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Request: Walking stick. Ex NHS type. (Forest Hill SE23) I dislike the modern metal and plastic NHS walking sticks because they rattle as I walk.

3h

Request: Wooden crook handle walking stick (Forest Hill SE23) Withdrawn I've tried the NHS ones and I dislike the way they rattle. It doesn't inspire confidence in them. I'm looking for an old traditional wooden crook handle walking stick, the heavier the better. Minimum height 34" (87cm). I can cut down a longer one though.

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Request: NHS Walking Stick or Crutch (Forest Hill SE23) Withdrawn Looking for NHS type Walking Stick (or possibly a crutch) for components to fix the one I already have. I am located Dacres Road/Perry Vale hopefully walking distance in Forest Hill please.

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Request: Compass. (Forest Hill SE23) Expired As a strange retirement hobby I've got interested in Compasses. The magnetic type that soldiers use. If anyone has one they don't need any more please let me know. By the way I've a mobility issue so can't collect from far away.

213d

Free: 2 Plastic boxes (Forest Hill SE23) Expired Two red plastic storage boxes. Stackable. Previously used for tools so not perfectly clean inside. Not to be used for food. Each box is 5 1/2 inches tall - smaller than they look in the picture.

220d

Free: Lego box. Empty. (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Lego box. Empty.

221d

Free: Sevego Backpack. (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Sevego backpack. Waterproof. Boxed and seems unused. Impulse purchase off eBay. Library picture. Please promise this will be for your own personal use and not sold on.

221d

Free: Settee. Left by departed neighbour. (Forest Hill SE23) Expired A tenant from a nearby flat has departed leaving the pictured settee behind. It has not yet rained so it might be of some use to someone. You will need a van. It looks as if the sides can be unbolted. Once it rains it will of course be useless. Located SE23 2PB. No need to make contact with me, it isn't mine. Update. Someone has fiddled with it, but its fixable.

318d

Free: Coffee table (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Coffee table, off white, looks like melamine finish. Located on pavement outside SE23 2PB. Not left by advertiser. Left by someone moving out.

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Request: Compass (Forest Hill SE23) Expired As a retirement hobby, I've become interested in compasses of various types. Has anyone got one they don't want or need any more? I'm in Forest Hill SE23.

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Free: Seeram Stainless Rice Container (Forest Hill SE23) Expired Just the double-walled thermal insulated outer container. The rice cooking pot is missing. Collection only during daylight hours, at agreed time.

341d

Free: Bike pannier (right) (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Black, grey, with reflective bits. Pretty good condition. Collection only, prefer daylight hours.

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Request: Step Stool Wooden (Forest Hill SE23) Expired I'm looking/hoping for a wooden step stool to give me access to a high cupboard in my kitchen. The picture shown is of plans for making one but I think maybe I'm no longer up to the task.

1y

Free: Chair. (Forest Hill SE23) Expired Dining room chair. Off white. Wooden. Sturdy. Seat covering requires renovation. Easily accomplished with a replacement stretch cover from eBay costing about £4.00. Seat easily removed and replaced using a 5mm Allen key (not supplied).

1y

Request: Compass (Forest Hill SE23) Expired I am an elderly man. Looking for things to do to occupy my time. One thing I've got interested in is compasses. So if there's anyone with a compass they don't want any more I'd love to have it. I will not sell on anything I'm given.

1y

Free: Shelf and hooks (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Small wooden shelf and hooks. Keys on the top hooks, clothes on the bottom four? Fixing by two screws in the wall (supplied).

1y

Free: Exercise Mat. (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Shocking pink ! Its a bit squashed at one end from storage but I expect it'll be quite ok.

1y

Free: Bean bag (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Bean bag. Rescued before it started to rain. Green, if you like that colour !

1y

Free: Walking sticks (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Walking sticks (tied together for storage). You'll need to accept all of them. One of the sticks has a metal point so I shouldn't think it wise to walk the street or take them on a bus.

1y

Free: TP-Link WiFi Range Extender (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Bought it for specific purpose and it worked. Not used it since. You'll probably need to factory reset it.

1y

Free: Collectable Candle Holder (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Candle Holder. Cast Iron. 16cms tall. By Jens Quistgaard Denmark. Early 1960's. I obtained this some fifteen years ago (probably from some bulk house clearance job lot) and it has been gathering dust since then. I am offering this to a genuine collector only. I'll ask you to promise that you'll not sell it on.

1y

Free: Table lighter (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Table lighter in the shape of a Policeman's Helmet with what looks like a Victorian badge. It doesn't work but I expect it only needs a new flint and some gas. The item was an unexpected extra in an eBay bulk purchase. As an ex-smoker its the last thing I'd want lying around. Marked Japan in the side of the mechanism. Offered to someone who will promise me that they won't sell it on.

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1y

Request: Broken computers (Forest Hill SE23) Expired I am an elderly man. Looking for things to occupy my time. Until covid came along I used to repair broken computers. Not for money but to donate them for charitable purposes. If anyone has a broken computer system unit (not screen or printer) that they are throwing out please may I be considered. I will not sell anything I repair but will instead donate it to a nearby charity. Located Forest Hill can collect nearby.

1y

Free: Artist's Easel (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Made of wood with wing nuts to adjust. Total height approx. 180cm. I found it discarded up the road and thought surely someone will like it. I've done a minor repair on it for you.

1y

Free: Dyson Cylinder Vacuum - Working (Forest Hill SE23) Gifted Dyson Cylinder Vacuum. See photo. Don't know model number. Mains not battery. It was working when I put it in the garage very recently. Complete with tools. I found it too big and cumbersome in a small over-furnished flat. You'll need transport because it's too big for the bus!

1y