Spent the afternoon mooching round a local antiques centre in the lovely Barnsley village of Cawthorne. Here's a few of the goodies I saw in the aisles, floors and cabinets.
Go For Broke was always around when I was a kid. It may have even been my board game. A real blast seeing it again here!
Some lovely cars and soldiers with some discounts.
I really liked the red Rolls Royce to the left and the Corvette to the right, both £20 each.
The boxed horsebox was interesting.
Waddington's Starships was a new one on me, a board game from 1980.
Always good to see a boxed Pelham Puppet too.
These mint Superfast cars were a thrill but the prices, £25, weren't.
Annuals always draw me in. I never see a SWORD annual in these types pf shops anymore but there's usually a TV21 annual, this one here from 1973. Is that one you have? Interesting to see a No Hiding Place annual too, a TV programme I think I saw in the Sixties. You?
Cawthorne is a gorgeous heritage village and small water wells like this pepper the streets. There's also a fab small museum with an amazing selection of Samurai weapons!
After Cawthorne we hit the local charidee shops and I saw this interesting montage of model military planes set against a backdrop of a photographed Lancaster bomber flying over the beautiful Ladybower reservoir in the nearby Peaks. It must have been an amazing sight!
I bagged a twenty year old die-cast fantasy car made by Bandai for 50p.
All it needed was a little black and red dabbing. No idea what it is. Do you readers?
Have you got an antiques centre and charity shop near you?
