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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
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Robbie Purves

Bargain Hunt presenter stunned after Nottingham miner reveals Bestwood pit stories

BBC Bargain Hunt visited Newark's open air antiques fair for its latest episode - pitting two teams against one another to see who could make the most money at auction.

Each team got £300 to buy three items, one of which had to cost at least £75. But while the contestants were busy picking out their buys, expert Eric Knowles visited Bestwood Country Park and was left stunned by a former miner's story.

The episode saw the red team of Simon and Andy, two retired firefighters who have known each other for 52 years, take on the blue team. The blues were Ferzana, a leadership development manager who loves art deco and Kathleen, a performance poet who met her friend at a poetry workshop. While both teams admitted to having limited knowledge of auctions, it was the red team who claimed theirs was: "Between low and none existent."

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