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Old Family Photos

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crazyH Wed 04-Jun-25 23:05:54

I am doing exactly that - trying to sort out my photos. Mi e is not as vast as yours. It’s just my personal collection. When I divorced, I handed over all my ex-husband’s family photos to him. Just kept one or two.
Now I’m in the middle of sorting the rest. I am putting in 3 piles, for each of my children. Pictures of places and people I don’t recognise and which will have no meaning for my children, I will bin. Hopefully, by next week the job will be completed.
I would suggest you keep the photos that means something to you and your childre. Bin the rest.

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GrandmaKT Wed 04-Jun-25 22:45:04

I'm wondering what you all do with old family photos that are passed down to you? We have a suitcase full of photos that we took in when DH's parents died. I have a load that were my Dad's and now my Auntie has passed on several carrier-bags full! This is in addition to all our own photos of our childhoods and our growing family. At this rate I'm going to need a whole room to house them all!

Many of the people, especially on DH's side, we have no idea who they are. There are some lovely old photos of my father's parents, but they died before I was born, so don't really mean much to me.

How to slim the collection down? I'll feel really bad throwing them out, but I know the next generation will just bin everything!

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