A skip a day

Rough Edges is a charity shop for men*, the profits coming to Zac's. Unfortunately we only have two volunteers running it - it's open for just one day a week at present - and they don't like parting with things.

"You could get £200 for this on ebay!" So they squirrel things away in the back room for safekeeping. And keep accepting donations whatever they are. Thus it had reached a point where the aisles were blocked, shelves were piled high, and it was potentially dangerous for customers to come in. So at the trustee meeting last week we decided the shop would have to close because of the risk, and that yesterday would be the last day and would also be a huge clearance sale, a 'make me an offer' sort of sale.

We also hired a skip so we could begin the clearance process, and Sean, Poj, the other trustee, and I were all there to work. We filled one skip by lunchtime so the company came and got it and exchanged it for a bigger empty one.

This is inside the shop, which is comparatively empty when compared to what was supposed to be a workshop. As you can imagine, our volunteers were resistant to the make me an offer idea, and kept checking in the skip to see what we - evil trustees - were throwing out.

I admit there are all sorts of fascinating things there but too many of them!

I contacted the art gallery and they've said they'll have the tiles for workshops. But no idea what these tools are.

This is a Victorian day cot apparently. I've put this on marketplace.

*Charity shop for anyone who likes DIY, cars, sports, gardening, collecting old tools.