Mananged to get over to Haldon Hill yesterday to the popular weekly boot sale at the racecourse. It takes place every Sunday and buyers can go in from 1pm – 4pm. We sold there once and I think sellers set up from 11am. We did very well when we sold making over £300 from old CD’s, kids stuff and other bits and pieces we no longer needed.

As a buyer yesterday, I wasn’t too impressed. Perhaps because the kids are off school, there seemed a lot of parents with bucket loads of kids stuff, old toys, clothes etc….and I was on the lookout for some lovely vintage delights! After a bit of hunting about in the blazingly hot sunshine I found some interesting things.

I bought three things from one guy who had lots of old-fashioned metalware. I got some lovely old cream kitchen scales with weights, a lamp and a little orange glass bottle with stopper. A huge white chamber pot was my next find, and the woman asked me for a ridiculously low amount for it, so of course I grabbed it before anyone else overheard, stepped forward and nabbed it off me! Then after rustling through some world war one and two things like binoculars and helmets, I found a nice white and blue enamel bowl and a large Cornishware style blue and white jug which just needed a spit and polish!

Couldn’t really find any other treasures amongst the plastic children’s toys, televisions, books clothing and music, so trundled around a bit more until I came across my dream stall…vintage jewellery. This lady had collected allsorts and had everything beautifully displayed. There were gazillions of brooches from every era but I was particularly drawn to the Victorian and Edwardian brooches. After some umm-ing and ahh-ing I invested in a dazzling diamante piece, a pretty millefiori brooch and an unusual pin brooch made from a delft tile in the pattern of a flower. Got a discount for getting all three and finding the brooches made my day, they are all gorgeous.