todays choice was shopping at birmingham,shopping at cheshire oaks shopping at the potteries centre..

[mrsmaveric]

so we went to donnington market......

[boxtops]

... and just think, it's not so many years ago when you couldn't go shopping at all on a Sunday!

[mrsmaveric]

yes you are so right boxtops havent times changed???

[boxtops]

..even the tip is open on Sunday now!

[DTCwordfan]

Bless the tip. Ours had a cross recently dumped on it. Reflects the state of the Church down here.

[micmak]

Is that to tip the things you bought on a Saturday boxy?

[ethandron]

do you own a private helicopter mrsmaveric?

[mrsmaveric]

shhhhh dont mention tips..mrmaverick is half asleep on the sofa....

[boxtops]

Oh no, micmak, we hardly buy anything we don't really need, these days!!

OH went to the tip today with four bags of garden stuff, glad to see the back of that.

[mrsmaveric]

why do you ask that ethandron??? lol

[ethandron]

well, depending where you live, or in fact wherever you live, any of the choices would have involved a fair old journey by any other means than a helicopter, or maybe a superduper ultra whizzy blue light police escort. perhaps you're actually the queen then? :o)

[mrsmaveric]

well the fact that i am married to stokemaveric..there is a clue there..STOKE..and i had a CHOICE birmingham is an hour drive away,cheshire oaks 50 minutes and the potteries shopping centre 20 minutes away and donnington maket is 55 minutes away up the a50,i would hardly need a helicopter now would i????.

[welshlibranr]

Oh Mra m!......donny market!.....brings back memories, loved going there when we lived in Uttoxeter!......Lots and lots of stalls, many of them the same!.......but I really enjoyed going on a Sunday!.....

[mrsmaveric]

ps ethandron maybe you ought to think twice before putting your foot in your mouth perhaps you are actually the duke of edinburgh then!!!!!!!!

[mrsmaveric]

hi welsh its great there isnt it??? loads of bargains and a nice sunday roast on the way back in donnington..you cant beat it...

[Buenchico]

Boxtops:
Isn't it a sign of old age when you find yourself saying "it's not so many years ago" and realise that it was actually 17 years ago? (The law changed in 1994!).

Welsh:
To me 'Donny' means Doncaster, not Donnington! (There was a time when many Sheffield bus drivers pretended not to have heard of 'Doncaster'. They'd ask 'Dust tha mean Donny, luv?").

Anyone:
Is Donnington market still a 'proper' market or has it (like so many other markets') 'gone posh'? With the big supermarkets now selling clothing, electrical goods and just about anything else, a lot of the traditional 'cheapo' market stalls around here have now disappeared, to be replaced by traders selling 'posh' bread (at £3 or £4 for a small loaf), upmarket cakes (at £1.50 for a cup cake), and luxury 'deli' items (such as cheeses at £20 per kilo).

[welshlibranr]

Mrs M, is it still the same? hope so!...and Chris, we always called it Donny Market, think everyone in a 30 mile radius does too!......it used to be great, really cheap, very busy, then as Mrs M said, lovely Sunday lunch at the Hotel by the river (I think!) in Donnington near to Donnington Park!.........

[ethandron]

ps mrsmaveric, i was only having a larf, can't see where my foot went in my mouth :(
would need a sex change to be the duke of edinburgh...