Canopy Sale

On Thursday 8th September we held a sale of bric-a-brac and clothes at the canopy in Bolton town centre square. It was a dismal day, the kind that makes you want to stay in and that's what most of the sensible citizens of  Bolton did. There was a good turn-out of Lions which meant that quite often we outnumbered the customers, and we took to going on the other side of the stalls to give the illusion of feverish activity, in a bid to attract customers. Because rules would not allow us to park our vehicle on the town square, we had to unload all of our merchandise at the start, and with numerous Lions in attendance it was like the proverbial "sardines in a can", under the canopy.  Lion Jim Wells, ICOB(in charge of books) had to take evasive action to stop the books on his stall from becoming pulp with the driving rain determined  to seek them out. Despite the conditions the Lions stuck manfully, or should that be lionfully, to the task and an amount literally described as £366.17 by our treasurer, John Fairhurst,was raised. Not for the first time, the clothes section made a splendid contribution to the total. Amongst the bric-a-brac there were a few breakages but the customers were distinctly reluctant to pay for them, especially as we were responsible for them(the breakages not the customers).

Our next canopy will be in the new year but we are in desperate need of more bric-a-brac so please contribute what you can.