What have you found in your lockdown clearouts ?

I found lots of things stored away because "they might come in useful one day". They haven't and they are now ready to be dumped.

I did find some other 'treasures' though, family photos, &cards & things my kids had made me over the yrs, as i searched 3days for my divorce papers (son needed them for university student finance & a copy from gov't would have been over £100 as id no case number!) I did find them in the end.plus stuff i needed for other sons child trust fund! So a good fruitful 3 day search

Lizbethann55, how lovely!

And annodomini- i agree,its what you DONT find thats annoying!- i had some of my late mums old stuff in a suitcase- missing- plus some old records and ive only found a handful of those- its very odd!

Yes i cleared out food cupboards,got rid of some from 2016/17! Also found out where id hid my special fortnum&mason biccies from the hamper i treated myself to back in december... (they're not as nice as i thought they would be tbh)

Jaylucy, wonderful find! yes ladies,i miss a mooch round BHS too! There might be a few more stores closing down too with things how they have been.Debenhams has been on 'the string of their teeth' before this even, as have John Lewis.All the good old british standby stores are becoming scarce.(remember C&A?)

Lizbethann55, what a treasure trove of family memorabilia, bet it is really interesting when you finally get it all out and are able to digest all the things in there. When my dad died I was so pleased to get his mum and dads wedding certificate along with his birth certificate and his and mums wedding certificate. No where near your treasure trove but a brilliant treasure trove for me!!

When my mum died four years ago we brought back to ours an ancient suitcase which I had never got round to emptying. So a couple of weeks ago I did just that. My dad had died in '73. He was in the merchant navy , died at sea on the way to Canada, was cremated in Montreal and his ashes were scattered in the Atlantic. In the case was the company flag which had covered his coffin, his officers cap , photos of the service and all the letters and cards mum had received . There were also letters dad had sent her (including one when Princess Grace (Kelly) sailed with them), umpteen photos, newspaper clippings, our school reports and school magazines, the start of a family tree mum had commissioned (pre computers !) . It just went on and on. It took me hours just to have a quick look. Can't wait till lockdown is over so I can share this treasure trove with my children and siblings.

Donate to science museum Kittylester?

The only thing I have cleared out is my larder.
I was horified at how many tins & packets were years out of sell by date.
DH insisted they would be fine but 1998?
Mind you I do clear it out about once a year anyway so I must have decided at some point to risk it.
It looks very empty now but at least I can find everything quickly.
I wonder if it will last.

I am open mouthed that anybody would need 20 bras.

Lots of Lego!

I have found loads of excess plant pots that I won't be using. I've planted quite a lot of things over the past few weeks. I put the excess ones on freecycle and they have all found new homes, so someone else can have the pleasure without having to spend money buying them and they won't be going into landfill.

Jaylucy, I do miss BHS. Like you I love a bargain and they did have some very good sales and special days when you could get a really good discount. I still have some trousers, shorts and tops bought from them and also a pair of sandals with matching handbag. Their bedding, curtains and light fittings were good as well.

Not sure they have been opened since we acquired them anout 40 years ago.

DH is going to try selling them.

kitty have things changed much

Bags and boxes of useless souvenirs (tickets, programmes, drip mats etc) and duplicate photos, and DH’s Uni notes from 1969, all now rehomed in the recycling/waste bins. It’s interesting that neither of us remembers seeing Victoria Wood in 1981, but the proof is there.

A pile of Christmas editions of 70s/80s magazines, old annuals, and four 80s Next Directories, stacked up ready for the Oxfam bookshop.

Half a dozen original posters for 60s and 70s gigs (Bob Marley, entrance 2/6 is one) and another half dozen Soviet propaganda ones we brought back from the USSR in 1973, all tied up and labelled ready for the kids to sell when we pop our clogs. Sometimes it pays to hoard!

A Betty Jackson dress and a Gap gilet, unused sales bargains bought to slim into. Charity shop it is then.

Grandma70's precisely!

Oh, I did find a tin of M&S shortbread, unopened, left from Christmas so we've cleared that.

Dental text books dated 1906! I dont know either!

Er....what lockdown clearouts?

I found loads of yarn stashed in different places and sorted it all out. I've got far too much so need to get knitting.

It's what I can't find that bothers me. I need to look in the bags I've packed for charity shops to find out what I've disposed of. I could have done with my denim crops this month, but where are they?

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Calendargirl ?
Here's a few photos.

Two bras, Three Summer tops, Pr of skinny jeans all complete with labels attached I’m a happy bunny

In the garage,
Some dried tomato seeds, saved from last year.
The tomatoes were a very tasty variety, so I squashed the seeds onto a sheet of kitchen roll, and put them away.
They all seem to have germinated, but I doubt whether they will have enough time to grow into fruiting palnts, but ?