Only yesterday I was praising Rita for her honesty and saying we Car Booters are generally an honest lot!
Today a holidaymaker drove into our Newquay Car Boot Sale then went to another parked car and unscrewed an indicator light from the side of the car and walked away.
The whole incident was witnessed by two teenage young ladies who were sitting inside the car unseen because of tinted windows!
They immediately told Mum and she told me she was going to call the Police.
Less than 4 minutes the sirens and arrival of two Police cars whilst the man was in complete denial about the theft.
He was arrested handcuffed and charged with theft and damage.
Thank you to the Newquay Police for their prompt attention in dealing with this incident.
For the record the last time Police were called to Newquay was in 2001
99.9% of tourists are fantastic but you always get one idiot!
Geoff
ps; Marge missed the lot rushing home to fix her wine shelves-hic!
Posh Pat missed it-the other Pat missed it, Kim didnt see a thing, Laura looked the other way and Bubbles was still in bed!
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The season is now in full swing and its great to see our regular buyers and sellers back again, there are a lot of tourists & holiday-makers around all making for great Community Car Boot Sales. Be nice to the tourists CORNWALL needs them! Over 20 odd years at FALMOUTH Lou & I have got into a routine to prepare the Rugby Club for its weekly Car Boot Sale. We start by putting out all the directional signs in the surrounding areas then set up the field to the restricted areas allowed. Next we head for ROWES to buy our weekly allowance of one vegetarian pasty each, I drop Lou off at the roundabout and go round the block then pick her up again. A few weeks ago we did this routine I pick Lou up to go back to the Car Boot but she tells me that I have to go round the block again because when I dropped her off earlier she noticed a £10.00 in a drain! So if you drop me off again I will get one of the litter grabbers and get the £10.00 out of the drain Suddenly I bacame Victor Meldrew “I dont believe it! You must be mad to do that in Falmouth where everyone knows us, take that jacket off its advertising CARBOOTSCORNWALL oh my God she is going to ruin our reputation the car door open and she is gone! The boot opens and she ‘GRABS the GRABBER’ I slope off and wait for the ‘haul’ Next I look in the car mirror and I can see Lou in the middle of the main road bending down over this drain with this grabber and out comes this brand new crispy £10.00 note! With the greatest grin of satisfaction on her face ever as she punches the sky shouting Oh Yes A passing student witnessed the incident “Nice one lady, Nice one” I cannot believe I saw that said I Get back in the car before we are recognised, I bet the security cameras have got a recording of that I had to congratulate her on pretty good eyesight and having the balls to go ahead with her High Street fishing! FORFEIT To go to the same drain with the GRABBER and pose for this story! This is totally true BUT how did the tenner get there in the first place? What would you have done? I would have walked on but I had to do as I was told! Geoff UPDATE! Ann handed me a piece of paper with numbers of a missing ten pounds and asked if they matched the ones on Lou’s found tenner! She will try every trick in the book that Ann and it is TRUE she tried to make a claim and ruin Lou’s day. She is so careful with her money that Ann, her and Marge love a ‘wee tipple’ so I have heard and one of them the council brings the bottle bank to them! X Deny it Ann!! MABE Sunday 1.00pm-remember! Geoff x
We seldom get complaints but this is a good one!
Readers will remember years ago an old man called cockney Bill drove his car at me hitting me in the shins after I had asked him not to park in the catering area.
He got out of his car waving two walking sticks shouting “come ere you bastard” and promptly fell over. Sadly Bill is here no more but today his eldest son came to complain to me about a seller being rude to him.
“I went to the stall and he had a CD that was FREE in the newspaper and I sez how much do you want for this FREE CD mate, he told me 20p and I sez I will give you 10p the seller then sez I suggest you fook off and buy an effing paper then”
“I mean there’s no reason to talk to me like that, I was going to smack him one but I had me walking stick with me but I could have got me sons to hold him down”
“So what do you want me to do” I asked
“Go and speak to him and tell him not to be so rude to customers”
What a nutter! Later I spoke with the seller who had known the potential buyer as ‘agro’ for years.
