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Been some time since it was sorted
When Michael passed in 2015 I did do a bit of a sort out and shredded lots of paperwork that was his
Did too a sort out and make a file of things daughter would need to do when I pass
I also did a lot of filing of genealogy papers and made individual files for each branch
Soo much crap i have kept but also some great history
I have brown newspaper cuttings for thanks after dad died in 1975 and for mum in 1980
Have too the the 1975 newspaper with our daughters wedding picture to her first hubby
I won’t Shred these as they are all family history
,looking too at daughters wedding photos and thinking how young we were and how proud her dad was
But why did I still have bank statements for 1989 and earlier
All shredded now!
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I don't have a study but a junk/craft/spare everything room that needs sorting . I try to keep it tidy but every time I want go in for something it seema more has been added. lol.
I did shred a lot of useless paperwork a few mths ago but I suppose it will grow again.
I do try to keep stuff to a minimum as when I'm gone the lot will either go in a skip or OH will hoard it .
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I just want to make it easy for our daughter when I pop my clogs
I knew what hubby was getting each month and from whom and the monthly payments he made for utilities etc
Daughter tho won’t know where my income is coming from so I have left paperwork
But so much old paperwork I have kept
Do I need her baby book when I took her to be weighed every week or her wrist band when she was born.
I really don’t want to shred it
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Of course you need that! Isn't that family history?
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Oh Shirley, you must keep the baby items or at least give your daughter a chance to keep them.
I've recently come across some oldish photos. I think my girls would keep them (but probably son wouldn't ) but they wouldn't know who was pictured. I know and they might know of these people, but none of my grandparents were alive, when my children were born...indeed I only knew my paternal grandfather and maternal grandmother, so what hope of my children knowing who was who.
Some serious logging of names needed here, I think.
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I have the wrist bands from both of my sons who were born in the 1970's and wouldn't dream of getting rid of them.
I seem to be the person in the family who gets all the "stuff" to look after. I have lots of family history stuff like the bill for my grandmother's funeral in 1931 (black edged and the funeral cost £11 something). I also have a black edged letter to my grandfather from the school the children were at at the time sending their condolences which is written in such a lovely old fashioned way. A copy of a newspaper article from the shipwreck of the "Warren Hastings" in 1897 which my grandfather was on at the time.
No one in the family wants me to ged rid of these things but none of them want to store them either and they all have bigger houses than me. :-(
Kath. x
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Snap, Kath !
I have 'stuff' here too, although older 2 children both have their own houses. Son's home has nothing surplus, daughter has a few more bits and pieces, but they left a lot here, when they moved out.
All manner of things have been unearthed recently, including a child's car booster seat.
Why ?
Grandson will be mid twenties this summer and was the last child to live here.
I could restock a few charity shops on my own, once they re open.
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Oh do keep the baby book. I wish I had my books of my children.
I did find a wrist tag from one of the grandchildren when I was sorting and I shall keep that with my family history.
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I'm still trying to give my youngest , not only her Uni stuff, but work from Primary school too.
She tells me to just throw it, but I can't - it's up to her.
I have Sindy stuff and numerous soft toys and games - but the Grandchildren play with them.
Granny was a hoarder. When she died, mum took most of it, though we lost a few boxes when my sister in law accidentally threw them out..
When mum died, I ended up with it.
Over 200 letters, over 100 are love letters between my grandparents in 1924/1925
The others are mainly between my gran and her siblings during the war. The most interesting looking letters (as in picture ones from the services) are in a frame - plus a letter from gran's friend, who's brother and father were in 'The Green Man' in Albert Road (Southampton) when it was bombed.
I have piles of old birthday and Christmas cards, the oldest/most interesting ones are in huge frames on the stairs (no direct light), as are old family bookmarks, ration books, identity cards, even a kerosene receipt and a coal receipt!
I also have a frame containing a photo of mum and my brothers on the 'Empire Windrush' in 1951, with menus and a telegram from dad to my gran, telling her when we will be arriving from Malta.
Next to that is a frame with menus from MV Devonshire - the boat we all came back from Malta on, in 1961.
Then I have a frame of leaflets I discovered in a book I bought in a charity shop, about husbandry during the war.
Then there is gran's toy tea set, initially bought back from Japan by g grandad for his sister, who then gave it to gran, and what's left of mum's child's tea set (in a display cabinet)
Apart from that, I used to collect old toys - vintage boxes of meccano, tin toys etc.
Most of my tin toys are in display cabinets. I also collect old bottles, and books. :-S
Back to gran's stuff - I have at least 3 boxes of 'other' stuff that I need to sort out. :-(
I also have mum's genealogical stuff.
I've got rid of hundreds of genealogical magazines, and have been through some of her stuff and thrown out duplicate information, but have numerous notebooks to go through. Between us, mum and I got back to about 1730 on her side.
The strange thing is, I have nothing of my dad's mum's, not even a picture, but have traced her family back to 1260!
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Wow I have found too newspaper’s from jan1976 and may 1980:with the acknowledgement notices of thanks for flowers etc to friends and neighbours on the death of each parent
Now those I will keep
Found too national savings books when we were saving the deposit for the house that we bought in 1968. Those have been shredded
Found a hand written testimony for hubby dated 1949 from his headmaster as he left school to start work.thats going in his file
The baby book is from 1958 so yes it should be kept ,I will ask daughter when she rings tomorrow evening if she wants it or should I keep it with my papers
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I have my grandad's National Savings book from about 1950, and it's got about £5 in it!
I may see if I can get it out (that depends on how bored I get) :-D
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