General Chat

Snap! So do I Janet, -but only on a very small scale because as mentioned earlier we're short of space here. My children look out for it and even bought a small vase off e bay. It's a challenge to look out for it as you do. That's part of the fun that 'new' buying wouldn't bring.

I collect Prinknash pottery but mainly the pewter coloured stuff. It's fairly cheap and I love it. (Never spent more than a fiver on a piece at charity shops and boot sales) My other half thinks I'm mad as I've got about 30-40 bits now. I have to sneak it in the house and add it to the collection when he's not looking.

Maggie Winchester - the Tetley Tea Folk stuff is really sought after - could be worth dusting it down and checking e-bay or similar. Maggie H

I colect oldish books, particularly the 'Religious Tract Society' ones, which have lovely front covers and appalling moral tales, old household medical books children's books and Penguin paperbacks. I also collect cheap naff religious icons, which I ask people to bring back from their holidays. My favourite is a rather nice bust of Jesus in black resin, with gold glitter for a cown, and a blue glitter beard!!! (from Italy) Oh, and I have a vast amount of Tetley tea folk stuff in the attic!! Didn't collect it, just acquired it through promotions - I drink a lot of tea!lol maggie

China jugs, old ones of course. I started collecting them thirty years ago so have an awful lot. Jo.

I forgot marbles. I collect marbles,all sorts and I love the ones you get in Chrystal shops that are made from things like agate etc. When I was tiny I used to visit an old lady who kept marbles in a jar on her mantlepiece. As a treat I was allowed to take the jar down and tip them out. They were lovely.all colours and spiral patterns. Now I have a marble jar for my gransons Rose

I collect tortoise - as long as they are small - but not live ones - I've toys, key rings, ornaments etc A friends nice new boyfriend noticed my collection when she brought him round for the first time to show him off and shortly after he brought me a tortoise he found on his trip to Hong Kong. My other half would say books - as I have tonnes of Sci/fi and fantasy books.

I collect Marie Curie Teddy bear lapel badges,and the Variety club Gold Hearts, Redundant Teddy Bears,usually found upside down in bins in shops,past their best. The bears not the shops. I feel sorry for them, little ceramic boxes and limoge cobalt blue china,you know the sort of thing with shepherdesses on in gold, small easter eggs and blue and white china. You know until I thought about it I had forgotten how much I do collect things.Oh and husbands LOL Rose

Carol, just to let you know there are quite a few badges on e-bay!..

I got the McDonalds toy bug a few years ago. Had three large boxes of them. They eventually went to a charity shop when we moved and had no room for them. I have started a collection of Butlins badges now, at least they dont take up much room.

I collect Pendelfin rabbits - got over 80 now, but that's small in comparison to some people's collections I've seen on the web. Just bought a new display cabinet for them, and it's filled already. Waiting for the next "specials" in October - called the Pearly King & Queen, and they are named Pauline & Arthur - guess I have to have them!! Pauline

I collect Penguinalia - we have everything from Biscuit barrels to ironing board covers, nailbrushes and toothbrushes. A pencil case penguin Wallace and Grommit style. Earrings, tapestries, loo seat ... my kids think I'm nuts. I never mention it to visitors but it gradually sinks in on them! A

No room to collect as we have a houseful of people but I could offer a VERY generous donation to the collection of Karen on the coast. Could even deliver, probably!.

Buttonhooks Tye beanie babies (although I now concentrate on the bears). 3 wise monkey ornaments (& some of them are brass) first day covers, although not s much any more because they produce too many. Aynsley china 'cottage garden'. Royal Doulton ladies Guiseppe Armani figurines (ladies) I have a small collection of paper weights My husband would say books because you can't move in this house for books and they are all mine - he doesn't read books at all. And photos. i also still have a stamp collection from when i was much younger but i gave that up. Ann Glos

I collect clowns , not real ones , I have musical , glass. silver,brass, ect. even pictures of them . just love them . Janet

I love collecting teapots, but i use a coffee plunger for my tea. and my hubby collects weighing scales, down from the ones they used on the railways to a letter scale. Theresa

I collect thimbles, sewing sets and Eternal Beau China. M.

Thats a different one Christine!..

I collect hedgehogs. I even have a live one in my garden! I have necklaces, earings, brooches, keyrings, mugs, sweatshirt, t-shirts, pens, jotter pads, t-towels, Swakovski(?) crystal ones, pottery ones, ceramic ones, glass ones, soft toys, wooden ones and one for scraping mud off your shoes, but my lovely hedgehog slippers wore out and I can't find any more:o( I even have a cute picture on my wall which someone sent me of a baby hedgehog curled up among some ball-type cacti! Sue - the prickly one LOL

Have some of those sylvac pots as well lynn, have a mug by Sadlers, with two fingerholes in it!, had one when I was little, a long time ago!..