The first sale took place in one of the bedrooms at Pat's house with a few friends
contributing to the sale. As the sale grew Pat had to move to larger premises at the Church
Hall in Weston Green. It sufficed well but it too became too small, the site was sold for development and we found larger
location.
The next was Thames Ditton Youth Centre in Mercer Close - we had so much more space and it was a dream
-for a while! The public queued around the car park in the morning to leave their goods for sale and then they started
again a good hour before the sale at lunchtime. The Youth Centre was fast becoming too small a space for us and then
the local authority decided to close the centre and we were forced to find new premises again.
They did us a huge favour and we relocated to Esher College, the first year in the hall and since then
in their new sports and drama complex at the rear of the College. We have more than enough space to display all the
goods without it being squashed - the helpers are not nearly so tired at the end of a very long day either.
The National Childbirth Trust have copied the concept of the sale and run good as new sales nationwide
- quite a compliment!
Over the years we have striven to improve the running of the sale by having have pre and post sale meetings.
There will always be 1 or 2 problems,but we feel that we now run it very efficiently.
