YVON Smythe has fond memories of jumping in the car with her late partner, Neil O’Callaghan, and heading off to a clearing sale in the hope of snagging a bargain.

“No matter what the weather was like, the routine of clearing-sale days was the same,” Ms Smythe said.

“We would get up early to check on stock, and then head off.”

Equipped with a bag of goodies, notebook, pen, chalk, tools...