Property News · December 10, 2022

The tiny treasures that we’ve found during house clearances | Letters


Readers share their discoveries on clearing out the belongings of hoarding relativesRe hoarding (You be the judge, 2 December), going through my late father’s many, many boxes with several necessary bin liners at my side, I found a small envelope, sealed, slit open and carefully resealed with Sellotape. I could feel two tiny hard lumps inside it.Across the envelope flap he’d pencilled “Contains small screw for fixing (possibly) sunglasses”. At some point he’d added a “2” and an “S” in black biro – “2 small screws”. There was also an asterisk in blue biro referring to a note at the side, “*Proves to be too small!” How could I possibly throw this away?Cat BraceyBristol Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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