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Free: wooden rod; hand weaving frame (near Britannia Plaza) Gifted I have a small wooden rod, 12" with round end, probably served to slip into something to be hung up; also a small round weaving frame with 25 holes. Can be used to make coasters etc. from raffia, to make a dream catcher or used for anything you fancy.

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Free: Folk Dance LPs (near Britannia Plaza) I have about 20 LPs with mostly Scandinavian dances. Some from other countries like Poland, Bulgaria, England. They come with a metal box to transport them. Take any or all.

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Request: Garden shears (near Britannia Plaza) I am looking for garden shears to trim grass between plants etc.

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Request: wire mesh (near Britannia Plaza) Received I need another small piece of wire mesh for my compost bin. I closed of one hole where the plastic had been chewed through, now the squirrels are gnawing away at the handle on the cover. I wnat to put wire mesh below and on top. 2 peices of 3" square would be sufficient.

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Free: woman's summer straw hat (near Britannia Plaza) Gifted good condition. the colour is a bit more yellow golden than on the picture.

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Free: Christmas Cactus Seedlings (near Britannia Plaza) I have a Christmas cactus that is growing out of bounds. Anyone who wishes to pick some of the twigs/leaves to plant them is welcome to pick some. They are easy to grow, just put them in some water and roots will sprout. the second pictures shows some with roots. It is sitting on my porch. Once the cactus is trimmed enough, I will remove the ad. It normally blooms around Christmas with purple/red flowers, provided it gets enough light.

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Free: soil, curbside, time sensitive (near Britannia Plaza) Withdrawn A large amount of soil available for pick up, today June 3. Will be picked up tomorrow morning or during the day, then another load will be dug out. I assume Thursday morning would be the last chance to get any. there is a 10 m long 'hill' of soil. If you want it, act fast. near 853 Norton Ave.

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Free: Book on European painting (near Britannia Plaza) See Table of Contents to get a sense of the selection.

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Free: Yarn and other handwork items (near Britannia Plaza) Gifted I have a variety of yarn made and other objects to give away: the larger beige item is the front of a crocheted summer top that was never finished. Made of beige cotton. Could be unraveled to recuperate the yarn. The yellow-orangy knitted item is fine high quality cotton. The orange ball of yarn is very fine high quality cotton yarn, fine than the slightly darker one. The small knitted white piece is wool, so is the small dark blue one. The small brown crocheted piece is cotton. The round wooden item is for handweaving coasters from raffia and the like. 9“ diameter the wooden stick can be used for to slide inside some cloth for hanging. The small square blue piece is to make lines on cloth. No idea what it's called. It used to be my mother. there is also a salmon pink zipper and 2 Singer bobbins. not sure if they show on pic. Can be given away as a package deal or piece by piece. I just care that nothing goes to waste.

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Request: stand for garden tools (near Britannia Plaza) I am looking for an item that could be used outdoors as a stand for garden tools like rakes, shovels, hoes, bamboo sticks etc. Handles down, tool part pointing up. The top of the stand should not be wider than the bottom at least 2' high, or the items will spread and look messy. A while ago I received a square clay flue from someone. Something like that would work too.

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Request: face cloths (near Britannia Plaza) mine are all falling apart. If anyone has any to give away, let me know

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Request: Hammer (near Britannia Plaza) Received I need a hammer, medium size and weight, ideally including a forked end to remove nails.

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Free: Book on Hungarian Folk Customs (near Britannia Plaza) Gifted Smallish, with pictures, about 100 pages. The VHS with Turkish dances mentioned in the other post is also in the photo

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Free: folk dance CDs, DVDs, VHS (near Britannia Plaza) Gifted I have a bunch of CDs and DVDs which the International Folk Dancers of Ottawa group has given away. One is a VHS. I think most are DVDs with instructions. The majority are Balkan dances, but it's a mix. If you have questions re a specific one, let me know.

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Request: wire mesh/chicken wire (near Britannia Plaza) Received I am looking for a piece of wire netting or the like to fix a hole that rodents have chewed into the air hole of my round compost bin. One square foot is big enough.

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Request: plant stands (near Britannia Plaza) I am looking for something suitable as a stand for plants that can be used outside. Ideally I would like 2-4 of them. different heights welcome.

38d

Free: 2 calendar prints, mounted (near Britannia Plaza) 2 prints from an old calendar with medieval paintings. Mounted on some kind of rigid foam. both have hooks on the back for hanging.

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Request: Garden chair cushions (near Britannia Plaza) I have four metal garden chairs that are awfully hard to sit on. I would take cushions for even one or 2 chairs.

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Free: Polish-German & reverse dictionary (near Britannia Plaza) one Polish German and one German Polish dictionary from the early 1970s. Each volume has about 1000 pages.

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Free: woman's summer top (near Britannia Plaza) Gifted Small to medium size, hand-crocheted, pure cotton. Colour is turquoise.

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Free: Chinese hand analysis (near Britannia Plaza) Book on Chinese hand analysis that I haven't read yet after 20 years. Looks interesting, but I won't study it.

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Free: Misc. books (near Britannia Plaza) 4 novels from Turkish authors, one Israel tour book from 2006, one Pakistani bio

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Free: photo album (near Britannia Plaza) holds several hundred photos. has space for writing on each page.

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Free: folklore decorations (near Britannia Plaza) Pencil for size. these are 7 folklore prints that look Mexican to me.

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Free: skiing snowman candle holder (near Britannia Plaza) Another out of season offer. Comes in a box with styrofoam. I can take it out of the box and send another picture if required.

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Free: Christmas table cloths (near Britannia Plaza) Gifted I know this is out of season but Christmas will come again before you know it. I have 4 large round padded plastic table cloths to give away. I can send pictures with more details if required.

53d

Request: garden hoe (near Britannia Plaza) I had a small hoe with a blade on one side and 4 teeth for raking on the other, but it disappeared. would love to find something similar, but just the hoe format would do. Barbara

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Request: hand held mirror (near Britannia Plaza) Expired I need a a mirror with a handle like they use at hairdressers', not a small one to fit in a purse. I am growing my hair and need to see the back when I experiment doing it up.

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Request: dish towels (near Britannia Plaza) Received I need a bunch of dish towels to dry dishes. Mine are falling to shreds.

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Request: mobile ballet barre (near Britannia Plaza) Expired I am looking for one of these small barres that you can move around.

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