Can anyone recommend these and know of one fairly local to me. Im in Stoke-on-Trent could persuade dh to drive me to about an hour and half away ( Any longer would have to be really nice).

Spent a fortune in Partners on Monday and they have used all of it already. I use all the poundshops etc just finding art and craft resources really expensive.

Our local council runs one, it's called "restore", perhaps yours does too?
You can fill a trolley for a one off payment or join as a member and go weekly. I don't belong any more as my garage was full of stuff after a year!:laughing:

http://www.lewes.gov.uk/files/wrs_scrap_store_subs.pdf (this is the one in Lewes SE)

http://www.childrensscrapstore.co.uk/Uk%20Directory%20of%20Scrapstore1.htm#_South_East

(the directory - from around the country - ignore the SE bit)

nearest one to me is about 40 mins away

http://www.wastebook.org/scrapsto.htm

Our local council runs one, it's called "restore", perhaps yours does too?
You can fill a trolley for a one off payment or join as a member and go weekly. I don't belong any more as my garage was full of stuff after a year!:laughing:

You near Peterborough by any chance?

If so, where is it now because I'd heard that it had moved.

I don't belong any more as my garage was full of stuff after a year!:laughing:

That's why I stopped going to ours! I had big plans for the bits & bobs I collected, then would forget what I was going to do with a dozen massive carboard tubes or 200 empty food trays :laughing: :laughing:

My local one has an annual fee (£16.00) BUT they check what you have chosen and do limit you to how much you can take (about a carrier bag full) They say you can return as many times as you like but as it is half an hours drive from me I would prefer to take what I need two or three times a year than return each week iyswim.

Sometimes there are lots of lovely things paper card materials etc to choose from other times not.

I have heard of one of these in Stafford which would be a bit closer to you, but I am not sure of where, sorry!

Jan

ask the ncma as when the lady visited me she gave me a list of shops local to me. we're talking shop for cheaper art and craft stuff???

How about this

http://www.uniquescrapstore.com/

Miffy xx