Chippenham Street Auction

Many of us live busy and hectic lives and, despite that,

some of us still feel quite isolated.

We can live side by side with our neighbours for years

and never get to know them. Well, for this small community,

all of that is about to change

because today I'm turning this street into one huge party,

bringing everybody together. Neighbours will become friends,

the young and old will unite to help one special person -

a woman who deserves a huge thank-you for nearly 60 years

of community work.

So we're throwing a street auction to raise money just for her.

-Three, two, one!

-Good luck.

-CHEERING

We'll be putting in the legwork to pull in the cash,

and showing you how to spot the unseen treasures in your home.

When you hold it up to the light, you can see the light through it,

so it's a nice piece of good porcelain.

If you're not aware, you're going to know now - vinyl is on an up.

But will we hit our target?

Today, we're searching for antiques and collectibles on the banks

of the River Avon in Wiltshire.

There's been a settlement here since before the Romans,

but it was the Anglo-Saxons who founded the town that is now

Chippenham. Maureen Lloyd has lived in the area for all of her 83 years,

and for most of her adult life, she just hasn't stopped giving

-to this community.

-She's always on hand, she's never yet said no.

There has got to be hundreds and hundreds of people

who have been helped by my mum.

I hope I'm like her when I'm her age.

Maureen was in her early 20s when she met a young D-Day veteran named

Desmond Lloyd. They married in August 1951.

And I had a daughter and seven sons.

He always wanted a very large family, my husband,

he was an only child.

It was a home that was always full of voices,

squabbles, scraps.

And Maureen never considered that having a large family was a barrier

to helping others.

It just seemed that Mum was always shared with the community.

She was putting herself out for many different things.

Whatever my mum wanted to do, my dad would support it, and vice versa.

We've had a very, very, very good life together.

Wonderful.

Sadly, he's gone.

Maureen and Des had been married for 55 years

when he first became ill.

He developed cancer.

We nursed him at home, my sons and I nursed him at home.

Yeah, and we let him go.

Even before her husband's death,

Maureen had faced enormous personal tragedy.

My first baby...

..had a congenital kidney problem.

He died as a year-old in Bristol in hospital.

And another son later on was admitted to hospital

and...committed suicide in the hospital.

So...

But Maureen's always been a formidable woman,

and has never let her own troubles

get in the way of helping others with theirs.

Life is like that,

you know, you have your ups and your downs

and you have to pull through and get on with it.

LAUGHTER

And getting on with it is exactly what she's done.

In the last 50 years, she's set up a homeless hostel...

..run community clubs and founded charities.

She's also a leading light in the Royal British Legion

and operates a charitable bus service

for the elderly and disabled.

Not many people can do what Maureen has done, cos without her,

we wouldn't get all these things done,

we wouldn't get to go on so many outings

without her to help going in the theatre

and help us get settled and everything.

Without Maureen's help, we wouldn't be here, most probably.

People say...

.."How do you feel if you go to a cinema to watch a film?"

I said I would fidget, I just couldn't sit long enough

doing nothing.

I'm so fortunate at 83 to do what I do.

After all those years of charity work,

Maureen's due a big thank-you from the community she's served.

With her eyesight failing, we want to buy her a large TV set

and give her a special trip to remember.

It'll cost £1,200, and here's how we're going to raise the cash.

We asked all of Maureen's family and friends and neighbours to donate any

unwanted items they had lying around the house that were gathering dust.

They searched their garages, attics,

and gardens sheds, and they've done us proud, so we can sell these items

here at the street party and at the pop-up auction later on.

All the while, keeping this a secret from Maureen. Now, it's a big ask.

To help me out, I called in the help

of a couple of antique enthusiasts who got the wheels in motion.

Danny Sebastian is a dealer who knows how to dig out a gem,

and Izzie Balmer's an auctioneer who's a mine of information.

I tell you what, it's lovely here and I think on this rummage today,

you know, we've really got to push the boat out...

-We really do.

-..and get a lot of stuff.

-To be quite honest with you...

-I know what you're going to say!

I can fill that van, I'm just hoping you can...

Don't you worry about my side of things, I'll be right up there.

-You sure?

-Absolutely certain.

-What do you want, left or right?

-I'm going for left.

-Heads or tails?

-Heads.

-Oh...

-Left it is. Catch up with you later.

-You better get busy, Izzie.

-Get ready.

-See you later.

Bye!

Danny and Izzie will be going head-to-head to see who can nab

the best donations. And Izzie is off the starting blocks

-before she's even rang a doorbell.

-Round the corner.

-Shall we come round?

-Yeah, I'll come back.

-What have we got?

-Just didn't know what you are interested in.

-Well, pretty much anything.

-So I've got these racks, mirrors.

