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Free: Under Counter Freezer (Waltham Abbey EN9) Beko under counter freezer. Good working order. Top compartment really needs a new door as this is broken but will position in place. Manual defrost. Frozen at the moment as I need to get the new one running but will be ready for collection tomorrow, Sunday. Only replaced as I need to have an auto defrost model. Collection from EN9, just off Honey Lane.

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Free: Rollator (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Adult size, cherry red, adjustable height, brakes, seat, shopping bag. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9. PLEASE folks be patient when waiting for a response. I have appalling internet service but I will get back to you. I will not respond to those who demand 'I wannit' without any other communication. Thanks Vanessa

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Free: Book Life in Victorian England (Waltham Abbey EN9) Expired Vintage history book with beautiful illustrations and dust jacket. It’s a Batsford book so beautifully written. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Willow & Hazel Weaving Country Craft Books (Waltham Abbey EN9) Expired How to design and weave baskets using hedgerow and garden branches. Beautiful illustrations and the books are like new. Easy to learn crafts in 3 great volumes with designs and ideas and how to harvest natural materials for free in an environmental and sustainable way. I also introduced found items like baler twine, strips of cloth and ribbons to my baskets and hurdles - all great fun and most useful. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Mandolin Tuition CDs (Waltham Abbey EN9) Expired Excellent easy to follow riffs and fun fretwork Mandolin CDs. Great content and they really help to enjoy playing your instrument with sight reading and improvisation for playing in pubs and singing for your supper! Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9.

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Free: Harmonica Playing for Beginners (Waltham Abbey EN9) Expired An informative easy to read and get the hang of Harmonica taster volume teaching you all the basics and all the key pointers to the next level. A great skill to have and could be the start of a new music career! Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Concertina for Beginners Book (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Brilliant information on the history, bellows, reeds and obviously how to play. Beautifully approached in easy to comprehend instructions and anecdotes and some great tunes to play in the pub, local summer events and generally have fun. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Large Chinese Dragon Kite (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Perfect condition and will fly beautifully, we saw them being flown at a show! This one was only used as a ceiling decoration for a few weeks. Apologies for the pic but I couldn't hold the kite and click! Has a 60" wingspan and is made from very lightweight cloth & bamboo, very long tail and bright colours. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Decorative Glass Tea Light Holders (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Hand painted glass folk art. They look great in the twighlight in the garden or on a mantlepiece or shelf. Firm oak bases. A friendly Robin and exotic Angel Fish let me know which you’d like or both… Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: 10 Classical and a Vintage Jazz CDs (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Vivaldi, Mozart, Dvorak, Baroque all sound excellent and are really uplifting. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: CDs (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Kinks, Bowie, Buff Medways (Billy Childish), Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gary Moore, Zutons and George Harrison CDs. All sound excellent but they’re all duplicates so if anyone fancies some vintage sounds they’re here in Waltham Abbey EN9…

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Free: Country Crafts and Old Traditions (Waltham Abbey EN9) Expired 4 vintage books with great photos of life in times gone by. The pictures are particularly nostalgic and they are great reference books for anyone interested in social history of the past. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Transparent Wallet Files for photos or documents (Waltham Abbey EN9) Expired Black covers which are marked with use, all transparent leaves in excellent condition without any damage. A4 size, used at country shows so there may be a free bit of hay with them. Collect from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Pattern making tool for craft use (Waltham Abbey EN9) Expired Antique tool for decorating pottery tiles and other clay craft. There are probably loads of different application. Turned hardwood handle and brass pattern former. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Thermos Jug Flask Never Used (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted White hot or chilled beverage flask with flavour identity tags for handle. Still in the original box, bought from John Lewis. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Vintage Book On Ley Lines and Ancient Walks (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Must have for the serious walker with everything you need to feel whilst being a Ley Hunter. Using this little volume definitely increases your awareness of nature good and bad vibes and amazingly reflects good karma when out in unusual places. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Epping Forest Then & Now Hardback Book (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Is anyone, perhaps someone who’s just moved in to the area, interested in this 1st edition of Epping Forest Then and Now. It’s a hefty hardback gazetteer with loads of interesting photos, nuggets of news, scandal of the day, auction sales covering the whole of the Epping Forest area including a good section on Waltham Abbey. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Guitarist Magazines (Waltham Abbey EN9) Expired All from the last year 2023, loads of glossy guitar pics and interesting articles for some fun browsing. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Encore Provence Hardback Book (Waltham Abbey EN9) Expired With a dust jacket lovely tales of life in Provence. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Ladies Dark Blue Whistles Cardigan Size 14 (Waltham Abbey EN9) Expired Dark blue or Airforce blue. Size L and I would say it’s about a 14. Made from Wool, Alpaca, Polyamide and Mohair. Very soft and cosy for someone. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Juicer (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Hand juicer, solid polished aluminium, Italian design and very solid originally from John Lewis. No batteries required just a bit of arm power. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Sequel to Pride & Prejudice Book (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted PD James murder mystery sequel to Pride and Prejudice set in Mr. Darcy’s fabulous Pemberley Estate. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Antique Wild Flower Books (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Volumes 1 & 2 in good condition considering they’re over a 100 years old. Beautiful illustrations. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Food for Free Vintage Book (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Paperback edition with everything you need to know about foraging your own wild food for free. Written by Richard Mabel. Fantastic book, lightweight to carry around whilst walking and does not require batteries or phone signal. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Vintage Fashion Design Book (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted A vintage volume with clothing for ladies from Medieval costumes to more current times. Amazing for making period style clothes for re-enactors or Am Dram actors or students of fashion design. All have great templates and the drawings are excellent to interpret, includes designs that can be easily adapted to make wedding, prom, party clothes which I found particularly pleasurable to make. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9.

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Free: Red Hat (Waltham Abbey EN9) Expired 100% wool felted by hand in medium size. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Vintage 1960ies Dolls (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted About 18” tall with large sleeping/awake eyes. The dark haired one needs a replacement eye otherwise they’re in a good state for their age. I’ve seen some of the doll restorations recently and I wondered if someone wanted a project for the spring. The arms and legs all move as do their heads and the long hair could do with a bit of tlc. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Handmade Felt Hat (Waltham Abbey EN9) Expired Greens turquoise and blue colours with black red and pink highlights with embroidered detail. I’ve given this a quick steam to give it a good refresh and it’s come up beautifully. Hand felted in Sutton Coldfield from organic wool it’s a S/M size however if you dampen/steam it well you can stretch the felt to make it larger or let it naturally shrink to smaller as the wool felt dries. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9

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Free: Leather Gloves (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Brown leather gloves in very soft calfskin unlined. I’d say they’re S/M size and they’ve been in a drawer since I was given them but they’re a bit long in the fingers for me. Think they’d be very cosy and comfy for someone…

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Free: Shakespeare Complete Works Illustrated (Waltham Abbey EN9) Gifted Antique book over 100 years old with interesting illustrations. Collection from Waltham Abbey EN9.

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