A lovely message from MARIE! I will try to get an update picture of Marie. x The following message has been sent via the website: Name: Marie Caddy Email: Subject: “do you remember gerald?” come on mother Telephone: 07779458750 Message: hiya. ive just read the post about my grandad that was posted on the 24/11/11. i have to be honest it made me cry it was such a lovely peace and can honestly tell you grandad loved working for you. today he would of been gone 3years and reading this post has cheered me up alot. im glad some people have not forgotten him although hes not here. just a message to say a very big thank you for all you geoff and louise did for me and my grandad. thank you marie xxxxx IP Logged As: 84.13.252.1

Jeremy Clarkson told viewers yesterday his opinion about yeterdays strikers!
“I’d would have them all SHOT. I would take them outside and execute them in front of their familites”
What an absolute dick-head this man is, he is vastly overpaid by the BBC and made a millionaire by them its time to pull the plug on this loud mouth YOBBO………….SACK HIM!

GOOD LUCK to the protesters in their quest to protect their pensions.

Geoff
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One of our most loyal families who come all year round to our Boot Sales were delighted when mother Dorothy or Dot to her friends agreed to come to our new Car Boot Sale at PORTH for its first two weeks. Dot who has been a keen collector over many years loves the atmosphere of the Boot Sales and her son said it is so easy to motivate her to come but if they offer to take her to the shops she politely refuses in preference to looking for bargains at our sales. She looks great for her 95 years, she is a love well done Dot keep coming to our sales and at PORTH you are guaranteed some bracing fresh air and a warm welcome. Geoff x

Just under 2000 buyers and sellers on Sunday with the weather playing a good part in a most successful day.

BARGAINS galore with a loads of our buyers opting to do Christmas shopping at special prices particularly with the toys and kids bikes sales.

We were told that several kids had cleared their bedrooms to sell unwanted toys earning themselves pocket money for christmas presents for their brothers & sisters and of course Mums & Dads.

Nice one!

Geoff

Without doubt one of the most popular members of our team is Becks who is now in her 4th year with Car Boot Cornwall.

Becks has a degree in marine biology but her specialist subject is Penguins, she is so dedicated to penguins she has over 1000 different penguin collectables on display in her apartment.

She is trying hard to get a full time job working with penguins we wish her luck providing she is local!

Love you Becks,

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I had noticed a sign outside the Quintrell Inn months ago advertising a Car Boot Sale on Saturday afternoons which I thought a bit odd because we had Mitchell just down the road and it would be packed to capacity.
Anyway the sign lasted a couple of weeks so I assumed the idea was dropped.

Two weeks ago when the Circus Fields came to the end of the season I walked into the QUINT and said ‘How would you like a Car Boot Sale in your Car Park for a few weeks’
They were delighted to give it a try and Car Boots Cornwall would run it for them FOR FREE and obviously free to the public!

We got a very creditable 16 stalls for the first Car Boot and the sellers did take money but the pleasure given to some of the locals was immense ‘Wow! We got a Car Boot on our own Doorstep!

I have always had the idea to run a street Car Boot where all the neighbour participate selling in front of their houses with other carbooters in the drives. Close the street off with loads of parking for the buyers nice party atmosphere, few drinks, you all do your catering to sell, nice bit of music, so here is the challenge! Have a go!
We would organise and publicise it for you!

Thank you to the solid bank of regulars the buyers and dealers who supported us it is now up to the Landlords to deal with the catering, it a nice pub go inside and have a look!

