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Car boot sales have long been an
outlet for ardent bargain hunters to
search for and find a nice little earner.
How often do we hear on TV antique
shows the story of someone buying
something at a car boot for 50p and
being told by the TV expert its worth
£500 or even £5,000.
OK, so no-one so far has struck
gold at Hereford Lions Club’s
popular car boot sale on Roman Road
opposite Bookers but the thousands
who turn up through the spring and
summer season go home happy with
the useful items bought at a knock
down price. The sellers are happy
with just a charge of £5 a boot and
the buyers delighted they do not have
to fork out £1 to park as they do at
the boot sale on the other end of
Roman Road. The regulars refer to
the Lions site as ‘The friendly boot
sale’ Everyone is made welcome. No
hassle, just a jovial Saturday morning
bargain hunting. There is even a
coffee and burger van.
FESTIVE NEWS • DECEMBER 2017 • PAGE 37
Shall I buy it? One lady ponders if the dress is her style
The real winners are the dozens of local charities and
community projects who benefit from the proceeds of the
Lions boot sale - £3,900 this year. On behalf of Lions, a big
thankyou to everyone - the sellers for their fiver and the
buyers who drop loose change into the charity bucket. It’s a
pleasure to meet you all and we look forward to welcoming
you to the 2018 season opening at Easter. We will keep you
posted on Facebook, website and the Admag.
Meanwhile, the boot team wish you all a jolly merry
Christmas and in the spirit of car booting we hope you find
some really good bargains on your festive present shopping
trek around the shops.
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There are not a lot of sailors in landlocked Hereford. A few canoeists on the River Wye, perhaps.
So when Hereford Lions Club staged a charity auction at its Autumn Ball at Lyde Arundel they
were not expecting a rush of bids for a weekend sailing a posh yacht off the coast of Cornwall.
How wrong they were.
Three local businessmen, John Davies
(RSSAC Ltd), Robin Mason
(Acre
Accountancy Ltd) and Chris Williams (Melcon
Hereford Ltd) (l to r in the picture) had never
put to sea in a boat and decided it was time they
tested their sea-legs. They faced stiff opposition
from other tables at the ball, but their bid of
£3000 finally won the prize which helped Lions
Club donate a total of £10,000 to St Michael’s
Hospice.
It might also surprise Festive News readers that
the yacht with three cabins and room aboard for
seven is owned by the members of little known
Hereford Sailing Club set up 20 years ago and is
stationed during the summer months at exotic
locations around Europe. Its UK base is Plymouth
from where our intrepid trio set sail up the coast
to Fowey, battling heavy winds; not good for
virgin sailors! Chris was sea sick. For the return
trip next day the weather was glorious and the
coastal views were terrific
Obviously, the sailing club having donated the
prize didn’t risk their expensive craft to some first
time sailors and they – and the yacht -were in the
safe hands of club member and captain, David
Halpern, onetime city coroner. Anyone fancy
some serious sailing? Hereford Sailing Club
welcomes new members.
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