We are putting up more CCTV.

I won't put them up because I don't want to show you the range to make sure we are covered.

We've had a few weirdos wander over from the pound shop.

You know, they didn't come in our shop before.

Obviously the pound shop is shutting down.

Now they are coming over to our shop.

So I sort of stood there the other day.

You know, it's a bit like this, isn't it?

Whereas if somebody came to come in the shop now, I could stand there and stop them from coming any further.

You're not coming in here, mate.

I'd actually been over to the pound shop and seen him wandering about.

And I thought, oh, you're a nuisance.

If I could have found a member of staff, I would have said, watching, but he's being a bit elusive with the stock, is what I would have said to him.

But I blocked him, you know, I blocked him from coming in our shop.

I thought, oh, you can get lost.

Just because you haven't gone anywhere else to go and pickpocket from now, you know, because they're going.

Then you're not starting to come in our shop.

We don't need it.

End of story.

There are gaps.

They've definitely sold stuff down here because there are gaps of stuff.

There's still Christmas stuff down here.

Oh, there's a bag of china dolls by the door in Pontypool shop P1.

Not very good condition.

We're going to have them to do some more haunted dolls.

That's all we got left.

So I've got to work out how much we made from that.

One got broke and the person will be forever cursed.

One, two, three, four, five.

I think we've only got six left and we had like 21 or something, didn't we?

Because didn't we say it was like 210 pound we'd make?

I can't remember now.

But that will go into baby formula.

That will.

Oh, there's some down here.

So six.

Did we say six?

Seven, eight.

Oh, and one got broke, didn't it?

One got broke.

Yeah, but I guess in the morning I'll put them in Pontypool because I know Pontypool wanted them this time because they're going quite well here.

They went well in Blackwood.

I've done some pricing.

That's some nice vintage stuff in.

Three carrier bags.

Well, they don't look it, but it was three carrier bags.

There was box as well.

Offer charity shop down here.

I haven't priced those.

I forgot about this pile.

I thought I'd done it and I hadn't.

Then I found Dawn's author list.

So I've put those up, moved the cabinet from here.

He's got to cut these because obviously it's like blubbing something from Indiana Jones trying to leap over him.

I've put some of the other books up there as storage.

A little bit, you catch yourself on him.

He's got to saw him.

So he'll saw him down about that much and then they'll only come out to the edge of the shelf here.

Because obviously we need all the space we can get, don't we?

I've missed one.

I've missed a book.

A little book forgotten.

Why won't he stay up there?

Oh yeah, they're up there.

And then this one I think we need to move.

This one doesn't quite fit in the corner.

I need another CD rack or something to go there or a shelf that will fit there.

And then obviously I've put this one here now.

This one the door doesn't.

We can't get the door to stay on.

You just say to people, don't take them apart.

But once you start taking these icky ones apart, they'll rend us to put back together.

So don't do that.

So there we are.

We've got one there.

We can put ornaments.

We can just clean up the place and put them on there.

And then as they go, as they go...

Right, let's bring them up by you.

If somebody goes to the toilet and says, can I buy this vase?

Yes you can.

Right?

We use every bit we can, don't we guys?

The chair's been better for me today, I've got to be honest.

I'm about to have my knees up.

But the chair has been up for me.

It's been good.

It's been good.

I need a poofy now.

I've got a poofy.

Yeah, I'm not in so much pain like I was because I was on the little chair.

I need the little one for when I'm down working lower.

Like the baby baskets.

When I'm folding and sorting them.

I've got to sit on the little child stool.

But I think when I'm just sat here, minding the shop.

I'd love to have an honesty shop, I would.

But I mean, you could imagine it, couldn't you?

If we had an honesty shop, it would be horrendous.

We wanted to do that, first of all, in the marketplace in Pontypool.

And they were like, no.

Because the worst case scenario, because we were only going to put clothes in there.

A few shoes and stuff.

The value would have been like £2 each, you know.

But my biggest problem would have been if they'd nicked my hangers, because I need the hangers.

But the marketplace was like, no, you can't do that.

You've got to have somebody manning it.

Because stuff's going to go nicked.

And we were like...

Most people don't nick from us.

There's only one or two.

And like, everything that was going to be in there was going to be like £2 and £1 stuff.

