Bring and Take - fantastic idea - anybody done one?

[Janh]

I just came across this (while looking for something completely different as usual). This one is at Charlbury, Oxon, if anyone is interested.

Bring and Take - 1st October - 10am to 12 noon Memorial Hall

Here is a chance to Bring items that you no longer need and you think someone else may have a use for and can Take. (no building materials or heavy, bulky items)

This is a list of what got exchanged on the Bring & Take 9th April 2005

3 woodworking saws
1 roadside lantern
1 Pentax SLR camera
3 demi-johns
Books
Brief case
1930?s medical device
Wellington boots
Bathroom mats
Cheese grater
Vase
Charles & Di Wedding Mug
Men?s Shoe Trees
Floor Mop
Edwardian dressing-table swing-mirror
Wine-making valves
China Bowl
Full dinner service
Knitting wool
Mini hoover
Jam kettle
3 Box files
Light Bulbs
2 Seat wedges
Overhead transparencies
Woven shopping bags
Sleeping bag
Drawing set & compass
2 wind-up garden hoses
Blood pressure testing kit
Time zone clock
Hand paper shredder
Work-top electric grill
Boxes of children?s games
Several handbags
Thermos Flaskes
CD Racks
Electric cables
Table mats
Table lamp
Outside light
Deskjet printer
Videos
Radios
Washing basket
Bathroom scales
Mug stand
Wallett
Fire guard
4 large feather-filled cushions for large armchair

Especially good for electrical bits that you can't take to charity shops but don't want to throw away!

Janh, do you remember the Blue Peter Bring and Buy sales of the '70s and '80s? The same thing, yes?

Do you have to swap things or can people just take what they want, I wonder?

I think so, dinny - but no money required?

The name implies a swap, doesn't it, scummy? But presumably you could bring eg a teaspoon and take away eg an Edwardian swing-mirror

(Um - hesitate to ask but what's LaScummetta all about?)

See Moomin's 7.20pm post about her pricelessly brilliant book on how to make up cool new names here ! (Warning: Thread a bit divided because peripherally about 'chav' concept, which I actually hate, but Moomin's book is fantastic and I RedOFL.)