-If you want to paint that up and...

-Definitely.

It's kind of got the slight rococo style to it.

-Yeah.

-The scrolls that you see, you often see them around mirrors,

you can get it on furniture and it harks back, you know,

sort of 17th century, 18th century.

We can do something about that, that's brilliant.

So what else have we got?

Some vintage plaques,

-I mean, you can't do anything with them other than sell them.

-Love those, no, love those.

This one obviously doesn't have any age to it

but it is depicting '50s lady.

So they're very on trend at the moment.

You see them everywhere.

Izzie's got a nice little lot of shabby-chic bits and bobs that will

brighten up the bric-a-brac stall and pull in £5 or £10 apiece.

And with Danny on a mission to charm the neighbourhood,

it looks like things are off to a pretty good start.

-That's lovely.

-All those things there, you can have.

We will take that mobility scooter.

No, that's mine!

-That's an old chair.

-But it's nice, and it's in good stead.

Wicker furniture never goes out of fashion.

Chairs like this costs about £30 new, so it's got to make us

at LEAST a fiver.

Got a fabulous box of vinyls here.

We've got The Shadows in here from 1959.

It had the longest drum roll, which at the time I believe was about

seven minutes. But what's really great is vinyls are coming back, and

particularly with the young market, there's been a re-emergence,

people are going to the charity shops, going round the vinyl shops and buying them up.

We've got a great selection here and we're going to have good fun

sorting through it, ready for the bric-a-brac.

-I like that one.

-Yeah.

Did you use to have one, a Robin Reliant?

-Yeah.

-Did you? I tell you what, Joan...

-Yeah?

..we've got a nice put together there.

You've heard about me, you're shutting that door awful quick!

You heard about me - he gets in there and wants more!

-So, thank you very much, Joan, thank you very much.

-That's all right.

Well, Danny's certainly got some by va-va-voom.

Can Izzie match his pace?

I hear you've got some stuff for us?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Can we come and have a look?

-Yeah! Course you can.

-Brilliant.

Ah, these are absolutely brilliant.

You don't wear these ones any more?

-Oh, that suits you.

-What do you reckon?

-That is class.

Just put it like this.

It's got to be slightly... That is cool!

-That's made you, that has.

-You make me blush.

So, vintage hats are really popular at the moment, particularly gentlemen's vintage hats.

We could definitely get a couple of pounds for these,

probably sell them individually on the bric-a-brac stall,

-it'll be perfect.

-These will turn a few heads, but to go on the pop-up,

I'd be looking up for vintage labels like Christys or Penman.

Still, it looks like there's more - a whole garage-load more.

Wow! So you did warn me, absolutely loads in here!

Handmade wooden vintage toys - always, always more popular.

-It was at a jumble sale.

-Oh, OK.

-We're talking 30 years ago.

-Have you got any soldiers to go with it?

-No, I haven't.

What a shame. A set of wooden soldiers

might have doubled our money.

But we're getting enough to fill a few bric-a-brac stalls.

Obviously, Maureen's kindness hasn't gone unnoticed.

-Very, very nice lady.

-You know her?

She did a lot for me, to help me years ago - years and years ago.

-How did she help you?

-To get a flat on this estate.

My wife was five months' pregnant and if Maureen hadn't helped me,

I don't know. I really don't know.

Life just went up and up and up.

She's someone who has a vast amount of energy,

she does trips and she takes the elderly away on tours

and everything else, and even when she had to leave the council

because of her age and everything, it was just too much for her,

she still carries on, she doesn't know how to stop.

Fantastic lady, fantastic.

I don't think anyone around here could disagree with that.

Over the last five decades,

Maureen's put endless hours into helping others.

And being over 80 isn't slowing her down.

She's not everybody's typical mum,

grandmother or great-grandmother at all. She's still out there,

up front, leading things.

Her real passion now is a charitable bus service

providing transport for the elderly and disabled.

Having expanded it over the last 13 years,

she runs the whole operation virtually single-handed.

When you see her take these people out on the buses,

you kind of stand back in amazement

cos you kind of think she should be the one that's being helped

onto the bus. But she's not, she's there helping people on.

We're a centre for adults with learning and physical disabilities,

and Maureen and her staff bring in

our clients every day, on Monday to Wednesday,

and takes them home on the bus.

I don't know where we'd be without her, really.

Countless people have stopped me and said, "Your mum takes my nan out,"

or, "Your mum takes my mum out,

"she's a fantastic woman." And these are people I don't even know.

Sprightly as she is for a woman in her 80s,

Maureen is beginning to show signs of her great age.

For some reason, my vision has taken quite a downward thrust,

which makes it quite difficult for me to see in bad light.

If I felt or I became physically disadvantaged,

I'd be an absolute nightmare to everyone.

