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Tool Parties20 Jul 2007
Buying a DIY goods over a glass of wine

At first there was Tupperware, then Ann Summer's parties became all the rage. Now it seems that women are power-shopping for power-tools in the privacy of their own homes - buying hammers and ratchets over their wine and crisps. With women making up 40 percent of the DIY market and increasingly taking on the DIY in their homes, "Tools Parties", have begun to catch on in Britain. Angela Robson went along to a party in Cardiff run by Caroline Barnett-Phillips of Tomboy Tools.
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