freecycle! I've been trying to recall that website all morning, to absolutely no avail! I'll go on and have a look now, especially having had shipping quotes for some really cheap ones in the US come back at $150! 🙂
Thanks Jabba ::hug::
Actually, it's freecycle.org - I just checked my area and no one has been active on it for many months - possibly because once you registered, you became inundated with emails of offers!
Jabba, I found it but there's little in my area either.
The website was at first incredibly slow to load, so I got excited ...!
Alas, we'll just have to wait.
It's strange that there are no sensible distributors in the UK.... it's the crippling US postage that's frustrating me at the moment, and I wish so much that they were more popular. I'm tempted to even make a visit to our local hand car wash for some advice, lol!
This is so beautiful. I love hand washing and I do that for the heck of it at times. It is more gratifying somehow. Good luck with your efforts. You might be starting something here on Hp, who knows!
Gorseflower - because of some organisational issues many freecycle group members split off into another similar set up called Freegle - your local one is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HuddersfieldRecycle/
There is also a group called Ecobees - which is a national set up and free to join plus various others. http://ecobees.com/
You might also find something through joining and asking locally on " just for the love of it" http://www.justfortheloveofit.org/ - I would imagine you would find this site interesting aside from looking for a mangle!
Hope that helps - good luck!
Celia