I work in a second hand bookshop and when there's no-one in the shop, I like to take a walk and visit the local charity shop which also doubles as a cat shelter. People donate anything and everything to charity and it all makes its way to shops like this one, to be sold. The owner has a certain sense of humour, as do her staff and they price anything and everything and make eye-catching displays. Here is a selection of weird and wonderful objects, from vintage to kitsch.

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*Knitted pillows, an art deco teapot, a child's toy car and a painted portrait from 1965*

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*Blinged-up shoes, knitted caps, a pissed-off crab in a football helmet and who knows what the plastic fish is for: a toast rack perhaps?*

One of the many cats that live on the premises. Sometimes they also manage to find new homes.

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My favourite: at the door as you enter, free government-issue condoms. Someone embroidered this funky sign. Except that they didn't do any layout and planning before they started stitching. So part pf the 'm' is missing.

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Even better, someone at the government procurement centre thought that supplying banana-scented condoms would somehow be a good idea....

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