Carboots/Flea markets
 

Into Carboots, Flea Markets, auctions etc?
Let us know times, venues, etc.

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my dog was hosting a flea market.

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Stockport is a really good one, closer to home is the Rishton one and the Clitheroe market

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the one at clitheroe auctions was good. open on sundays. there is a meat wagon there very very very very very cheap. meat is first class aswell. its worth visiting just for that.

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If you want a good flea market, try blackburn rd between the old grammar school and the railway arch....

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ooo nice one tea (made me giggle):rofl38:

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It makes me cry.

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Got to agree with that one Tealeaf but why are fleamarkets so called?

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I grew up on what used to be Grant Street which is quite close to the area Tealeaf refers to. It is astonishing to remember the number and variety of retailers that thrived along that part of Blackburn Road. I think that there is only the chemist shop, the bike shop and Little Paris that are still relatively unchanged. The damage done to independent retailing by the Supermarkets is dreadful. They are the main reason that shopping in any town centre, not just Accy, is such a despiriting experience. There seems to be little now to distinguish one town centre from another. Everywhere you go you see the same shops selling the same stuff. What incentive is there to get out of town and visit another? " Oooh, we must visit Accrington, they have a branch of Netto there." Yeah, that's going to bring em flocking in? I don't think so!

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There's details of the Clitheroe and Accrington Car Boot markets on my free www.carboots.tk as well as another 20+ in Lancashire. Most have phone numbers to check if still running this late in year.;)

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Gisburn is very good but not if it's raining because it's all outdoors. At one time it was free to sellers but now they chasrge £5 per car, which is still cheaper than others. Unless they've put it up.

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Anybody know what days the car boots at Bolton Market, Stockport, Rishton, Blackburn Rd Accrington and Gisburn are on and what time they start. Also locations of the Stockport, Rishton and Gisburn carboots. Are they still running?:rolleyes: :)