After three weeks, 32 experts, and 5,298 votes we can finally crown the winner of the...
🌟Nation's Favourite Antiques Expert🌟
...is officially Natasha Raskin Sharp!
Congrats to
@natasharadio
on the win!
To celebrate our 100 followers we are going to emulate the great
@memorialdevice
and create the
Tat Trove guide to...
The Top 30 Things You Will See In Every Charity Shop
We've hit 700 Tat Fans and to celebrate here are the top...
💿 25 Music CDs We See In Every Charity Shop 💿
(Apologies in advance for the awful puns)
⬇️ Some truly common CDs below 🧵
The winner of Tat Trove's ✨TAT OF THE YEAR 2023✨ is...
THE COUNCIL CLOGS!
The odd pair of
@NorthNorfolkDC
wooden clogs found by
@buntyhoven
in a
@YMCANorfolk
charity shop in Norwich trounced ET in the final vote.
Just for fun here's a bingo card will all 25 cds on it.
Take this out next time with you and see if you can complete it. I reckon you could probably do it within three shops...
We've hit 1000 followers and to celebrate for a bit of fun we are asking you to vote for the...
🌟NATION'S FAVOURITE ANTIQUES EXPERT🌟
We have 32 superb TV antiques experts to choose from. We love them all, but which one will be the UK's favourite?
⬇️ Polls Below
Well that escalated quickly! We did our last list to celebrate 700 followers and that took us over 900! So here is another...
💿25 More CDs We See in Every Charity Shop💿
(Follower Suggestions Edition!)
⬇️ How many of these do you see all the time? 🧵
Cups of Tea all round to celebrate
@GingeKnievil
winning this week's...
🌟TAT OF THE WEEK🌟
with the Job Centre Teapot!
It goes straight into contention for Tat of the Year!
Congrats to
@ohsinnerman
and his Hilda Ogden Clock for winning the first Tat of the Week this year!
The bit of top tier tat is going straight into contention for Tat of the Year 2024!
Any charity shop hunter worth their salt should be a Lovejoy fan. And any Lovejoy should be a Tinker fan. I have no idea what the shirt means, but I still would have snapped it up if it was my size.
This beautiful* item of taxidermy has been donated to the
#LostockHall
charity shop.
It really stares into your soul.
Hurry now to secure a bargain and companion for life.
A big congrats to
@JoeStephenson96
who struck black gold with his winning...
🌟BP Oil Trophy🌟
It goes straight into Tat of the Year! Winning with the most votes ever!
It's time...
To Face...
The Tat...
🌟Tat of the Week🌟
This week's not so awesome foursome are the Pig Family Teapot, the Bernard Manning Vinyl, the Dog Egg, and the BP Oil trophy from
@JoeStephenson96
⬇️ Their Fate is in Your Hands Below
Against All Odds,
@thegeefunk
has won this week's TAT of the WEEK with the superbly awful Phil Collins Framed Printout!
It's gone straight into contention for Tat of the Year!
16. Top Of the Pops Vinyl
One for the dads. These compilation albums containing bad versions of pop hits would have been thrown into landfill by now if it wasn't for the seductive covers. Now every charity shop vinyl bin has a few of these taking up space.
Now the celebrations are out of the way, it's time to bring us all back down to earth to find the...
✨TAT OF THE YEAR✨
We have 32 bits of tat vying for the top spot with the winner receiving a £25 donation to the charity it was found in.
The first round of 8 polls below ⬇️
Before a recent date I went to an antique centre and saw this monstrosity. I later told her about this account and the tat I feature. A few days later she visits the same antique centre without me knowing and takes a photo of the exact same horror for me! I think she's a keeper!
It's a big thumbs up to
@ChrisCatalyst
whose Samantha Mumba signed Thumbprint charity shop find has won this week's Tat of the Week!
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It's now straight through to the final of Tat of the Year!
Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your worst enemies it's time for...
✨TAT OF THE WEEK🌟
This week's contenders are the Big Handed Womble, the Wacky Races Bingo Dabbers, the Toby Jug Slob, and the Hilda Ogden Clock from
@ohsinnerman
⬇️ Poll Below
I'm hoping that this is in a charity shop because the original owner is now in a loving relationship rather than died a nasty death surrounded by 30 cats.
20. Recipe Soul Bowls
No visit to a charity shop is complete without seeing a few of these old recipe soup bowls. With plenty of flavours to choose from, I'd love to one day try one of these out. Anyone ever followed the recipe?
Sorry I've been watching the football, so while we wait for extra time we have time for...
🌟TAT OF THE WEEK🌟
We have the Creepy Lady, the Disfigured Jug, the Frozen Piano from
@Laird_of_Jura
and the Fox Bin Ornament from
@simongmusic73
. Which will you choose?
⬇️ Vote Below!
While browsing round charity shops, boot sales, and auction we stumble across some stuff that is complete tat. It could be obsolete, useless, weird, or all three. We do love it though. So follow for all sorts of weird and wonderful rubbish. 🗑️
Show us yours too with
#tattrove
!
The votes are in and 16 experts are through to ROUND 2 as we continue to find out the...
🌟NATION'S FAVOURITE ANTIQUES EXPERT🌟
1st in each group plays against 2nd in the next group.
Remember the winner will receive a £25 donation to a charity of their choice!
⬇️ Polls Below
Save them before it's too late.
We need your help again. These dolls are still stuck in plastic tubes.
Thank you for your support for Poor Dolls Suffocating in Plastic Tubes Day.
All retweets are appreciated to get the word out.
#pdsiptd
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Well this account's gone down the toilet! Becuase the winner of Tat of the Week is
🌟THE POO MUG!🌟
Well done to me for finding this monstrosity and for you for voting for it!
Big congrats to
@YorkshireLad76
whose Royal plate won this week's Tat of the Week!
I know a lot of people really wanted that plate for themselves! Me too!
Sorry, my social life is popping off so it's another late
🌟TAT OF THE WEEK🌟
Our 4 challengers are the Rock Hard Chap, the Creepy Clown Clock, the Wife Mood Forecast, or the Job Centre Teapot from
@GingeKnievil
.
⬇️ It's Up To You Vote Below
30. Where's Wally Merchandise
Play a fun game with yourself and try to find Wally in any charity shop you visit. He will be lurking somewhere on a book or puzzle. Guaranteed!
11. Charity Shop Staff Getting in the Way
I love all charity shop staff. I really appreciate the time they put into helping the charity and their kindness when I'm buying weird items. But please can you refrain from standing right in my way when I want to look at something!
If you want to surprise your valentine this year why not buy each other a personal painted portrait?
These two lovers had one made of each other back in the 90s.
Sadly they didn't stay together, as these ended up in a
@BirthlinkThrift
charity shop.
Quarter Final Time! As we continue our search for the...
🌟NATION'S FAVOURITE ANTIQUES EXPERT🌟
We are down to just 8 famous faces battling it out for the win. Some heavyweight battles coming up!
Remember the winner gets £25 for their chosen charity!
⬇️ Polls Below
1. Fifa
In 20 years time we won't be sending birthday cards, but will give a copy of Fifa from the year they were born. Which is handy because they are so bountiful and so useless that most charity shops will just give them away!
We've hit 300 followers! I'm so glad people are enjoying the absolute junk I find on a daily basis! To celebrate here is another list:
Top 25 Board Games you will find in every Charity Shop!