Village Hall Jumble Sale Crowd

Racks of secondhand coats and jackets crowd one wall as shoppers dig through crates of vinyl records and a cabinet of costume jewelry nearby. A tea urn dispenses drinks beside stacked mugs and a plate of biscuits, while an electrician on a stepladder changes a lightbulb above rows of potted plants for sale. At a table of porcelain figurines, vases, and clocks, a dog trots past with its leash tangled, and a boy peers out from inside a large cardboard box lined with pillows. Nearby, a man carries an armful of striped rugs past a cat darting beneath a folding table stacked with teacups and saucers. In the corner, someone reads propped against piles of secondhand books, and near the entrance, a crowd squeezes through the doorway past bins of shoes. At the front, children sort jigsaw pieces across a table near a heap of boots still to be tried.