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[welovemarmite]

Ok, I live near banbury and am after some recomendations for which town to go to for some good charity shops. I am not just looking for good every day clothes, but also things I can pick up to adapt for stage costumes. I know Henley can be good but have found that very expensive for a charity shop buy.. Has anyone got any other ideas? Driveable distance would be good...

[Chucky Mama]

I would have thought that Oxford would be a good place to go.

[welovemarmite]

i went there not so long ago and i was really disappointed. I struggled to find any!! and then the one that i did find smelt really bad inside, so i didnt stay very long!!

[Cinnamon]

Henley has at least 4,& it being 'Henley', apparently the pickings are good.

It was named one of the top towns to do charity shopping in,recently.

[welovemarmite]

perhaps I will give henley another go!

 

anyone know what birmingham ones are like?

[The Dogmother]

Stratford is good

[welovemarmite]

thanks... that may be worth a trip,never been to stratford. Stupidly i havent tried banbury, but wouldnt expect it to be up to much.

[The Dogmother]

No, Banbury is pretty pants, although the Catharine House Hospice shop opposite Debenhams is good. I often pick up things in Stratford though.

[Lesley]

The Stratford ones are mostly all close together as well.

[Charlottechicken]

The Birmingham ones are very good, and plenty could be accessed by using the no 11 bus, which circuits the city both clockwise and anti clockwise. A daysaver ticket is £3.60 and I would recommend Kings Heath, Cotteridge, Bearwood and Harborne, that would take a whole day if you were quick and should cover about 30 charity shops.

 

There is a website where you can put town names and postcodes in and it will show you how many shops and the finer datail for any given area.

 

www.charityshops.org.uk

 

The only trouble with charity shops is the stock changes rapidly, and ones where bargains have been had might not be so good the following day or week. It really is a case of visiting regularly to get good stuff.

[craftyhunnypie]

I recently got a brand new pair, boxed Boden shoes for £4.99 ! Found in British Heart Foundation shop in Newtown, Powys

Emma.x

[welovemarmite]

i know its very hit and miss. Went round the ones in buckingham yesterday and a couple had just the things i was after. I did find BHF very pricey though!!

[Couperwife]

I love charity shops but I agree, you have to look on a regular basis, I sometimes find loads of stuff, and other times I cant find a thing.

 

yesterdays purchases were...

a glass carafe with a glass that sits on the top of it, £2.50

a pair of M&S jeans £1

an M&S shirt £1

a tweed jacket £1

 

i was rather pleased with myself

 

we have a really good range of charity shops up here, actually we have more charity shops than normal shops

 

cathy

x

[welovemarmite]

i love charity shops too....