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MANEA MATTERS
MANEA MATTERS

32e Station Road 42 Charlemont Drive

Planning Manea’s Yard Sales
I have organised these sales for several
years, and the first job is to select a date
that clashes with as few other events as
possible. Then residents are invited to join
in, and I begin collecting addresses of those
participating. These go on a list which is
made available to buyers, together with a
star map showing the approximate location
of all the sellers.

Heather asked, “When can Days Lode Road
we do this again?”

Manea has one of the largest village yard I wanted these events to be feel-good fun
sales for miles around. Even in this year’s days, particularly when we were emerging
poor weather, keen buyers came from from lockdown, and I did not want anyone
places such as Stamford, King’s Lynn and to feel excluded. Consequently, despite
Stilton, among others. 81 households pressures to raise funds for good causes,
signed up this year, and more joined in I decided to cover all costs myself and
after the map was published. Extensive make no charges at all, either to register to
advertising is one reason for our success, sell, or for the maps and sellers lists. The
with social media being a great help, result is huge numbers of sellers which in
although many organisers assume that turn attract huge numbers of buyers, and
everyone is on Facebook and thus fail to absolutely nobody is excluded on grounds
reach those who are not. Erecting boards, of cost.
posters and banners helps, but having to
mow large areas of weeds to ensure the Les Herridge
ads are visible proved very tiring!

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