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Maggy
19-10-2007, 14:42
Why don't I find things like this? :erm:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7052476.stm

Anyone ever been this fortunate?
v0id
19-10-2007, 17:05
We'll be hearing next that the original owner only intended to donate the bag, and now wants the book back
lauzjp
19-10-2007, 18:16
when I volunteered in a charity shop, we'd get loads of old books, but they had to be thrown away as there just wasn't the storage space.. no one would actually buy them off the shelf if they looked old! And oxfam have specialist book shops and staff, there were only three of us!
Russ
20-10-2007, 12:41
The book, which dates back to 1898, was discovered at the branch of Oxfam in Nantwich, South Cheshire - appropriately inside a handbag.

A handbag?
TheNorm
20-10-2007, 12:48
A handbag?

Yes, you know, the thing a woman hangs on her arm that contains every item that might be required on a shopping trip. Funnily enough, my wife's handbag never seems to contain any money - not when I'm out shopping with her, anyway.
Chicken
20-10-2007, 14:12
A handbag?

You mean 'A haaaaaandbag!' :D in your best Edith Evans voice?
Russ
20-10-2007, 14:22
Yes, sorry......(ahem)......

"A Haaaaaaandbaaaaaaag?"
Knobbly
20-10-2007, 14:41
HAHA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVAdY_CtSl0