Geoff

Geoff
Support it my lovers for a few weeks only

We had known Gerald for several years before we opened MITCHELL Car Boot Sales so I decided that he would be on our team either collecting the admission money or parking cars or both. Gerald was a ‘miserable old sod at times but a bloody good and honest worker’ and he had a brilliant sense of humour, my type of person! Nearing 70 years old he was as strong as an ox lifting the barriers two at a time where I could only carry the one, I used to say to him there is no rush one at a time will do Gerald. I caught him carrying 6 heavy bollards and he knew the rules to carry only 3 at a time, I told him the rules and he could do himself an injury his reply “Bollards Mr Geoff Bollards”! The twin brothers Paul and Roger around the same age worked with Gerald all three were so Cornish is was a pleasure listening to their fantastic accents and when they fell out it was hilarious as they traded insults. On Thursdays Gerald and Roger would come to HENDRA and as it was a difficult place to park all the cars they elected to do the job! So here we have placid Roger who everyone loves and countless people have asked me ‘what did he say’ and GERALD grumpy but gorgeous! If anyone did not park exactly where Gerald wanted they were made to do it again but his classic Cornish proper Cornish accents conversation with an elderly lady driver after getting it completely wrong was “Come on Mother don’t you know your left from your right or do you think you are on your test yer daft buffer” Fact is she did not hear or understand a word. It was always his ‘Come on Mother’ to complete strangers that amused me but I used to get complaints galore about his rudeness! Correction, He was not RUDE he was outspoken like me we both say it like it is please or offend! On the plus side he loved to see people of his own age group with their own cars selling at the boot sales he used to say “Its bloody great the work we be doing with these car boots we gets the old folks out of their homes and it’s something to do for em better than sitting looking into the bloody fire” ending his statement with an enormous grin. However he really dropped me in the shit one day at HENDRA as the cars were being parked by him and Roger they were collecting the 40p admission a car full of my Caribbean friends parked up only to hear Gerald shout to Roger “They there darkies aint paid” and they understood every word! Instead of speaking to him they came straight to me to complain. I was lost for words here were my friends of many years with stunning Caribbean ebony complexions and Gerald has said “WHAT” I walked up the field and said to Gerald ‘Is it true you called some customers Darkies’? “Well they are aren’t they?” “It is against the laws to speak about coloured people in that manner and ‘I will talk to you at the end of the sale” He explained to me he had always learn the expression from his Dad and he didn’t mean any harm my bird! I said ‘I cannot believe here you are at the age of 70 and still blaming your old man you could cause an International crisis all on your own Gerald and still say “It was me Dad’s fault you old bugger” We all agreed that he would apologise which was accepted as he explained his embarrassment with genuine regret. The one huge loss in his life was his wife he spent a lot of his spare time at The Crematorium Memorial Hall. He wanted to be out the house because of memories and loneliness and he liked to be in company of others. One day off he went from Mitchell to get his shopping from Morrisons and had a serious accident almost outside DAIRYLAND he was lucky to survive with his car being written off. He returned for a few weeks but had lost a bit of his spark and ‘Come on Mother’ attitude. Illnesses followed and his very heavy smoking contributed to Gerald’s death 2 years ago. I still see his daughter and Gerald’s two lovely granddaughters at our boot sales! They are nice kids Gerald you would be proud my lover! Missing you!

Some people amongst the tens of thousands customers stick out like a sore thumb and in the case of Rob or Rod Harrison who introduced himself as an ex-copper with his offer ‘if you need any help at any time just look for me’ which I rejected saying I would have no reason to accept his offer because we never have problems at our Car Boots they are trouble free COMMUNITY occasions!

Next time I saw him at Newquay Car Boot was when he came to say ‘You was not doing your job properly there is someone selling wine on their stall it’s against the law and your rules’
I walked to the lady seller who had ONE bottle of wine which she did not want, she offered to take it off her stall if it caused any problem!
We are policed by TRADING STANDARDS and the ‘real’ police and like them I used discretion and allowed the lady to sell the bottle for £3.00 to the next stallholder on this one occasion.

The following week Mr SMART-ARSE came to me with a bottle of wine ‘look what I have just bought’in an attitude that he was ‘tittle-tattling’ against my sellers!
It is not a good thing to print private thought but names rhyming with BANKER did come to mind.

An on duty policeman came on site to see one of our customers and whilst he was talking to me HARRISON came up and said ‘I used to be in the force if you need any help’ The PC and myself could not understand his nosey intervention!

At TRURO CATTLE MARKET the crowds flock to the Sunday Car Boot Sale and amongst the 800 odd cars I found it necessary to accuse Harrison of unreasonable driving as he revved his car up in a crowded area driving aimlessly against the flow of traffic!
It was ‘my opinion’ not his, I was in charge of the situation and as he sped past me with a few ill-chosen words so I advised him ‘don’t bother coming back’

The following week he was back excusing himself over the incident.

DAIRYLAND September 2011-11-23

Two years ago Dairyland had asked CARBOOTSCORNWALL to consider running Car Boot Sales in the winter however I refused because I considered the volume of traffic involved with our sales was too heavy on the very fast busy main road.
Many of our customers will remember GERALD who used to park for us he had a terrible accident almost outside Dairyland which contributed to his death alongside his other illnesses.
In the interest of public safety WE SAID NO! There are double white lines within yards of the entrance which was evidence enough that the site is not suitable for heavy Car Boot Traffic as well as being the main road in to Newquay.

I was given a leaflet at our Boot Sale Newquay Tretherras School which was distributed (taboo) about Duchy Car Boot Sales at DAIRYLAND and I was told HARRISON was running the sales.

