"DO YOU FANCY DOING A BOOT SALE"

       

 

DO YOU FANCY DOING A BOOT SALE MY SISTER ASKED ME ONE DAY.

 

GOING BACK MANY YEARS AGO SO I ANSWERED YES OK!!

 

SO WE SET ABOUT GATHERING MANY WARES FROM ALL OUR CUBOARDS AND DRAWERS.

 

THE KIDS WARDROBES AND THE SPARE ROOM AND OTHER PLACES AND MORE.

 

I HAD NO INTENTION OF HAGGLING WITH PEOPLE ASKING ME HOW MUCH IS THAT .

 

SO I PRICED EVERYTHING BEFOREHAND THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE TO CHAT.

 

IF PEOPLE JUST BROWSED AND SAW THE PRICE EASIER FOR ME I THOUGHT.

 

I COULD SIT IN THE SUN AND LEAVE IT TO THEM HOPING ALL WOULD BE BOUGHT.

 

WHEN I'D GATHERED UP THINGS I DIDN'T REALY WANT I FELT QUITE NERVOUS AS WELL.

 

NOT KNOWING WHAT I WAS IN FOR AND MY SISTER I BET SHE COULD TELL.

 

NEXT MORNING VERY EARLY SHE ARRIVED IN THE CAR FOR ME.

 

WE STACKED MY BOXES NEXT TO HERS WHICH WERE LABELLED SO WE COULD SEE.

 

WHICH ONES BELONGED TO THE TWO OF US ON ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND.

 

EVERYTHING IN THE CAR PACKED TIGHT AND THE NEIGHBOURS ASLEEP NOT A SOUND.

 

WE ALWAYS HAD A REALY GOOD LAUGH TOGETHER WHEN GOING OUR WAY.

 

SHE KEPT LAUGHING OUT REALY LOUD SAYING WER'E LIKE THE HILLBILLY'S TODAY. (HA)

 

THE CAR WAS CHUGGING AND RATTLING WITH THINGS AND ALL THE WEIGHT I THINK.

 

I WAS IN FITS OF LAUGHTER WHEN SHE SAID HOPE THE CAR BOTTOM DON'T SINK. (HA).

 

WE PUT ON OUR VESTS AND SHORTS THAT DAY TOOK OUR CHAIRS IT WAS SUNNY NOT COLD.

 

SO WE COULD SIT IN THE SUN WHILST ALL OF OUR GOODS WERE SOLD.

 

ALL THESE THINGS WE HAD FOR SALE WHEN I LOOKED INTO THE BACK.

 

AND ON TOP OF THE CAR THERE ALSO SHE HAD FASTENED A LARGE ROOF RACK (HA).

 

TWO LOVELY PUSHCHAIRS WE HAD UP THERE DISCARDED FROM OUR KIDS.

 

WHICH WE DIDN'T USE ANY MORE AT THIS TIME SO WE PRICED THEM EACH AT TWO QUID.

 

QUICK SALE SMALL PROFIT I TOLD HER I WASN'T TAKING ANYTHING HOME.

 

MY INTENTIONS WERE TO SELL THE LOT CHEAP NOT TO RE-PACK THEM AND MOAN.

 

I HAD NEVER BEEN TO A BOOT SALE SO I  DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

 

WELL WE PULLED UP IN THE FIELD THAT DAY AND GOOD GRIEF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.

 

SHE OPENED THE CAR BOOT SO WE COULD START TO FIX UP OUR TWO STALLS.

 

WHEN A LOAD OF MEN AND WOMEN CAME RUNNING FROM OUT OF THE BLUE LARGE AND SMALL.

 

THEY WERE LIKE A HERD OF CATTLE POUNDING TOWARDS US SO FAST.

 

MY SISTER SAID TO ME KATH WATCH OUT THIS IS THE WORST PART LASS.

 

I HAD LIFTED A COUPLE OF BOXES OUT AND BEFORE I KNEW WHERE I WAS.

 

THEY WERE PUSHING AND SHOVING ONE ANOTHER WELL I WAS AT A LOSS.

 

FOR WORDS AS THERE HANDS STARTED SEARCHING  IN THESE BOXES THERE SO QUICK.

 

MY SISTER SHOUTED DO YOU MIND WAITING YOUR LIKE ANIMALS YOU  MAKE ME SICK. (HA).

 

IT WAS LIKE A FLIPPING BATTLE GROUND THEY WERE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING..

 

I STOOD THERE I WAS GOBSMACKED AND ONTO MY HANDBAG DID CLING.

 

A MAN WALKED BY AS IT HAPPENED AND HE SHOUTED OUT QUITE LOUD.

 

OVER HERE GUYS AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT ANOTHER FLIPPING CROWD (HA).

 

WELL AT THIS MY SISTER WAS LIVID AND I TELL YOU SHE'S NO QUIET  GAL.

 

SHE CARRIED ON BACK SHOUTING AT THEM GET OUT OF THE WAY PLEASE PAL.

 

YOUR BUYING NOTHING TILL WEV'E SET UP STALL SO WILL YOU ALL GO AWAY.

 

OR I'M SELLING YOU NOTHING FROM OUR STALL TO ANY OF YOU LOT TODAY.