I can't rest, I can't sit and do nothing.

I just have to have my hands to be working

and my head has to be working.

When she does take time out to relax,

Maureen likes watching TV, so fingers crossed

we can make the money we need

to buy her a large new set so she can continue to enjoy it,

despite her failing eyesight.

There is barely one good cause in this town that's Maureen hasn't helped.

And that includes the local charity shop, where Dan is meeting

Ray and Elizabeth.

Am I right in saying that Maureen helped to set this up?

Yes, she was, like myself, on North Wilts District Council.

It was started up by them and Maureen, of course, had...

Played a big part.

That's really what Maureen's about -

you see a problem, let's not moan about it, let's solve it.

She stands for everything that's good about volunteering.

Ray and Elizabeth think so much of Maureen that they've even donated

a couple of pieces of furniture for us.

What I have here is a lovely 1970s coffee-table. It's in trend,

anything retro,

anything mid-20th century is just bang on trend at the minute.

And this, to be fair, is in good stead.

But I think it could just do with a nice light standing, just take away

this kind of varnishy, treacle look that we've got and make it look like

brand-new again. That's going to be an easy upcycle.

This little cupboard here we've got... I mean, it's brown furniture,

not in at the minute, but what IS in is the size.

This is going to need a lick of paint, though.

I'm not quite sure what colour we're going to have, but something bright,

something vibrant, something that can fit in with today's interiors.

While no-one's home for Izzie...

-Somebody's in the window.

-..Danny's on fire.

-Can I take this bike?

-Go on, then, go on.

-That is what I'm talking about!

Are you stealing my houses?!

I was in the court, I thought, "While I'm here I might..."

-Take one for the team.

-Take one for the team?

No, not take one for the team, this is MY side!

Just for your knowledge, it was on the right side of the road,

it wasn't on the left. So I just wanted to drop that one in.

-Are you done?

-I've had a few refusals and we've met a lovely dog.

-Got myself a bike, I've got myself a set of encyclopaedias.

-No!

-I've got

-about three houses I've got to go back to.

-You'll need them.

-What for?

Don't you start!

I think you'd better crack on!

-I've got work to do.

-See you later!

Get busy, Izzie!

Well, Izzie will have her work cut out...

Keep that dog on a short lead!

-No, she's fine.

-Is she fine? Let her go then.

..because at the moment, it's all going Danny's way.

Well, what we're going to do, we're going to empty the shed, so

-there'll be room now.

-Fabulous.

-For you to...

-Do you take him as well?!

What you got for me? What about these speakers? Can we take

-these speakers away? These disco...?

-No, that's my disco kit!

-Them bikes, can't have one of them bikes, can we?

-No, you can't have one of them bikes.

What about this red box here? Can we go away with that?

-No.

-Oh, what's that, an engineering tool, is it?

-That can go, can it?

-Yes.

This is a vernier caliper, a tool used by engineers

for making extremely precise measurements,

and it's not the only boys' toy here.

-There you go.

-Ooh, this is going to make a nice pair.

I know for a fact it's engineering works, isn't it?

It's stuff for engineering.

It's actually an old pressure gauge, probably from the 1960s.

It and the vernier caliper could be worth at least £30 apiece

-to the right collector.

-That's great, that is.

I tell you what, I'll look forward to seeing you on the day.

I'll be down there, yeah.

Can we come in and have a little rummage?

-Can you go round the back?

-Of course.

-A rummage! You're going to have a rummage!

Let's come in and have a look. Thank you so much.

This is absolutely brilliant.

We've got some moulded glass.

It was a wedding present in 1962. It's a lovely colour red, isn't it?

-It's beautiful.

-Sherry colour red.

-So in the Victorian,

it would be known as cranberry glass.

I think this is you know, worth £10, £20, maybe even more.

So have you got anything else?

Look at the room you're going to make here for more tins!

-There you go, Izzie.

-So we've got one, two, three, four, five,

six cups and hopefully we're going to have six saucers.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

It's Colclough, which is a good name.

Colclough was established in Stoke-on-Trent in 1890

and in the 1930s they were

the first company to introduce mass-produced fine bone China.

Made in England, anyhow. That's something these days.

When you hold it up to the light, you can see the light through it.

When you can see the light through it,

it's just fine bone china, isn't it?

-It is.

-And I can see this making...

..£15, maybe even £20.

What actually is this in aid of? Is it an individual?

She's a lovely lady called Maureen. I don't know if you know her.

-She's 80...

-Oh, yes.

-Maureen!

-You know Maureen.

-I know she's in a lot.

I know she used to go out with the old people and things like that.

For mobility, for...

-That's right.

-Yes.

-Mobility.

I'm surprised that somebody could,

an individual could actually get so much done for a community.

