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Pippin
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Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 3181 Location: Billericay, Essex
Bootfairs!!! Great way to get cash and are a right laugh! We had one when Harry Potter came out all we did was read and then go on the bounsy slide!!! Oh and we got alot of money too!
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Posted: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:51:10
mattdurbin
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Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 440 Location: Thunderbird 5
our group hosts one every month, or used to, if you have the space it makes a lot of money every month
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Posted: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:52:28
Colin
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Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 1263 Location: Now that'd be telling wouldn't it...
i thought there was a law stopping you having more than 6 in a year at one location unless you pay the council.
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Posted: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:03:06
mattdurbin
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Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 440 Location: Thunderbird 5
we may have paid the council, i don't know about the admin side, just the money taken at the gate.
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Posted: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:04:35
Samwise
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Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 1518 Location: Edinburgh
well our hall doesnt have enough room for us to host a boot fair, so we go to them! and the burger and chips for breakfast is a great way to start the day
and you can also wander off and look at other things (pippins 20p guiness hat & beakys search for dragonheart) - it makes a great day out (if its not too hot)
Posted: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:14:44
mattdurbin
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Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 440 Location: Thunderbird 5
we don't have them in our hall, we have them in the grounds, and we use the hall for refreshments. Plus we get to have a look around.
I miss the bootfairs near me, as they seem to have slowly dwindled away and not there's lots of markets!
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Posted: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:55:46
Samwise
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Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 1518 Location: Edinburgh
well the hall takes up most of the grounds, and the gate wasnt exactly big enough for me to get most of my ej stuff in, so cars wouldnt be able to!
but bootfairs are a great way to raise money, and its a great day out! (races down the inflateable slide normally end in a 3-4 person pile up!
Posted: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 07:25:11
provenance
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Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 72 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
can i ask, wtf is a bootfair???
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Posted: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:28:10
Samwise
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Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 1518 Location: Edinburgh
a bootfair is a sale where you take all your junk in the car boot to a nearby field, where other people are also taking their junk, and then you try to sell it, you also get to wander around looking at other stuff, and picking up food for the family, and racing down the inflatable slide!
Posted: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:24:05
Laura
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Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 1356 Location: Houston, TX, USA
It's a yard sale, but instead of having it in front of your house you take your stuff to a field!
Posted: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:16:52
Merry
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Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Posts: 2775 Location: Venice, Italy
sorry sam, but i think luna explained that better!
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Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:12:52
Samwise
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Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 1518 Location: Edinburgh
i still explained it! and it was easier for me to type anyway! and lunas older than me so she should have had more practice at explaining things!
and call me samwise - sams signed up here as well so its confusing!
Posted: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:11:39
Merry
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Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Posts: 2775 Location: Venice, Italy
sorry, i tend to use forum names on here though, and in my defence, sam is short for samwise and that is what he is usually called!
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Posted: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:10:36
Laura
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Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 1356 Location: Houston, TX, USA
Samwise the Silly wrote:
lunas older than me so she should have had more practice at explaining things!
It's called having that leaderhip quality Samwise, something I'm afraid you might lack.
Posted: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:30:08
Samwise
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Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 1518 Location: Edinburgh
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im not silly - i just lack certain abilities...
...like the ability to behave myself! i wasnt made a prefect for a good reason!
Posted: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:41:31
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