 

SHE HAD BEEN WARNED ABOUT THEM BEFOREHAND BUT DIDN'T WANT TO TELL ME.

 

AS SHE KNEW I WOULDN'T GO WITH HER SO THATS WHY I DIDN'T KNOW SEE.

 

THEY WERE DEALERS WHO HAGGLE TO BUY THINGS BEFORE THE BOOT SALE STARTS.

 

THEN THEY TAKE THEM TO THERE OWN SHOPS AND SELL AT A PROFIT ( UPSTARTS)  (HA).

 

WELL HER THREAT IT WORKED WE WERE HAPPY THEY ALL DISSAPEARED FROM SIGHT.

 

WE SET UP TWO STALLS NO PROBLEM AND WAITED FOR BUYERS SAT TIGHT .

 

I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT OTHERS WERE SELLING TO ME IT WAS SUCH A SUPRIZE.

 

EVEN DOWN TO USED LIPSTICKS AND THINGS ALSORTS AFORE MY EYES.

 

MY TABLE WAS QUICKLY EMPTIED MY HANDBAG WAS FEELING SOUND  (HA).

 

GETTING HEAVIER  WITH COINS AND NOTES  AND WHEN I LOOKED AROUND .

 

I'D SOLD COMPLETELY EVERYTHING THEN A VOICE CHIMED UP HELLO!!.

 

HOW MUCH FOR THE PATCHWORK THROW  YOU HAVE THERE ON THE STALL ON SHOW.

 

OH! THATS NOT FOR SALE I TOLD HIM IT WAS THERE JUST TO COVER THE STALL.

 

THATS ONE OF MY BIRTHDAY GIFTS  I CANNOT SELL THAT AT ALL.

 

THIS WAS A THROW  MY AUNT MADE BACK IN THEM DAYS OF OLD.

 

I BEGAN TO EXPLAIN TO HIM WHILST I SAT TO ME IT WAS WORTH MORE THAN GOLD.

 

IT WAS MY PRIDE AND JOY AT THIS TIME AND I WOULD NEVER PART WITH THAT.

 

WHEN A GUY CAME OVER AND TOOK OUT HIS WALLET IT WAS BURSTING WITH NOTES SO FAT.

 

HE OFFERED ME FIFTY POUND FOR THE THROW  I SAID NO WAY IV'E TOLD YOU.

 

IT'S NOT FOR SALE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY GIFT BUT HE WOULDN'T MOVE IT'S TRUE.

 

HE HANDED ME AN ADDRESS AND SAID IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND WRITE TO ME.

 

THE ADDRESS WAS OF SOMEWHERE IN BLACKPOOL ANOTHER PLACE BY THE SEA.

 

MY SISTER SAID OH! SELL HIM IT KATH I REPLIED NO IT'S SO DEAR TO ME.

 

MY AUNT HAD MADE THIS SINGLE THROW IN 1958 YOU SEE.

 

SO TO ME IT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL SHE HAD GIVEN IT TO ME ONE YEAR.

 

THIS PATCHWORK THROW FOR MY BIRTHDAY AS SHE KNEW THAT I LOVED IT SO DEAR.

 

IT'S MADE FROM PATCHES OF FLORAL LINEN AND I JUST LOVE THE DESIGNS.

 

I AM SURE TODAY YOU CARN'T FIND LINEN AS PRETTY AND STRONG OF THIS KIND.

 

I LOVE IT FOR MY SPARE ROOM IT TIES IN WITH ANY  DECOR YOU DO.

 

AND SHE MADE ME SOME CURTAINS OUT OF THE SAME IN PATCHES THAT MATCH IT TOO.

 

SHE MADE THE REVERSE OF THEM BOTH  PLAIN  CREAM  LINEN AND THEY  ALWAYS LOOKS SO NICE.

 

SO I WASN'T SELLING THEM TO THIS MAN NO WAY AT ANY PRICE.

 

AND NOW WHEN I THINK BACK I'M GLAD AS THERE BOTH LOOKING GOOD AS NEW.

 

AND FORTY NINE YEARS LATER  THERES  NOT A STITCH LOOSE I TELL YOU.

 

WITH THAT WE PACKED OUR DECK CHAIRS UP AND OFF DOWN THE LANE DID ROAR.

 

I KNEW IN MY MIND THAT I'D NEVER GO SELLING AT  A BOOT SALE ANYMORE.

 

WELL WHEN WE GOT HOME WE COUNTED UP AND WE COULDN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT.

 

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY  SOME  POUND WE HAD MADE WHEN WE HAD FINISHED COUNT.

 

ALL THE BITS AND PIECES NONE OF THEM DID WE NEED.

 

QUICK SALE SMALL PROFIT PROVED FRUITFULL THERE WAS NO NEED FOR ANY GREED.

 

THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY TO US GOING BACK TO THAT TIME.

 

SO WE HAD AN ENJOYABLE HOLIDAY WITH IT  AND I'LL NOW END  

" MY SIMPLE RHYME.

 

                                            

         

 

 

       IV'E NEVER DONE A BOOT SALE SINCE LOL!!

 

          KATH  ASTORIASAND.