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Article: Car boot sales the latest great leveller.(News)

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Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
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March 7, 2005
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Byline: By Gerry Holt Western Mail

As thousands of car boot sale addicts trawled through a mix of second-hand treasures and trash this weekend, they may not have realised they were taking part in the last classless experience in Britain.

According to Demos, an independent body which tracks social trends, the unkempt weekend rituals played out across Wales are the only remaining playground full of people from all walks of society.

Low-income families looking for a bargain brush shoulders with affluent antique hunters looking ...

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