So..... today I go into Boston which is a town about 30 miles from where I live to get my sons birthday present for Friday. After buying my lads present I decided to have a walk round the town in search of you know what anyway I passed through an outdoor market selling allsorts of crap and on doing so heard music playing from something that sounded very bassy I walked over to the stall where the music was coming from and on the floor in the corner I saw a beat up jvc kaboom in camouflage green wired up to a car battery lol. After the disappointment of it being in a real bad state I decided not to ask if it was for sale and carry on with my search.

After 10 mins of walking through back streets I came across a unit selling used electrical appliances, fridges, cookers, washing machines ect.

I don't usually try these places but today I felt an urge and decided to go into the unit by off chance. On entering the shop there was an oldish fella sat chilling on an old sofa so I immediately asked do you have any old ghetto blasters by any chance He looked at me with a grin and said with a cheeky east end accent DO YOU MEAN THE BIG BRIXTON BRIEFCASE THINGS lol. We got chatting and he said that last year he cleared a house in Skegness and there was a huge collection of them maybe about 20 or 30 he said apparently he put them in his unit with price tags of between £5 and £10.

He said they had been sat there for around 9 months and none sold so he took them to the tip a couple of month back I knew he was telling the truth as a lady in the office verified his story. Anyway after further chat with him he said he may still have a few in his warehouse storage and will take a look for me He took my mobile number and said he will call me in due course, that made me feel a little better after the story I just swallowed So I now wait impatiently and pray he finds me something special at a good price. Oh I almost forgot..... I passed a music shop selling records and cd's and spotted this great album cover in the window so shot it for all you clash fans

fingers crossed AZ....dibs on any good ens

Cheers Dave, not sure it's gonna pull off but ya gotta try and if I do come up trumps with owt nice Il'e keep you in mind

This is very exciting! bet you can't wait Hopefully he saved the biggest and best! As for the ones that went to the tip, it's probably best their identity remains unknown!

anyway I've got my fingers crossed for you matey! I'm talking grails with a starting price of a tenner, get haggling!!

good luck lav, hope you get some good ones. 

Nice story, I felt as if I was there in the shop with you.

Waiting for the result now.

Cheers for the comments guys, if I get a result you guys will be 1st to know

Cheers Si

Nice story indeed! Sounds really good! Hope the guy has hold some nice boxes! Cant wait to see the pics Lav!

Cheers for the comments Michiel and Samovar yes the Brixton briefcase thing made me laugh too

Az, while we're on the subject of Boston, I noticed this in the news today

A bunch of Boston revellers repair bike stand on a drunken night out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...incolnshire-24047706

Now that's something you don't see everyday Cris, but il'e bet it was more a test of strength than a good deed

Either that or they haven't fully worked the vanadalism concept out.  I know Lincolnshire folk, born and bread in Spalding etc.

Yeah I recall you saying you was born and bred in Spalding Cris, Boston is not a great place tbh but for a nearest town to me it's either Grimsby or Boston A far cry from Manchester.

Jeez!...it must be soooo boring in Boston for this to be late night entertainment for them lol

I just wish with all my heart to get

something nice from the guy Lav !!

Oh and i love the Clash Vinyl album pic too !

A Must have for me !!

The boxes from left to right are the Hitachi 8080

the Sharp GF9191 the Sony CFS 65 and the last one??

Thanks a lot for the kind words Deech, nothing as yet but still early days

so many boxes go to the tip....that,s always going to be a key place to find them theses days but then they don,t let you have them 

good luck az

Very true Lee and cheers mate