So she has really helped the community?

Absolutely. You've chosen a very worthwhile individual.

And to get a picture of just how worthy Maureen is,

Danny's off to meet the friend

who nominated her for this special surprise.

You must be Sylvia.

-Right first time.

-And in all the years they've known each other,

Sylvia has seen just how much Maureen has done for this community.

Why is Maureen so special?

She just has a very generous nature.

If she saw anyone needing something,

she would go out of her way to try and help them.

What she does, she does because she enjoys it

and the benefit it gives to other people.

-Is she still working?

-Maureen is still working.

-She's still doing an awful lot.

-She's had some knocks.

She hasn't had an easy life at all, has she?

No, she lost her husband during the year she was mayor.

A bit like a true Trojan, she carried on.

Maureen's one that if you knock her down, she bounces back up.

It sounds like to me that we've picked the right lady.

I definitely think so.

Sylvia's as keen as everyone we've met today

to show her appreciation for Maureen's great efforts.

Be careful, that's a nice retro stool there.

Half the contents of the loft seems to be coming our way!

Fantastic stuff!

I've got them, Sylvia, thank you.

If you're not aware, you're going to know now,

vinyl is on an up.

And guess what, we've got the cream of the crop here.

I mean, we've got Elvis,

we've got some great soul from the 1950s, 1960s.

We've also got some punk rock here and, on top of that, we've got the

Liverpool boys here - the Beatles - and they're in nice condition.

Might be something that we might have to put into a saleroom

where we're going to get a bigger audience, because these items

are very, very collectible.

No arguing with that.

But Danny's vinyl won't make us the £1,200 we need.

That's absolutely perfect. Thank you.

And with the clock ticking, the pressure's on

to pull out all the stops.

So we've got children's toys.

Um... Oh, a recorder.

RECORDER SQUEALS

Now's not the time for recorder practice, Izzie,

there's work to be done!

Let's check there's nothing... No, we have! We've got some bits inside!

This really is Danny's lucky day.

Oh, that's too much!

I've even got a kiss!

We're out of time.

Now's our chance to see what treasures we've found

and, most importantly,

which of them are good enough to go to the sale room.

Talk me through your pile, then.

-Let's have a look at what you've got.

-I like the two mirrors.

Quite nice, that back one.

-Yeah.

-It is quite nice, actually, yes.

I like the mirrors. We've got the fort,

we've got the train track as well.

So, lots for the kids to do. I don't think you can go wrong.

Where would you put the whole lot as a value?

I reckon we're looking at £150, £200, maybe more.

-You're quite ambitious there!

-LAUGHTER

I'm inclined to agree.

Plenty for the bric-a-brac in Izzie's pile,

but nothing valuable leaps out at me.

Let's see how Danny's done.

We've got two nice pieces that are going to be upcycled.

The little pot cupboard there and also a nice '70s table.

We've got a couple of nice big mirrors.

This nice wicker chair, practical as well.

We've got nearly a brand-new golf set, and it's a lady's one.

Push-bike. Cuddly toy.

-Can't go wrong!

-I don't think you can, no.

I'm not too sure!

The wicker chair and the golf clubs are probably worth £10 or £15 each.

Other than that, it's more bric-a-brac.

Let's hope his star find can live up to its billing.

Look at this, two kind of engineering pieces.

They could achieve a good price - maybe £30, £40 for the pair.

You're absolutely right,

there is definitely a market out there for engineering pieces.

Yes, good pieces. Good finds.

The best find so far, I'd say, well worth sending to the saleroom.

So, what's Izzie got up her sleeve with HER star item?

Heavy box of records.

Got Bee Gees, got "Wham!", got classical.

Really got the whole works in there.

Not a huge value, admittedly.

That may be true, but if we combine these

with Danny's rummaged records, we can send the whole lot off

to the saleroom. And Danny's pieces of furniture

will make at least £10 each, once they've had a makeover.

With that table, I can probably just rub that down and keep it

a bit natural, and with the little cupboard, they can probably paint it up.

But with just the wicker chair and the golf clubs

for the pop-up auction, I'm beginning to get a bit worried.

So, do you think it's enough to think it's enough to make the target?

I think we're going to have our work cut out, to be quite honest,

but on the day, we'll just keep on pushing

and hopefully we'll reach it.

So you're off to the auction with Paul. Don't let me down.

-Have a good day.

-That you can guarantee.

It's all we can do, Danny.

But I think we're set for an anxious auction day.

It's D-Day. We've got just five hours to set up our stalls,

sell like crazy, run an auction and make £1,200.

Let's just hope the weather keeps off and we make plenty of money.

I simply couldn't do it by myself.

