Do you enjoy a good rummage round a car boot sale, but hate the idea of muddy fields, 6am starts and expensive tea and coffee?
Then the Black Tom Jumble Trail is right up your street – quite literally – and will be hitting Bedford on Sunday 9 June 2019 from 11am till 3pm.
A Jumble Trail is like a car boot sale but on your street. Communities co-ordinate to set up stalls in their front gardens to sell bric-a-brac, toys, vintage clothes, cakes or anything you like.
The whole thing is coordinated via Google Maps, which the volunteer coordinator turns into a map you can use to explore the treasure on sale in your neighbourhood.
The Black Tom event is now in its fifth year, and has become a staple on the local community calendar.
Organiser and Black Tom local Katrina Allen says: “That we have hit year five and are still going strong is a testament to our brilliant community.
“The Jumble Trail is the perfect way to pass on unused and unwanted items all whilst making some pocket money on the side and meeting your neighbours.!”
This entire event is volunteer led and all profits will go to Save the Children’s Yemen Children’s fund.
Neighbourhood stalls are selling plants, food, clothes, music, books, handmade items as well as the usual eclectic jumble.
Grab a map from one of the stalls or from the organisers on Sunday 9 June 2019 from 11am.
