THERE’S a slight change of location for this Saturday’s (14th April) car boot sale at Hartlepool’s Maritime Experience (HME).
The monthly event normally takes place in the car park in front of the HME main entrance, but for this month only it is being relocated to the HME’s north-west car park area on the corner of Marina Way and The Highlight.
The temporary change is because the main car park area will be occupied by vehicles from a television production company, which is filming some scenes for the BBC’s new series of ‘Inspector George Gently’ in the town.
The car boot sale is on from 8.30am to 1pm. Admission for sellers (from 7.30am) costs £8 for a car or £12 for a van. No booking is needed.
Entry for buyers is normally 50p per person but for this month only it’s free in a special post-Easter offer.
Katie Hammond, Hartlepool Council’s Cultural Events Officer, said: “Our monthly car boot sale is a great opportunity to de-clutter your house or garage and make a bit of extra money as well.
“It’s also a fun trip out for all the family and a chance to snap up a bargain.”
For more information call Katie Hammond on 01429 523459 or e-mail Katie.hammond@hartlepool.gov.uk
The May Bank Holiday weekend this year (2012) is going to be busy for us in the Leyburn area!
On the Sunday, another good cause will be providing some retail opportunities as the Friends of Spennithorne School are holding their annual fundraising Car Boot Sale on the field next door to Tennants Auctioneers (where the circus was last year!).
There is sure to be a lot of people in the area, as the Food and Drink Festival takes place just across the road on the same day, so there’s plenty of incentive for you to get your unwanted things into your car boot!
It costs £6 for a car and £10 for a van. Open 8am to 12noon.
We’ll be wandering across from our home in Harmby to have a look at the goods on offer! If you are in Wensleydale on Bank Holiday weekend we recommend you do likewise and help raise money for one of the few remaining village schools in our community!
VISITORS to a popular park are guaranteed an eggs-cellent time when an annual fun day takes place.
Families are being encouraged to come along to a free fun day at East Carlton Park on Sunday, which will feature a host of games and competitions.
It runs from midday to 4pm and will include an Easter bonnet parade, car boot sale, stalls and games, including egg and spoon races, egg rolling competitions and a paint the best egg competition.
All the money raised on the day will go towards putting on this year’s Corby Carnival.
There will also be a bouncy castle, mini fun fair rides and music from Corby Radio.
Countryside warden Matt Kinnaird said: “Last year it was really well attended because we had a really nice day. It is quite weather-dependent but from what I have seen it is going to be quite nice on Sunday.
“We’ve got the Easter bonnet event which will be judged, an egg and spoon race, various craft stalls and Corby Radio. The money will help Corby Carnival with their event later in the year.”
Terri Meechan, from the Corby Carnival Association, said: “Last year it raised about £400 for us. It is hugely important.
“I love it. It’s great to see all the kids’ faces.”
Corby Council’s lead member for community, Cllr John McGhee, said: “I look forward to seeing many families who are looking forward to doing something more active this Easter holiday and not letting the weather spoil their fun.”
Visitors can set up a table at the car boot sale for £5 or a trade stand for £15. For details call 07907 835721 .
A POPULAR Easter car boot sale will not go ahead in Weston this year amid concerns over policing the event.
Asda supermarket, off Winterstoke Road, has decided to scrap its annual Easter Sunday sale and has not applied to North Somerset Council for a licence.
A spokesman for the store said: “There are too many difficulties. We have no control over what is sold on the property and where those items have come from.”
He said it was not the sort of event Asda is normally involved with and said if anything untoward happened during the car boot sale, the company would be liable.
Barbara Lewis, who has been to many of its sales over the years, said she was disappointed to hear it would no longer go ahead.
She said: “When we are in a recession, car boot sales are a good way of getting a few bargains.”
A popular car boot sale that takes place near Bradley Stoke is to re-open for the 2012 season at the beginning of May.
The Trench Lane Boot Sale, held on Sundays on a farmland site opposite the entrance to Woodlands Golf Club [map], will open for the first time this year on Sunday 6th May 2012.
New this year: Entry charge for buyers
The organiser of sale has told The Journal that an entrance charge will be levied for all buyers this year, whether they arrive in a vehicle or on foot. Cars will be charged at £1 and pedestrians 50p each.
The move is understood to be a way of circumventing the need for a local authority street trading licence, following confusion in early 2011 when it appeared the organiser might be denied a licence renewal for that year because of complaints of “heavy handed marshalling” said to have occurred at sales in 2010.
In the event, an administrative blunder by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) meant that the sale’s licence had already been renewed before its Licensing Committee met to consider the complaints.
According to information on SGC’s website, a licence is required by anyone “selling articles … in any road, footway, beach or other area to which the public have access without payment”. A source at the Council confirmed that no licence is necessary in situations where an admission charge is made but added that planning permission might need to be sought in some cases.
As in previous years, the site will open to sellers and buyers at 7am. Trading goes on until around 3pm, although the crowd typically thins after midday. Sellers are charged £7 for a car or £10 for a van. Free parking is provided in adjacent fields.
