3rd September 06

I like to sell in Greenwich because my stall is in the centre.

3rd September 06

I like to sell in Greenwich because my stall is in the centre.

23rd August 06

Greenwich was full of stall holders this week. Jane, who runs the market, had to limit the space fo each seller. Several people were miffed. Many forget how lucky we are to be able to have what we need and to miss weeks, or sell once a month or every fortnight. I visited The Angel again, this Wednesday, and there they have to find a person for their pitch or pay when they are away.

16th August 2006

On Saturday I came back from a sunny holiday and decided to return to Greenwich market the next day. Because my stock is low and not having any real knowledge of the potential weather conditions the minimum car load was pack. It was with luck that my warm jacket and a cap were grabbed, from by the front door, early on that chilly,dull Sunday morning. The heavans opened with showers that could only be described as downpours. But in the sunny patches, between crisis management attempts to stay dry, I sold a few items. The best sale was the set of six pictures, printed on glass, of costumes through the ages.

We are again away this week-end so on Wednesday I headed to the Angel. There is an really great small unit which has lovely cutlery. I managed to buy a few things from her £1 box. It is also where the Lea Stein pins are sold in a magical unit full of great jewellery, so it was also a good time to stock up with six of these plastic 1960's style brooches.

15th July 2006

It a dull windy morning but I set off early for the car boot at Wimbledon Dogtrack. It is time for me to sell the three boxes of items that have not been sold at the market. At 50p / £1 per item I managed to clear a mixed bag of goods. As my sales improved the sun shone and I returned home with two empty boxes and one box of items for the charity shop.

16th July 2006

The sun shone much earlier today and without the wind it was a much hotter day. Greenwich attracted several tourists. They took a lot of photographs, smiled but did not buy. However, all the cutlery and EPNS items, bought at last week's Goodrich auction, sold well. A "one pound a picture" box cleared out another pile of old prints. Again I returned home with an empty bag.

8 & 9th July 06

I decided to spend a little more money at this months auction in Goodrich. Later this month we will be on holiday in France and my chances for seeking out bargains are not many when out there. The french sell very damaged goods and at a much inflatted price. I do find cutlery but that always causes me a problem in the Eurostar customs. This time we are returning from Avignon and I will find out whether they do as many bag searches as in Paris.

Although I bought plents of metal and odd items my favourite purchase is a small bakelite photo stand, found at Ross carboot.. It has a card of the young prince in between the glass. I offered less for it without the card, but the 'hippy' guy selling lnew its value and laughed.

Managed to hunt out the shop in Waterloo Rd. that sell every thing you need to sell. I am finding it hard to keep enough plastic recycle bags and needed to buy some!

25th June 06

As expected the sales today were good for the morning,then people vanished to watch the England match.There seem to be more tourists around. On Saturday I had bought a lovely 1950's flower ceiling light which looked french This was my first sale. Two people were interested at the same time and it made one of them take a quick decision to buy.That sort of haggle is always a good sale as the first person had been offered a discount which I did not offer the second..great.

No item, held a long time, sold but a etching by A.S. Forrest, which I also bought on Saturday, created some interest so I will look him up on Google.

18th June '06

Well the selling of items that I have had for several months continues with the sale of an old child's easel. There were not a lot of people around this Sunday even though it was a nice day. We were competing with a late afternoon match in the World Cup. I think this quiet atmosphere could continue next week, even for the rest of the month, especially if there is an England match. My worst selling day this year.