In my humble opinion, there are few places in the world more magical than a thrift store. They’re full of unexpected treasures like outdated clothing items that would be bold statements today, VHS tapes of films you haven’t watched in decades and bizarre home goods that make you wonder why they were ever created in the first place. What’s not to love?
So in celebration of all of the wackiest things shoppers have ever found at secondhand stores, we’ve taken a trip to the “Charity Shop [Stuff]” Facebook group. Below, you’ll find some of the quirkiest objects that have ended up on thrift store shelves, as well as conversations we were lucky enough to have with thrifting experts Dina Younis of Dina’s Days and Jessica Potter of Used & Loved, so enjoy this opportunity to virtually window shop and be sure to upvote all of the items you might have been tempted to purchase!
#1 Perfect Ideas For Summer Holidays!
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#2 Crud Mug Of The Day. Oxfam Guisborough
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#3 Band Of Cats At Jane’s Charity Shop, Also Romsey
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#4 Godalming Barnardos. The Volunteer Said She Couldn’t Bring Herself To Put It Out But Priced It At £1 Each Tassel – Now That’s My Sisters Birthday Gift Sorted
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#5 Saw This Today & Left It There
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#6 I Love It!
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#7 Lol Saw This In Footsteps Gloucester
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#8 Well, Made Me Laugh… Jumble Sale Fundraiser For A Youth Theatre, East Oxford, 20p
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#9 A Must For All Workplaces. We’ve All Done It. Hope Rescue, Pontypridd
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#10 Found This In Scope In Great Yarmouth… Definitely Came Home With Me So I Can Prank My Kids
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#11 Bhf Lincoln UK… A Must Have For Any Dog Owner
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#12 Saw This At Charity Shop Any Ideas
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#13 British Heart Foundation Gloucester Lol She’s Armless Really
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#14 First Donation Of The Day
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#15 My Partner Went On A Charity Shop Binge Today And Came Home With This Thing! He’s Named It Cuthbert Age UK- Wolverhampton
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#16 For All You Gary Barlow Fans. Barnardos Milton Keynes
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#17 3 Old Ring Pulls In Plastic. Age UK Walthamstow. And It Is Now Mine…
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#18 Was It Me You Were Looking For £1 From PDSA Brighton
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#19 This Delight Can Be Yours For The Princely Sum Of £3.99. Age UK In Crosby, Liverpool
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#20 Needless To Say We Didn’t Buy It £4…mens T-Shirt
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#21 Barnsley Charity Shop Fish Sliders
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#22 £4 Barnados Dudley
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#23 Julia’s House, Christchurch….only £3
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#24 I’m Guessing Sue Wasn’t Happy With Her 50th Birthday Present From Friends
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#25 It’s What She Would Have Wanted. And For £4 This Wasn’t Being Left Behind. Highams Park Counselling Charity Shop
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#26 In Case Anyone’s Looking For A Bag Of 4 Pebbles (Don’t Even Know Why On Earth You’d Donate, Let Along Try And Sell Them) You Can Find These At The Norfolk Hospice Tapping House
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#27 Yep, A Meerkat Elvis. And It Was In The Glass Cabinet So It Was Worth A Fair Bit…
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#28 Oxfam Cleveleys If You Want This Fine Garment!
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#29 Run Don’t Walk For This Beautiful Outfit In Barnardo’s Fallowfield!!
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#30 What The Actual …..? Cancer Research Penzance
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#31 Not Entirely Sure…but I Think It’s A Plastic Eiffel Tower You Hang Around Your Neck And Drink Alcohol From. Salvation Army, St Petersburg, Fl
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#32 I Have Questions. Questions I’m Not Sure I Want To Know The Answers To. Still Available In Haw, Hull If You Want A Budget Option For Your Old Granny
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#33 There Are Some Charity Shops That Think They Are Antique Shops. Cornwall Hospice Truro Has Many Items With Price Tags Like This. £700…. Kerching!
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#34 Rspca Blackstock Rd
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#35 Apple Sauce Head Found In Tenovus, Romsey
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#36 Easter Bunny In A Mr Tumble Waistcoat Anyone? Available From Salvation Army Newmarket
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#37 Seen In Greenwich
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#38 What’s In Your Knickers? My Purse Of Course £2.50 Leeds, (Forgot Exactly Which Shop)
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#39 Someone’s Been Having A Go At Painting… Do Charity Shops Ever Throw Anything Away Because It’s Really Bad? Pdsa, Newcastle Upon Tyne
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#40 Well If You Are A Last Of The Summer Wine Fan.. Longfield Glos £3.50 Each
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