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You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. From driving trucks to selling collectables, Marlene Graham has had an interesting career path. John Lewis finds out how it led to creating her ''happy place'' in the former Shingle Creek shingle creek collectables.

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From driving trucks to selling collectables, Marlene Graham has had an interesting career path.

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Why you would choice to right here at the top of the passing line to converge emergency services at an entrance of a business trading on a busy day, the road was very busy yesterday , at one stage blocking it, creating a 4 lane highway. Impossible for some to even enter or exit safely. I went and spoke to a driver after one car had no where to go when she turned in and was backing out on the road, no one was assisting her and I said " you are going to cause an accident here". Customers were very confused some even opting to exit down the No Exit When I started this business it was not straight forward, jumping all the hoops and a big part of it was having to do a roading plan for everyone to enter and exit the best safest way possible.

Shingle creek collectables

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. From driving trucks to selling collectables, Marlene Graham has had an interesting career path. John Lewis finds out how it led to creating her ''happy place'' in the former Shingle Creek pub. She says her memory of some things is a bit dusty, but she recalls with clarity, the day her grandfather gave her a couple of old shearing machine oiling cans, and she remembered being intrigued by them. Since that day, the year-old has been collecting oil cans along with a few shipping container loads of other little collectable ''knick-knacks'' and ''bits and bobs''. She recently opened her own store, called Shingle Creek Collectables, in the historic old Shingle Creek Pub, a few minutes north of Roxburgh. You'd never pick what they'll buy. Ms Graham says there has been a real resurgence in antique stores and garage sales in recent years, which is closely aligned with a growth in the popularity of collecting. Your typical collector will amass huge assemblies of things like teaspoons, toasters, coins, stamps, records, marbles, comic books, car hubcaps, even McDonald's Happy Meal toys - the list of collectables is endless.

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Shingle Creek Collectables owner Marlene Graham is surrounded by all manner of things in her antiques store. A doll sits in a toy car on top of a cabinet. They're really interesting to talk to. A doll stands among an assortment of items in the Shingle Creek Collectables store. Write a Review. She says her memory of some things is a bit dusty, but she recalls with clarity, the day her grandfather gave her a couple of old shearing machine oiling cans, and she remembered being intrigued by them. Working around different people in the trucking business also puts her in contact with people who can provide products. She built a big shed out the back of her house in Bannockburn to store all of the materials she had collected during her lifetime, and opened it to the public every Easter and Labour Weekend. That's because she too is an avid collector. In fact, in a strange way, the sharp turn off course she took when she took up truck driving was what helped her to realise her ambition. You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Add a Comment Login or register to post comments. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Antique stores and garage sales have also become increasingly popular in recent years because people are so much more creative now, she says. Nearby Restaurants.

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Nearby Restaurants. You'd never pick what they'll buy. I do like meeting people. Even though Ms Graham has been a truck driver for almost half of her life, her love of retail and antique collectables has always bubbled away beneath the surface. I'm a real people person. She says her memory of some things is a bit dusty, but she recalls with clarity, the day her grandfather gave her a couple of old shearing machine oiling cans, and she remembered being intrigued by them. In between having a family, she became the purchasing officer for Whitcoulls in Invercargill for 16 years, and then worked in marketing and retail for a small Southland company which manufactured tandem trailers. For as long as she can remember, all she has ever wanted to do is own her own shop and sell stuff. The days are long - 1pm until 1am most days - but they are enjoyable and rewarding, she says. In fact, she has hundreds of old-fashioned flour sifters which she has conscientiously and affectionately collected over the years. It was here that her life took the most unexpected turn - she became a truck driver. Write a Review.