Friday, July 29, 2011

GREENSIDE CAR PARK

Greenside Car Park.
In the days and weeks that passed we came to know of another car boot sale at the Greenside Car Park. The place was enormous and could easily accommodate more than 300 cars. The sale was conducted in Level 2 of this underground car park.
It was a nice experience wandering around and getting to see all kinds of things; antique, furniture, books; tons of them from stories, novels, DIY, comics and magazines, electrical appliances, clothes, shoes, cups, glasses, toys, cassette recorders, CDs, tools and bags.
These CBS or car boot sales start from 10.00 am and end at 2.00 pm. The crowd was fantastic. By the time the sales started, it would be crowded. People would be milling around, touching, looking and asking about the prices but most of the time, the people would be doing window shopping. Some take the opportunity to bring the family for an outing and enjoy the atmosphere.
On most Sundays, I would leave with my friends after breakfast and walk for about 30 minutes to reach this Greenside Car Park. After spending some time, we would return or leave the place at 12.00 noon to the halls to have our lunch.
This Greenside Car Park is enormous because it has 4 levels and the car boot sale is held in Level 2. We had to use a lift to get to Level 2 and just as we enter the area, the air suddenly turns cold. So everyone would be wearing jackets, coats and woolen clothes to keep warm.
During the first two visits I bought 6 CDs at 50p and 2 cassettes (Disco hits) at £1 and some story books; Reader’s Digest Condensed version and some Enid Blyton story books. These are good books especially to learn more about the way of life of the English.
These books would definitely help Florence, Irene and Jensen to inculcate an interest in reading especially in English.

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