Found amongst the half opened bottles of shampoo, boxes of random electrical leads and general house clearance fare (to a soundtrack of someone wanting a refund from a sale the week previous of an electric good that went up in flames) here’s what we picked up at the Deptford Market for less than a quid this morning. It’s a first day cover from 1972 celebrating BBC & Broadcasting History, well interesting stuff, there’s a nice little inset with info about the featured stamps too. More on the item here.

If you would like to know how the story fared out with the damaged electrical good, here goes: “I want my money back” said the disappointed customer in very aggressive tones with some swearing thrown in too, “Where’s the device then?” said the vendor, “I threw it in the dustbin as it went on fire and could’ve burnt the house down” to which the market seller replied “No proof, no refund”. He may have a point! It weren’t one of those old wireless radios by any chance?