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Post by woolybanana on Dec 14, 2021 13:15:32 GMT 1
Does anyone know of a way of disposing of English Language books in France, svp. Hauling them to UK either to sell or to give to charities is a fag. Mainly fiction, largely hardback fiction with some history, all in good nick.
I am in the Pas de Calais.
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Post by ajm on Dec 14, 2021 13:39:23 GMT 1
Give them to your local library - that's what we have done.
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suein56
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Post by suein56 on Dec 14, 2021 14:33:12 GMT 1
Does anyone know of a way of disposing of English Language books in France, svp. Hauling them to UK either to sell or to give to charities is a fag. Mainly fiction, largely hardback fiction with some history, all in good nick. I am in the Pas de Calais. Our local Emmaus usually has a English section with a selection of books of all sorts from dictionaries, cookbooks, fiction etc in both paperback and hardback. Much appreciated it seems as the books regularly get sold quickly. |
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Post by woolybanana on Dec 14, 2021 14:34:41 GMT 1
Thank you folks, I will check out your tips.
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Post by pcpa on Dec 14, 2021 14:40:01 GMT 1
Wooly.
Where I am moving two there are two dog charities that collect and sell English language books to raise funds, I have already taken a few boxes down there, I have far too many at my existing French place plus those in the UK to fit in the new place so rather than throw them they will all be taken to the refuges in 24, I can collect yours and take them, we had been meaning to meet up a long time ago but the confinement put paid to it.
Emmaus Amiens has an English section but the boxes of books I took there never found their way onto the shelves, it was still the old dusty undesirable titles, I realise they would not know what is worthy of the shelf space but they dont seem to throw away stuff and a lot of the new donations just get sold on for recycling, OK they get the money but you and I want the decent books to be appreciated by someone else as we have, an English speaker who can't get to the UK to buy them.
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Post by woolybanana on Dec 14, 2021 16:51:45 GMT 1
Thank you pcpa, that seems a very good idea. I am about 15 minutes from Montreuil sur Mer. Let me know when you might be passing and I will put on the kettle!
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Post by pcpa on Dec 14, 2021 17:24:52 GMT 1
Will do, once I have made some space amongst the removal trailers, it will give me something to do, I'm kicking my heels waiting for Notaires to actually do something aside from sit on the dossier.
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Post by woolybanana on Dec 14, 2021 17:26:41 GMT 1
Ah, you have understood the notaires way of working. Have they mentioned covid delays yet?
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Post by Aardvark on Dec 14, 2021 19:46:11 GMT 1
When we used to take a bootfair pitch on a regular basis (pre-Covid) I used to take English paperbacks and flog 'em 5 for a euro. Backbreaking work for beer money. Then the bootfairs stopped and I needed the space so about three or four hundred were taken to the dechetterie. Sad. I tried using them in the woodburner but all they do is smoulder. No librarys around here and the one and only local charity didn't want any more books.
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Post by ibis on Dec 14, 2021 19:55:51 GMT 1
When we used to take a bootfair pitch on a regular basis (pre-Covid) I used to take English paperbacks and flog 'em 5 for a euro. Backbreaking work for beer money. Then the bootfairs stopped and I needed the space so about three or four hundred were taken to the dechetterie. Sad. I tried using them in the woodburner but all they do is smoulder. No librarys around here and the one and only local charity didn't want any more books. You can make these and flog them... The American girl gets a pretty penny for them on the web...
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