A last look at This'n'That?

Not long now until the shop closes on Saturday, January 28th. It has been a great experience and such fun . If you have time come along for a last visit. We are open Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri & Sats. Lots of reductions including all greetings cards at £1 each or 6 for £5 .... going fast!

Plans are well under way for the next Nostalgic Mix Fair which will be held in Totnes Civic Hall on Saturday, March 31st. More news, about the sellers, soon.

Proud to be in Totnes!!

As shown (for a second!) on this week's episode of BBC Countryfile. They were comparing Totnes with Yeovil and said that we were fortunate that our supermarkets (Morrisons and Co-op) were within the town and not on an out of town site drawing business away from the High Street.
Not sure that I would ever have put fortunate and supermarket in the same feature myself but I can see what they mean.
Have a look for yourself by clicking for the link to BBC i Player

Time for a 'virtual visit' to This'n'That!

Now that Christmas is over lots more vintage stock creeping back in and most of the remaining 'gift' lines are reduced, though I wouldn't actually call it a sale!

Enid Blyton continues to be a favourite! We have the usual stock of her books, school posters and some Enid Blyton Magazines and school reading books.


Wonderful old girls' annuals for 'old girls' like me!


Also, old annuals and books for 'old boys' like Mr Fixit!


I'll be off searching for more early Penguin and Puffin books. They sold well and I'm in need of 'top-up' stock. The shop also sells the Penguin and Puffin book cover postcards at 50p each or just £14.99 for a box of 100 .... great value!


When buying old books in quantity I often find some with missing pages, scribble or just too ragged to sell. We save these and have then made into novelty bunting to sell.


I'm still having to limit the vintage book shelves. Otherwise, This'n'That would rapidly become a bookshop and lines like the 'gardener gifts' would be squezeed out.


We try to maintain collections of sailing, gardening and cricket books too so I'm off hunting for stock to keep the shelves topped up through the summer.


I recently bought a lovelt collection of music, The artwork on the covers is just great!


Rosey Reed's shell and driftwood pieces bring a bit of the coast into the shop. She lives in Somerset and collects all of her own driftwood and beachcombings.


The old pine dresser gets regularly replenished. Vintage jelly moulds have become increasingly popular since recipe books featuring great jellies (with alcohol) for grown ups!! .... a little hint ... the vegetarian jellies just don't work that well. They turn out and then ... GLOOP ....its all collapsed!!


So pleased when I was able to add a collection of 'herry B' glasses alongside our usual Babycham glasses. We've even got 'Pony' and 'Britvic' too.



The little blue armchair is a pipe stand.

The contents of the shelves in the back of the shop chop and change regularly and are always worth browsing through. I try to keep breakables high up and then parents with little children can relax a bit:)

Oh bliss! Oh joy!! I'm off to Ways With Words

It's that time of year again!! I call it my 'holiday at home' and have a 10 day rover ticket; friends to help with the shop and only roll home to sleep!! ... love it :)

Have alook at their web pages (click to link) and come along if you can. It would be lovely to meet some bloggers for a cuppa and a 'catch-up'. ( 07799 897514 - my mobile)

Maybe a visit to Totnes Castle?

Above .... the This'n'Thatmobile parked by 'our' Norman castle. There's worse car parking in this world! On a clear evening, the skyline is just amazing with the castle silhouetted against the stars ... that's a future challenge for my new camera!

The castle grounds.

... and lots of wild garlic! I wonder if the Normans had wild garlic?