Just for the record, here is the Great Western Railway,Stable block still standing after all the years since closure at Princetown Station, Dartmoor.

No doubt a useful source of traction, to deliver the goods around the isolated settlements on the Moor.

  You won't see Coach screws like these again.

 We have a few, cleaned up, rustproofed and presented nicely, what normally ends up being thrown away, makes for a nice, niche exhibit.

The former, Glasshouses, left standing, from the former, Toddington Garden Centre, could provide  useful cover and protection, for museum artifacts outdoors.

Relocating this valuable structure  is something that we will be investigating.

Finally, In Devon, all the recycling depots have a recycling shop.

Items that may still be re-used are put to one side, to be sold in the shop.

The shops are humming, with buyers, who want to buy for reuse, upcycling and resale

Purchases are made by bank card only, the items purchased are then weighed and added to the councils recycled, tonnage. at that site, just brilliant, and to be applauded, in my opinion

On this visit, to the site at Bideford, several 1950's items were bought, and are now in our museum displays at Toddington.

These shops are a source of the antiques of tomorrow, they are great fun to visit, and they should be in every local authority throughout the country.

Reuse, trumps, recycling, it
is the best way forward, to preserve our, fragile, environmental balance. 

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