“He sent his son to buy the CD but I accidentally dropped it into a bin and a hammer fell into the bin smashing the CD so no bugger gets it!!
Great fun Car Boots! “I was gonna smack him one” All over 10 p! What a joker!
Geoff
Today RITA one of our most regular customers found a ladies purse with over £20.00 in cash plus a host of credit and loyalty cards and she handed in to Lou who passed it to me for safe keeping.
Withing one hour a distressed lady came to claim the purse and praised the honesty of the finder, another commented ‘not very often that would happen’ CORRECTION we have had 4 purses handed in in less than 12 days!
So everyone is back from their television duties of watching non-stop coverage of that wedding. Marge took the whole day off sitting glued to the big screen and her Gin & Tonic’s.
Lou & I were called anti-royalists because we had a boot sale on the same day as Kate & William got married. We are not!
I am proud of being in HM The Life Guards spending my time in WINDSOR Combermere Barracks but we both think it was a bit over the top with such an expense especially as we ‘the workers that’s you and me’ have to tighten our belts because the country is in serious debt.
Also if we are in such debt why are we spending BILLIONS trying to get rid of the Colonel Gadaffi-Duck bloke!!
We have talked to so many people to ask if they will be seeing the wedding but there a genuine disinterest with most people complaining about the wall to wall coverage by the BEEB and other TV channels and the huge cost of the occasion.
Laura has has her hair done for the occasion but ‘I only want to see the dress really’ is all she hopes to watch.
Ann, Dave, John, and loads of others will go to the pub where there is NO television but have not been able to find out what Marge is doing?
At the last Royal wedding when Marge saw the dress she exclaimed ‘My goodness look at the creases’
Louise and I will be running Falmouth Car Boot Sale with our team for a start time of 12.30 pm
Have a great day whatever you do! This mug was bought today at Newquay Car Boot Sale. Tut-tut!!
A fantastic Bank Holiday weekend with over 20,000 men women & loadsa kids came out in the Easter Sunshine for thousands and thousands of bargains at our Car Boot Sales.
Sellers reported good takings in the Community atmosphere one emigrating stall reported taking in excess of £650.00.
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY at TRURO was marred by constant and justified complaints about leaving dogs in cars. Read next story;
We received several complaints about dogs being left in cars without adequate ventilation.
One car left this dog not only restrained but was unable to move but as it was also MUZZLED & chained to the drivers seat.
Lots of our customers witnessed the distressed animal and we forced entry into the car to give the dog fresh air only to find another dog in the boot of the car.
When the owner arrived the abuse and threats towards a member of our team who was told ‘they will be waiting outside to get her’ also they said they would kill her!
The loud and fowl mouthed owner took the muzzle off the dog who was foaming at the mouth from the heat of the sun in the front seat.
The CAR and its owners are BARRED from attending any further Car Boot Sales operated by CAR BOOTS CORNWALL and this report is copied to the Police and RSPCA on behalf of the complainants!
What a fantastic turnout Easter Good Friday and Easter Saturday with record crowds at FALMOUTH on FRIDAY & SATURDAY at TRURO,MITCHELL & WADEBRIDGE
We estimate over 8000 visits were made to our COMMUNITY CAR BOOTS creating the very best atmosphere and some fantastic comments from locals, regulars and our tourists.
Welcome to all and THANK YOU for your support and welcome back my fine weather friends!!
Geoff & Louise
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We dont know who this lovely young lady is but she made ‘GUEST APPEARENCES’ at MITCHELL and WADEBRIDGE.
Who is she?
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ps; The young man putting the sign upside down is Jonathon from the planet THOGG!
Popular lad ishly!
Over 4200 men women children buyers and sellers at MABE today and its great to see the kids with limited pocket money seeking out the bargains.
I heard today about a man who set up his Antique stall at Mitchell on a brand new table which broke in half causing damaged stock of £900.00 (he says) and he did not have Insurance Cover. Tut-tut!
Two bloke experts on Car Boot Sales became foul mouthed and offensive towards me and my team today, they opened their mouths and let the wind blow their tongues around! Know alls!
Its been a great Easter so far with fantastic atmospheres at our Community Car Boot Sales.
