Viva Lewes Issue #145 October 2018

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COLUMN Chloë King Tit for tat One thing I’ve learnt about objects, is that they make poor company. They might be pretty, or useful, or pretty useful, but the conversation is non-existent. Most unhappily, they never reciprocate the emotions I pour into them. Plus, they’re constantly needing more of my space and costing me more money and more time to look after. And other people are always remarking on them: wondering why they look like this or that, or asking me where they come from – the sort of questions that no right-minded person ought to be asking. We’re having a big clear-out at home which is great. Unless, of course, you’re aware of the generalised impotence of our recycling system, or that charity shops throw away a lot of donations, or the fact that plastic straws get stuck up sea turtles’ nostrils. In which case, having a clear-out is as much guilt-inducing as it is cathartic. But there we are. We have a mountain of children’s clothes to relieve ourselves of before they provoke such powerful nostalgia we are compelled to produce another carbon-guzzler. And that’s just one category of items cluttering up our lives. The only way for it is to boot sale. I think. We can make some money and give some objects another chance. Then we can start afresh. We can live among blissful sparsity with all things in their right and proper place, and in the words of my husband: ‘No more shall we fill champagne flutes full of beads! No more shall we fill bird feeders full of dominos! No more shall we fill jam jars full of rocks! Because, we are better than this!’ So, on Sunday morning at 5.30am, the four of us drive to Polegate to queue for the Mammoth Car Boot as mists disperse over the South Downs. The sun is out and there could easily be as many sellers here as punters. Each car opens out to display a similar array of superfluous nonsense: children’s toys, kitchenalia, books, tools, materials, furniture and things on wheels. The morning unfolds slowly and largely unprofitably. I think men are hovering around waiting for Mr to leave before they ask for prices on tools. They want to capitalise on the fact I don’t know what to charge for 40 metres of rubber tubing. I buy a packet of heart-shaped Post-its to use as price tags – this seller drives a hard bargain (dropping from 50p not to 20p, but to 25p…) I soon find they don’t stick. Still, my butter churner attracts a lot of attention; one couple seem especially interested. “You put double cream in and turn the handle, then you have butter, and the whey you can use to make soda bread,” I reveal. “We don’t eat butter,” the man says. “That’s because you don’t have a butter churner!” I reply, going for the hard sell. “We don’t eat dairy,” he says, walking off. My hope was to turn tat into gold. The disappointing truth, I find, is that tat is tat. Illustration by Chloë King 33
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DRINK Sussex Blue Gin Turning Susse
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THE WAY WE WORK Merle Moustafa, Mer
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TRADE SECRETS Lewes Farmers Market
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MY SPACE Lee Miller’s larder Chic
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HEALTH Good grief Moving on from lo
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