Unusual items donated to Age Cymru shops

A bag of grass cuttings, a suitcase of dog food, and a bath with a hole in it - those are some of the unusual items donated to Age Cymru's charity shops this year.

Other extraordinary items we've had donated over the last 12 months include false teeth, a single shoe and out-of-date food.

We're publishing a list of unusual goods we've received to launch a Wales-wide appeal for donations for Age Cymru's shops.

"It is interesting to see sometimes what member of the public think will constitute re-saleable items," says our colleague Richard Nicholls.

"But with the rising cost of waste we need to ensure charity shops are not used as dumping grounds.

"Over the last 12 months some of the more collectable and certainly sellable items we've had donated include a piano; a Fender electric guitar; an antique WW1 surveying detector, and of course we regularly get designer clothing donated.

"We've also had a bag of grass cuttings that someone obviously meant to throw out, but must have mixed up with one of our donation bags and mistakenly ended up giving to us instead - although it meant additional work for us to deal with - we did manage to have a good chuckle about that."

Unusual items donated to Age Cymru shops:

1. A bag of grass cuttings;
2. A suitcase full of dog food;
3. False teeth;
4. A toilet seat;
5. A toilet;
6. One single shoe;
7. A bath with a hole in it;
8. Out-of-date food;
9. A used toilet brush;
10. A bag of household rubbish;