Luckily Danny and Izzie are taking turns to help me out

on our pop-up auctions. Today free-wheeling Danny's come on board.

It's 10am, and 83-year-old Maureen is already here.

She doesn't know that all of this is for her.

So I hope nobody lets our secret slip.

How do you feel you did at the rummage day?

The rummage day was difficult, Paul, I'm going to be honest.

-It was difficult.

-Oh, look, shoes!

I wonder if the boots fit? I like the look of those.

-I'm a size nine.

-Nice pair of Blundstones.

-Oh, no, they won't fit you.

-No, they're about a seven, aren't they?!

Lots of jumpers in here. Got a lot of nice jumpers.

-Right, all of these are clothes?

-They're all clothes, yes.

Have we got a clothes rail?

Um, I'm not sure!

This is not looking good!

Do you know, right now I feel like this guy - I feel like Del Boy.

DANNY LAUGHS

There's a lot riding on the upcycled furniture.

-This better be good.

-This IS good, Paul.

-It is good.

-OK, nice coffee table.

Beautiful! 1970s.

-Yeah, retro.

-Absolutely!

When Danny found this, it was solid but scratched.

A quick sand down and a couple of coats of varnish

have revitalised it.

-Now it's ready for your rostrum.

-It's got the look, hasn't it?

-It's got the look.

-It's definitely in vogue.

-Yeah.

-I reckon maybe 20, probably even 25.

OK. Danny's second piece was a brown cabinet that was drab and dated.

Wait till you see this little beauty.

Oh, that looks good!

We jazzed it up with a lick of paint,

trendy wallpaper and new fittings.

Cheap and cheerful refurb for less than a fiver.

It's really, really nice, isn't it?

Inside and outside, that's a good bedside table.

£15, £20?

Yes, I think so. Maybe even more.

It's a start, but it won't nearly enough.

Still, that's the least of our problems at the moment.

Well done, Alex. Tarpaulins out very quickly.

Let's keep it all dry.

I think it's just a shower, but you never know!

Right now, I don't feel that confident.

You can't have a street party when it's like this.

Tell you what, you look very well.

But nobody told Maureen's devoted friends that.

Despite the weather, they've turned up in their droves.

You've got a yellow sash and you've got lovely blue eyes.

-Hey? You've got the yellow...

-They're green.

Oh, they're green.

I have been colour-blind for a long while! Sorry!

Morning, everyone! ALL: Morning!

Hi. We can't let this dampen our spirits.

Thank you so much for turning up. Who's doing bric-a-brac?

-Me.

-What's your name?

-Maureen.

-Pleased to meet you, Maureen.

OK, you're going to be a busy girl.

VOICEOVER: So like Maureen to be the first to volunteer.

Who's on teas and coffees?

-We are.

-Lots of you.

Right. OK, this is where we're going to make a lot of money.

OK? Enjoy this.

I'm going to dip in and out of all those floats

-and have a look at what you're making.

-Float.

-Float.

-Rain.

-Rain. Ah!

THEY GROAN

Hopefully... Jim, that's not funny, mate.

That's not funny!

Come on, we can do this. Can we do this?

-Yes!

-Come on, give us a yes. ALL:

-Yes!

Yes, of course we can. While the hardy volunteers get

everything up and running, I want to get to know our worthy recipient.

She's already busy on the bric-a-brac,

without knowing all of the proceeds are for her.

Oh, I like this. How much is that, Maureen?

Well, it's a nice piece of ceramic.

-It is a collectible.

-£4?

-No £12!

£12?! Oh, I like your style.

OK.

Not much gets past Maureen! I hope she doesn't twig.

-So, how long have you lived in Chippenham?

-All my life.

-Born and bred?

-Born and bred.

-So what do you do, then, or what did you do for a living?

Well, I trained as a psychiatric nurse, then I married my husband,

Desmond. We were married for 50 years, and between us,

we produced a daughter and seven sons.

-Oh, gosh!

-And...

So my psychiatric nursing days terminated a bit,

but I got very involved with the community.

When the school was built, I was the first mum to go in and help out,

form the PTAs. And then I've been a counsellor for 30 years.

Well, it sounds like you're helping everybody. Does anybody help you?

Are your kids about still?

-Your husband?

-Well, a little later,

my son number five and son number seven will be here

with their families, and I have a granddaughter who's coming as well.

So they haven't moved too far away?

Some. No, not really. Two hours, or so.

That's near enough for Mum, isn't it?

I'm only 38 - why worry about me?

Do they still bring their washing home?

No!

When I wake up one morning and say, "I'm not 38 any more, I'm 83,"

-somebody can come and help me.

-Is that what you are? You're 83?

-Yeah.

-Well, you look fantastic.

-Yeah, I'm 83.

-And nobody helps you, then?

-No. I don't need help.

