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Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 154 Send Message	Michael	Report	9 Jul 2015 16:38
	I have available an 8 and a half inch Equatorial telescope to get rid of. Complete with solid stand,viewfinder and lenses. Will need some attention to the internal lense[ie cleaning]. This was bought for our son many years ago and has been in our garage covered with sheeting. I live in the Cotswolds,so would have to be for someone fairly local. Have tried to contact our local branch of the Society but ex directory! Anybody out there interested? Regards. Michael.
	Researching: Grout,Brown,Evans and Cook. Various but mainly Berkshire,Kent and Essex.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	9 Jul 2015 18:25
	OH would love it, but with the light pollution where we live it would totally impractical. How about advertising it on eBay or gum tree? If you were happy to give it away try free cycle. They'd probably be queuing up at the door :-D
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Member Since: January 2008 Posts: 2,684 Send Message	Andysmum	Report	9 Jul 2015 22:21
	I heard about this the other day. Our local branch of Freecycle has about 12 items on it, but the local branch of Freegle has over 1,000. The link is for Gloucester, but there are others in the Cotswolds. Good luck. https://trashnothing.com/gloucester-freegle