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Industrial quantities of buttons for sale - £2 a kilo

WildAtlanticWay

Industrial quantities of buttons for sale - £2 a kilo
« on: March 09, 2019, 14:33:58 PM »
Just saw this in a Facebook forum and know nothing more than the info posted below:

Callout to save buttons from landfill...

A Brown & Co Buttons (a 104-year-old button factory in Croydon) needs to dispose of 30 TONNES of buttons as the factory is shutting down.

For anyone interested in large quantities. 

Email Sarah: sjanalli@googlemail.com
They are currently selling for £2/kilo. Colours can be requested.

toileandtrouble

Re: Industrial quantities of buttons for sale - £2 a kilo
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2019, 15:21:50 PM »
Just been on the website and they say they have had so many requests they can't handle any more!
Yarn down:  1000g
Fabric down:  29m

Tamnymore

Re: Industrial quantities of buttons for sale - £2 a kilo
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2019, 17:02:04 PM »
Ai Weiwei has offered to take the lot!

Maybe they could share out a ton or so amongst sewists who would like them then he could have the rest for a fab work of art that we could all go and enjoy.

(Oh dear, my spellchecker changed sewists to sexists. We ain't sexist on TSP are we???)
'One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.' Oscar Wilde

snoozi soozi

Re: Industrial quantities of buttons for sale - £2 a kilo
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2019, 17:03:15 PM »
@toileandtrouble @WildAtlanticWay What a shame, missed out once more  :(
Let it sew, let it sew, let it sew

snoozi soozi

Re: Industrial quantities of buttons for sale - £2 a kilo
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2019, 17:06:13 PM »
Ai Weiwei has offered to take the lot!
Selfish bugger   ><
Let it sew, let it sew, let it sew

wrenkins

Re: Industrial quantities of buttons for sale - £2 a kilo
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2019, 17:11:00 PM »
(Oh dear, my spellchecker changed sewists to sexists. We ain't sexist on TSP are we???)

 0_0 Wasn't it @Mr Twingo who fell foul of that when he first arrived?
Harbouring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die!

Mr Twingo

Re: Industrial quantities of buttons for sale - £2 a kilo
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2019, 18:28:06 PM »
Yes, that was me with my very first post. What an entrance that was. :o

WildAtlanticWay

Re: Industrial quantities of buttons for sale - £2 a kilo
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2019, 20:20:17 PM »
Ai Weiwei has offered to take the lot!

Maybe he’ll donate them when he’s completed and toured with his conceptual piece?  ;)