I approached him and he said ‘nothing to do with me, it’s not me’ He then said “I have put in a good word for you at BOARDMASTERS you should run it” I told him I was in negotiations with BOARDMASTERS in any event!

At my next meeting with BOARDMASTERS I faced a barrage of questions as to my suitability as HARRISON had applied for himself and had told lies about CARBOOTSCORNWALL in order to further his application!

I am delighted to advise that agreement has been reached for CARBOOTSCORNWALL to operate our Car Boot Sales at BOARDMASTERS prestigious WATERGATE BAY location!

BACK TO Mr LIAR!
If you look at his leaflet there is a picture of a Car Boot Sale which he claims is his Car Boot Sale in SOMERSET!!

BLOODY LIAR! This picture taken from the Internet is the first picture on GOOGLE, type in Car Boot Sales and look at the images and you will find the photograph was taken at a CAR BOOT SALE in Apsley End in HERTFORDSHIRE in 2008
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Several loyal customers complained to me that HARRISON whilst promoting Duchy was ‘bad-mouthing’ Louise and I telling them that we had fiddled hundreds of pounds from our Landlords and he was taking over some of the Sales owned by CARBOOTSCORNWALL!!

One of my most loyal team members was so upset about the accusations she went to see ‘motor-mouth’ and he denied emphatically it was him saying ‘you bring them to me’!
We know he has been to some of our Landlords telling lies to advance his applications to take over our business.

“CARBOOTSCORNWALL is owned entirely by Geoff & Louise Camden Wiles our Landlords do not have any legal rights to dispose of our business-nor do they want”!
HARRISON,
We do not mind any opposition but I do resent you trying to dismantle the business that G & L have built over 22 years by your blatant loudmouthed lies!

You claimed to my Landlords that your first 3 Car Boot Sales at Dairyland were a total success and that you had sold nay pre-booked over 100 stall for the first two which as you know Mr LIAR the first two were RAINED off and the third only 4 sellers turned up!! Pre-booking a Car Boot Sale is next door to sheer lunacy and an impossible task!

You do not own a Car Boot Sale in SOMERSET! You do not supply 90 ‘BOUNCERS’ to Newquay night clubs! And I doubt if you are an ex-copper!

What has a ‘nicked’ picture of a CAR BOOT SALE in Hertfordshire as shown on your publicity got to do with the DUCHY of Cornwall or are you trying to convince the crowd picture is of DAIRYLAND! More like fairyland or dreamland or even ‘cloud cuckoo land’

We have absolutely no reason to fiddle our Landlords-we have built up a solid business for a lot of people who rely on the money they earn from out Car Boot Sales and I am sure they will join me with all the 340,000 annual visits to our Car Boot Sales in protecting the reputation of the COMMUNITY CAR BOOT SALES-CARBOOTSCORNWALL established since 1989

You and your friend the ‘ARTFUL DODGER’ have tried to discredit our good name and damage our reputation you are both BARRED from all of Car Boots Cornwall 10 locations!

Footnote!
I once sued a man called HARRISON and was awarded £40,000 with expenses!

Do you feel lucky! Mr LIAR!

PORTH breezed in just under 50 sellers for its first ever Car Boot Sale on the seafront!
Great crowds, good spenders, lots of BARGAINS and a walk on the beach followed by a light lunch in The Mermaid.
What a great Car Boot this is going to be and its popularity will be equal to MITCHELL where we return after the winter season at PORTH!

The normal Car Park fee is £1.00 per hour but the management have waived that charge for Saturdays so you will not ‘get clamped’

Thank you for your support and the buyers reliably told me they had taken GOOD MONEY!

Put this one in your diary Mother! and bring the old man he could do with the fresh air or someone else’s old man! I wont tell!

Enjoy your day! Hope its with us!

Geoff & Lou

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Trouble looming!!!

Directions to PORTH from Mitchell Car Boot Sales and todays gossip!

End of season now at MITCHELL but as so many of you know where MITCHELL is then I suggest you go left and follow the signs directly to PORTH Beach Holiday Park. Lots of nice compliments today about PORTH because our customers know how hard it is to open Car Boot Sales for them to succeed!

If I was staying at a Caravan Park in Cornwall it would be HERE at PORTH (then I would’nt have to get up early on Saturdays)but its got it all peace & quiet, lovely views, great walks, fresh sea-breeze air, a great local who actually like people!

Come on Mother-lets book in for a second honeymoon its on the doorstep so if we fall out I can bugger off home my lover!

ps; Only one problem you got to bring your mobile home!

Anyone out there got a mobile home to hire you can advertise FREE in the Geoff Says column!
Careful drivers only of course!

Send all the details to and 2 pictures contacts etc!