The collection includes a postcard dated to 1917, showing the Green and the pub; a picture of a gentlemen working in a bicycle shed next to the post office, dated to the 1930s; and a village shot turned into a Christmas card from the 1950s.
The devices were discovered in a house in Northumberland after the elderly owner died. Experts called in by the family were clearing the home when they came across the devices and immediately telephoned the police.
A 200-year-old love letter, written in French, has been discovered in one of the items found during a house clearance.
Our client for this house clearance owned a second-floor, two-bedroomed property in a large block of flats built in the mid-1990s near East Chevington centre. He had been letting it out to tenants for a number of years, but the latest set of occupants had left it in very poor condition with damaged furniture, stained carpets and torn curtains.
A landlord instructed us to clear a three bedroom flat he owned in a large converted Victorian house in Dudley , probably built in the last decade of the 19th century, and converted to flats in the 1980s. The property had suffered a fairly severe mouse infestation, but the local council’s pest control service had now successfully dealt with the problem.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been adapted as a light-hearted term of endearment for some people, whose friends may call them “a bit OCD-ish,” however the truth behind the sometimes-crippling condition can be a lot more serious.
Three Ball Charlie His claimed to fame was he could put Three-Balls into his mouth (a tennis ball, a cue ball and a golf ball) side by side then whistle …
Two boats, four cars, 12 bicycles, two motorbikes and a caravan are amongst the things left behind by a compulsive hoarder in the garden of his Birmingham home.
An abandoned house in Cliviger, Burnley, has been resurrected by the local council; given a complete house clearance before being transformed into a sellable property.
According to sources, the book is a story of around 200 typed pages which was initially believed to be a copy of “Mr Tumpy and His Caravan”, a old picture book by Blyton. However, experts have claimed that “Mr Tumpy’s Caravan” is an undiscovered piece of work by the famous author.