Boot sale
Boot Sale on the Common, Saturday. Garage Sale, Friday through Sunday.
I attended both of these. The first didn’t sell any boots and the second had no garage.
The first we saw from a respectful distance near Bath, England. People with treasures (long stored junk) they wished to sell pulled their cars into a large open area, opened their “boots” (car trunks) and conducted their sales.
The garage sale was next door to us as neighbors unloaded surplus articles before moving into a new house. In a way it was a garage sale, because one of the reasons they moved was to acquire property with room for a garage. Pots, pans, dishes, glasses, ornaments, tools, stools, drapery, nails, bales, vases, posters, toasters, drills, sills, books, cassettes, games, toys and puzzles: all were sold.
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