-I can see that.

You just help everyone else.

My goodness, what a formidable lady!

So generous and selfless,

and blissfully unaware this is all for her - I hope.

I can't wait to surprise her.

Do you know something? She really deserves it.

What a star. She's one in a million.

Things are finally coming together.

But with little or no time left before we kick off,

there's not a moment to spare.

I think we're getting there now, aren't we?

-We are, but...

-What's your name?

-It's blown off.

Oh! That's a strange name!

-But people call me Jim.

-Jim?

-Yeah.

I don't believe it - there's another one!

Look at that! There was a larger one over there.

And there's another one somewhere else, Paul!

There's another one!

It's a sign, Danny, it's a sign!

Let's hope all this hard work pays off, Danny.

Well, it seems to have all come to.

-They've done us proud.

-Definitely.

Right, let's get this party started.

Thank you, everybody, for turning up today.

This is what I call people power.

Together, we can make this happen.

Enjoy yourselves, and please spend as much money as possible.

All of this is for a fantastic cause

which we will tell you about later on today after the auction,

so let's get this party started!

With a five, four, three, two, one...

CHEERING

This is what people power looks like,

a strong community pulling together to show their appreciation

for one extraordinary woman.

Oh, yes!

You're a darling.

Thank you very much!

-Thank you very much!

-You can have a fiver.

Oh, that'll do! Oh, thank you very much!

I'll spend the rest later on.

Our cash boxes are filling up nicely,

and the people of Chippenham just keep on giving.

-Who made that cake?

-Me.

-That Street Auction sign on the cake

is better than the Street Auction sign we've got!

-Can we auction that off?

-That's what she wants to do with it.

-Yes.

Even the local school has been gathering donations.

Oh, yeah, that's a lovely cutlery set.

Ooh, nice stuff! Looks like electroplated.

-What does that mean?

-Erm, silver-plated, really.

In an oak box. It's very nice.

Not all there, but the main pieces are there, aren't they?

Knives, forks, spoons.

That is not just a bag - it's a picnic hamper.

That was our first donation at school. That's the first thing a parent brought in.

And that is lovely, John. It's brand-new.

That, I suspect, is going to go on the rostrum.

It's not exactly picnic weather, but no-one seems too bothered.

You won't be disappointed.

You are now a walking font of knowledge

of antiques and collectables.

And it's great to see that two of Maureen's sons have arrived.

Are you four, five, or six or seven?

-Five, it is.

-Five, and...?

-I'm seven.

-And you're seven.

-You're the youngest then.

-I am - I'm the baby.

-How's Mum doing?

-Brilliantly.

She's always been a sort of pillar of the community.

Something like this is just up her street.

Is she asking questions, like, "I wonder who this is for"?

Ah, she has asked a couple of times,

wondering who it could be in the community, but she then said,

-"I'd love to give something to that person."

-Brilliant.

Because obviously it's been what she's been about all her life.

Yeah. So how is her eyesight,

cos I know it's starting to sort of deteriorate a bit?

She is noticeably more cautious around, when she's walking,

particularly on uneven surfaces and things.

-Yeah.

-But she still carries on doing her work, and managing...

She'll never stop that, will she?

No, no, no. She's very, very driven, always has been.

She's been a good role model for all us.

Well, she's definitely working some kind of magic

-on that bric-a-brac stall.

-You've just bought it off Maureen

and you want to put it straight back into the auction?

That's a really nice gesture, that is.

How incredibly kind!

We can easily TROT home with another tenner on the pop-up.

Thanks very much for that. I've just got to crack on. I'll see you in a little while.

We're about halfway through our day. Time for a quick tally.

How much have you got in that cash box?

I reckon I've made about £130.

130?

You are a star! Give us a hug.

-About £60, I think.

-OK, OK.

£280 from teas and coffees.

That's going to be a record.

Sylvia, how much do you reckon you've taken so far?

-Over £100.

-Terry, that's fantastic.

Over 100. That is good news.

While Maureen's friend Sylvia's keeping busy,

another pal's turned up - also called Sylvia.

This could get confusing!

-How long have YOU known her?

-Ever since I moved into Chippenham,

which was about 2002.

She's involved me in everything she's done ever since then.

-You can't keep up with her.

-Tirelessly working for others.

It is absolutely impossible to keep up with her.

She's the one that's the driving force behind,

keeping everything going.

-Yeah, so many groups of people rely on her.

-Yeah,

oh, the transport particularly, they really, really rely on her.

Out on the buses every day.

She pushes their wheelchairs, she does whatever they need.

Amazing. Had she any idea what this was all about?

-Well, no.

-It's been difficult...

-I've been lying through my teeth.

-I bet you have!

We've all been telling fibs.

