By James Bell
Hays Post
“You’re never to old to learn,” said Susan McRae Bickle, owner of Northglen Antiques, 4945 N. General Hays Rd., when asked about using the term car boot sale. Despite how it might sound neither cars nor boots are offered at the monthly flea market that will once again take place Saturday at her shop.
The term comes from the United Kingdom, and Bickle is quick to explain why she uses the term at her shop.
“The car boot sale or boot fairs are a form of market in which private individuals come together to sell household and garden goods,” she said. “Im going with the car boot sale because our specialty is Scottish at Northglen antiques.”
“My hope was to bring something a little bit different to the area by making it like a car boot sale.”
While shopping for goods for the store she often visits flea markets while oversees.
“People pull their cars up, unload their boot (or trunk) and if you’re there early enough you take your torch (or flashlight) as they are unloading,” Bickle said.
The sales have been part of the shop since the move to the new location north of I-70, in an old life-stock sale barn, from the Wiesner building downtown.
“We’ve reopened Northglen Antiques April 1, 2015 and my desire was to offer a place for my vendors that I lost from the main street location, in the old Wiesner building, a place to come bring their stuff to sell,” Bickle said. “So the plan was to do a flea market and/or car boot sale.”
The sale has yet to find a regular schedule, but Bickle has hosted one every month since June and plans on expanding each sale as they are gaining in popularity.
“We’ve had a nice variety of sellers,” she said. But hopes to keep expanding the sale’s offerings.
“I hope even to get some produce out here from the farmers market and maybe some crafters too.”
The sales will continue to be held monthly as weather permits, and will return again in the spring.
The sale will begin at 8 a.m. and run until 1 p.m.
Buyers and sellers can reserve a spot for the sale by calling 785-623-4005.
For more information about the store or the sale visit the shop’s facebook page here.