So it wasn't going to be dear.

What do you think?

Now, it might be a bit too ambitious, because we're all busy.

And to add something else into the mix now, at the tail, is going to be minefield.

Right?

But we get a lot of books in now.

Yeah, because the other charity shops know we take the books.

Other groups know we take the books.

People know we take the books.

Book collectors, they know we take the books.

And book enthusiasts, you know, they know we take the books.

Same as the record people and everybody else.

Right?

So, what if we opened a library system as well?

So you don't have to buy the books.

You can actually borrow them.

Now, obviously, we've got the smaller library for mothers in Pontypool with all the books on.

Lost the sign off our girls.

Keep your eye out for that.

This is the wrong place, I think, because when you try and take the books out, you're knocking the sign off.

We did put it up.

We grabbed a decent, but it's still come off.

So I don't know.

Perhaps we need a bigger sign earlier.

I don't know.

Have a look at that area.

What do you think if we did a library system?

And we, you know, we could have it so you could stamp it.

Or the other option would be that when we take on a...

Right,

I'm in Caerphilly shop.

If you've got stuff to bring down.

I don't think I can get a risk of sharp.

It's going to take me a good hour because I've got a pack of beer.

I know, because you've probably got stuff for us.

I'm busy tomorrow because I've got to do a Christmas pick up.

Christmas!

More Christmas stuff!

Like, the Christmas people.

Know that we have Christmas stuff.

And then I've got to pick up a bed.

And then I've got to save the day gold.

I did ask the lady for teddies yesterday and I can't find them.

I've got so many of them.

It's just coming through my phone now.

I can't see it.

The other option would be if we had a place for a hub.

Like craft.

Stuff like that.

Do the craft clubs.

Do whatever.

A place for people to go and do their training.

Because right now they're having to read the training books.

They do go to a quiet place but obviously they read the training books within the shop.

And they, you know, it's boring.

You know, it's boring.

You need to concentrate.

It's boring.

All health and safety and everything.

But we could kit it out with shelves.

But with bookshelves and have that as a library.

But then it would only open on certain times and days.

I don't know.

I'm just trying to combat the fact that now we've got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, maybe even ten shelves of novels in Pontypool shop.

But we've still got enough to fill another ten books with novels in bags and boxes in Pontypool shop waiting to go out.

What if somebody else rings me and says, I've got 1400 books for you today.

I'm not going to turn them down.

So what I'm thinking is to get stuff circulating.

And I've always wanted to have like a library as well.

Is we could perhaps loan the books out as well and have like a library.

From a data protection point of view, it's easier for you to return stuff to us on your own accord rather than us chase you up for books, chase you up for Halloween costumes, chase you up for prom dresses.

You know, if you borrow it, bring it back.

If you borrow it, bring it back.

Yeah, but it'll only be on certain items.

I've always had every bloody thief there is in the shops going, you know, I'm borrowing this, borrowing this TV.

You know, obviously it'll only be on the books, you know, and things we specify.

And maybe we sign you up to it first so that we know that you are, you know, give you a card to say, no, I am a certified, eligible, sensible person to borrow a book and not some weirdo that's just going to come in and take all my books.

So let me know what you think, because I know we've got a lot of bookies out there.

And I do appreciate the fact that you pay more for our books.

Most we ever sold a book for was £100, wasn't it?

Yeah, it was the Harry Potter's, wasn't it?

£300 altogether, wasn't it?

Was it £300?

Or was it £150 for the three?

I can't remember.

I can't remember.

I know, I can, I always remember that Wassanim sold one for £40, because it should have been £20, but he gave her £40 for it because he said it was well worth it.

Sammy had one last week, £7.50.

£7.50 she took on one book.

So I know you pay more for your books.

I know the minimum price for our books is £1.75, you know, £1.75.

Because it's a big, small price.

So, let me know what you think.

And then you can come to the sale and you can say, well I'm going to buy this book, I want to buy these clothes, buy this book, buy this vase, but I'd like to borrow this one.

You let me know what you think.

I think we could do it, but we will rely on people to return the books.

Unless we have a designated library section.

I don't know.

And it will only be like the £3.50 novels.

It won't be like £25 Mein Kampf signed copies by Hitler or stuff like that.