-I bet you'll be glad when all this is over.

-I WILL be glad when it's all over!

Well, that may be sooner than we think.

Oh, dear - umbrellas up, everyone.

Take a bit of cover.

Get in, guys - in!

My back is drenched!

Oh, it's getting quite frightening.

I can see this putting a real dampener on today's takings.

We've just about done it. What a downpour!

We're in trouble. If everyone just stops spending, we are in trouble.

There is one silver lining. A few weeks ago,

we sent a couple of our rummage-day items to the saleroom.

Both Sylvias and toy-stall Sylvia's husband, Terry,

went along to see how they fared with auctioneer, Tim Weeks.

First up, the vinyl collection.

Remember, some of these records came from toy-stall Sylvia.

Estimate - £15 to £25.

Good collection, this, and I can start at just £10.

And I look for 12.

Where's 12? 12, 14, make it 16 online.

16, close the commissions. Where's 18? 18.

Make it 20 online. 20. 22? 24.

26? 28 now online. Good collection, this.

28. 30, sir?

32, make it, online.

32, thank you. 34, thank you.

You sure? Don't let them win.

Where's 34? All done and finished, then.

I'm going to sell. Hammer comes down. Online, at £32.

Yeah.

Not a bad start.

Let's see how the pair of engineering tools measure up.

Again, the estimate's £15 to £25.

Lovely couple of items, this. Someone start me at just £10.

Where are we going to go with this one? Where's £10 here?

Come on - they've got to be worth a tenner.

Have a look at these. Ten online, thank you.

Where's 12?

12. Make it 14 online.

Two of them, remember, online.

-14. 16?

-Come on.

Nope. It stays here at £14.

16, sir?

Two of them. 16, thank you.

Make it 18 online.

I need 18 if you're coming.

If we're all happy and finished, I sell then.

At £16. Gent's bid.

-Thank you.

-Oh, never mind.

It's more than we started with.

Nudging in just over the estimate - pretty good.

So our grand total from the saleroom is £48.

Less than I expected, but every penny helps.

Well, at least the skies have cleared here, but with just minutes

before the stalls close, this one's going down to the wire.

-BELL RINGS

-Come on - we've not got long left before the auction!

One teapot and four mugs.

How about that? I can do that as a set.

What would you pay for this, then?

-Eight.

-Eight? I tell you what, how about ten?

-Thank you very much, June.

-You're welcome.

-£10.

£3 change, please!

-How much is it?

-50p.

-Well, look, you can have £1,

-put it in the kitty.

-Lovely, thank you very much.

Oh, cheers, sweetheart. Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen, the stores are now officially closed,

so thank you very much for spending so much money,

but while we do count the money, we're going to leave you

with some entertainment, and then we'll be back for the auction.

So stay with us, because we still need your help.

We've done everything we can.

Now it's a matter of waiting and hoping

that Maureen doesn't catch on.

Yeah!

-Very good.

-Fantastic, absolutely brilliant.

-Danny?

-Yes.

-Come on, let's have the figures - what have we done today?

Today, £991.

Yes! Better than what I would have imagined, considering the weather.

Plus what we made in the auction room, which was 48 quid.

It wasn't brilliant - I know it wasn't brilliant -

but £48 on top of that equals...

£1,039.

-Wish me luck.

-You need more than that, I think.

So to hit our target of £1,200, I've got to pull in £161

on the pop-up auction.

Easier said than done.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for turning up today.

This is a wonderful sight. This is what I call people power.

And we're getting the wheels in motion with

our lovely little Del Boy model car.

Now, we sold that for £10.

The guy that bought it actually gave it back to Danny and said,

"Let Paul sell it on the rostrum - see if he can make another tenner."

Who's going to start me off with a maiden bid of £4?

Show me four. Thank you, at the back.

Four, four. I'm looking for five. Do I see five?

Five - thank you, five. It's against you. Six, sir?

6. £6. His hand's up. Any other bids?

Come on, seven. Seven. Eight?

Eight! Yes, he's against you now.

Eight. It looks like you're out.

Eight. Nine? Nine.

It against you, sir - make it a tenner and I'll sell it.

Thank you. £11. 12? £12?

And I'm selling - I'm selling at 11.

It's going, going...

..gone. Sold to you, sir.

Pretty good going - remember, we sold it earlier for a tenner,

so in total we've made £21 on it.

Can the ladies' golf clubs donated by Sylvia

really get us in the swing?

-One of Danny's favourite lots now.

-Nice lot, this, Paul.

-It's a cracking lot. This is quality.

-Cracking lot, good set.

£25 anywhere? Come on, you golfers.

Not exactly golfing weather, I know, but surely someone's got to buy it.

Can I see £15 anywhere?

£15. Thank you. Fair warning - I will sell at £15.

