are no longer working.) 74cm W x 45cm H x 15cm D

46d

Free: 1960s albums on reel-to-reel tape (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Five 1960s albums on 2-track quarter-inch audio tape (*not* audio cassettes), in their original boxes as purchased. That is, these were sold as professionally-taped counterparts to vinyl LPs -- they are not home recordings. "Please Please Me" : The Beatles "Stay" : The Hollies "In The Hollies Style" : The Hollies "Dance With The Shadows" : The Shadows "Goon But Not Forgotten" : The Goons (two episodes of the 1950s radio show) They have not been played for about 40 years, so the sound quality cannot be guaranteed.

50d

Free: Co-axial TV cables (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn A few lengths of co-axial cable suitable for connecting/extending TV aerials.

50d

Free: Kitchen chairs (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn A set of 4 kitchen chairs. Each has a metal skeleton, with a thinly padded seat and an overall skin of tough black leather. The top edges of the backs are frayed, and the bottoms of some of the legs have become worn and have been patched, but the rest of the leather is intact, and the chairs are structurally sound.

50d

Free: Odd bits of wood (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Chipboard: 2 planks, 44cm x 15cm x 1.2cm Pale wood, not sure what, most of them probably pine: 1 plank, 190cm x 11.5cm x 1.5cm 1 length, 185cm x 2cm x 2cm 3 lengths, with one edge bevelled, 209cm x 4.3cm (unbevelled side) x 3cm (to start of bevel) x 1.5cm 1 length of curved beading, 178cm x 1.5cm (curved side) x 3 facets of 0.5cm (other side) Dowel, 119cm x 2.5cm (diameter), seems to have been varnished

53d

Free: Glass jars (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn 18 assorted glass jars with lids, mostly used nut-butter containers.

55d

Free: Small case (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn This case was originally intended as storage for audio cassettes, but the internal separators have fallen apart, so it is now just a lightweight attache-style case. No lock. 37.5cm x 24.5cm x 8cm.

55d

Free: Indoor TV aerial (Marchmont EH9) Gifted A standard plug-in TV aerial, for indoor use. It has been working well for many years in Marchmont, getting all the Freeview channels.

56d

Free: Cans of old housepaint (Marchmont EH9) Gifted I have a dozen or so cans, of varying sizes, part-full of housepaint. There's about 11 litres in total, in various types (emulsion, oil-based, etc.), and in a variety of colours (mainly pastel shades); some colours have more than 2 litres. The paint is old - much of it dates back to 2011 - but I recently used some of the oldest cans for retouching ceilings and woodwork, and, after a vigorous stir, they worked well, giving an exact match to the original. (No guarantees, though.) They could also possibly be suitable for some sort of artwork (web search "Steve Camps whale painting").

57d

Free: Miscellaneous electrical stuff (Marchmont EH9) Gifted A collection of cables, switches, sockets, etc., possibly handy if you do your own electrical work.

62d

Free: Beard trimmer (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn Remington MB-320C rechargeable beard trimmer, with 9 length settings. (I suppose it could trim the scalp, too.) Charger and instruction booklet included.

70d

Free: High wooden stool - needs some work (Marchmont EH9) Gifted A wooden high stool, height 75cm, top diameter 37cm. The wicker seat is badly damaged and needs to be replaced, but all the structure is in good shape. See photo.

74d