"Like a pub roast or a needless apology, a car boot sale is a quintessential British pastime; a staple weekend activity for those willing to venture into a field at 6am to flog old DVDs from the boot of their car at 50p a pop. But the Balham organisers, like others across the country, have rebranded the British car boot to represent something slightly more en vogue."
"It's not like a traditional market in a field filled with tools and stuff, says owner Steven Lopes, 36, who first founded Balham and its sister car boot in Peckham in 2019 with his partner, Erin Murphy, 34, who also runs a vintage store in east London. I have been going since I was young, always buying bits to wear and then selling them. There was a bit of a gap in south-east London, says Murphy. The pair envisioned a car"
In south-west London a primary school playground is transformed into a fashionable car boot sale with tables of books, board games and racks of hardly worn clothing. First-time sellers in their mid-20s arrive early, drawn by social-media hype that frames car-boot finds as more interesting than high-street purchases. A modest queue includes families, pensioners, fashion influencers and TikTokers. Organisers Steven Lopes and Erin Murphy founded Balham and a sister Peckham car boot in 2019 and combine market nostalgia with curated vintage appeal. The event shifts the car-boot model away from tools and bric-a-brac toward a trendier secondhand shopping experience.
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