It's going once, twice,

-sold.

-Sold!

-Thank you. Sold!

Well, that is disappointing,

and with the rummage-day wicker chair not doing well either.

You've got a bargain. I'm going to sell you for £6.

Any further advances? Going, going, gone.

£6, thank you.

It feels like we've got a real challenge on our hands here today.

Next up, it's the boxed knife set, donated earlier.

-Nearly complete.

-Lovely, this.

Surely this has got to make us £10.

Who's going to start me off with a bid of £5?

-Oh!

-Five - I know, it's ridiculously cheap.

-Where's all the hands? There's one.

-£5. It's great spare cutlery.

-Five, thank you. Ten?

-It's a lovely lot, this.

Thank you - ten now. 12, it's against you, sir.

15? 15, thank you. £15 is with me.

£15? It's going once, twice, sold. £15, thank you.

Not bad. And with our refurbished cabinet pulling in £10...

Going once, twice, sold, thank you.

..I can't wait to see how much that upcycled table can serve up.

I'm hoping for at least £10.

It's got the look, hasn't it?

Come on, let's face it. Ten anywhere?

Ten - £10 is with me now.

11, thank you.

-Go on!

-12, thank you. It's against you now, sir.

13. 13 - it's back with you now.

You're out, completely out.

I'm selling - £13!

It's going, going, gone.

So, £23 in total for our upcycled pieces -

a tidy return on a few pounds' worth of paint and a bit of elbow grease.

Danny, hold this up. This is absolutely fantastic.

This is a sponge cake, but look at that - look how it's decorated.

It's a one-off Street Auction cake!

-Special.

-What's it worth?

-This is special.

-It's a collector's item - until you eat it.

Any further advances? Five. Ten? Can I take ten?

Yes, ten. Come on, don't be mean.

12, thank you. 12, come on, 12.

14. 15 now.

It's against you, sir. 16.

£16 with me now.

17. Behind me at £18.

19, £19 now. Thank you, Mum.

£19. 20. £21.

Any further...? 22. 23, thank you.

It's against you, sir. 24. 25. 26. 27.

-Is that a bid?

-Yes.

£27.

It's going once, twice, gone.

Thank you, £28.

Enjoy it! A brilliant finish.

Only time will tell if we've done enough to hit our target.

Thank you so much, everyone, for turning up.

We now have a final total, thanks to your generosity!

We set out to raise £1,200 here today...

..and I can tell you now...

..we smashed it, thanks to you!

CHEERING Yes!

We've raised £1,372, so thank you so much!

This is people power,

this is the community coming together

for one very special occasion.

Most of you know what this is about and who it's for.

She has worked tirelessly for many charities and organisations.

She even volunteered to help today.

She was the first to put her hand up. This woman is a real star,

and her work has left a big impression

on myself and the team.

Throughout the rummage days, we learned so much about her.

She really is a one in a million.

And she's over here now. Maureen Lloyd!

-Oh!

-My darling, all of this -

family, friends and neighbours have come together

for you. To say a big thank-you for what you've done here

in this community. You are a real champion.

CHEERING

We've managed to keep this a secret.

-You have!

-We've all had to tell a few fibs...

I can't believe it!

But this is for you, for the work you've done.

Sorry. I've got some of my family here, and I...

It was only by coincidence they're here, to witness this.

They were in on the secret all along!

Sylvia, will you read this out?

"Dear Maureen, your friends and neighbours wanted to say

"a public thank-you for all you do for everyone.

"Knowing you've been struggling with your eyesight,

"they would like to give a special large television

"and other home gadgets to make life a little easier for you."

I haven't got time to watch television!

I've spent nearly 60 years

in my community doing voluntary work -

I love it all and I love you all and I can't say no to anybody

about anything. Today, you've taken the words...

You've taken the wind out of my sails.

I don't know what to say, except thank you.

I can't believe it's me!

I was surprised at the turnout, the generosity of people.

I think it follows through on our motto of unity and loyalty.

-It's fantastic.

-Great community, great spirit,

and everybody's still come out in the weather.

Very rare you'll see my mum break into tears, really.

She's a very big role model, not only to us

but also to our children and her great-grandchildren.

She does so much for everybody, I hope I'm like her when I'm her age.

Oh, you! Look after her, everyone! Look at all your family!

That's how I want to leave this, with Maureen surrounded

by her family and her friends and her loved ones.

She thoroughly deserves this.

Maureen is one in a million

for all the work she's done here in the community.

I hope you enjoyed that.

Keep watching, because we could be in YOUR neighbourhood the next time,

and this Street Auction could be for you. Goodbye.

After we bought Maureen her new TV,

we had enough money left over to send her

on a special VIP break to a steam rally.