How often do you clean under the bed?

 Having been called out to a house clearance in Wellingborough, we set about the usual task of removing unwanted furniture, principally old wardrobes, the beds etc. In the main bedroom we lifted a divan style bed only to find a significant layer of dust and three coins – a decimal two pence piece, a decimal half pence and a Roman coin! A Roman coin? How long had that been there? We would guess that the presence of the half pence...

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Northampton House Clearance Yields Mystery Antique Measures
Apr18

Northampton House Clearance Yields Mystery Antique Measures

  Recovered from a House Clearance in Northampton here are two antique boxwood measures. Here at Junkout we come across all sorts of things in our work and it is only occasionally that we are stumped. These two rulers however have got the better of us. The first measures about 19 inches in overall length. At one end is a fixed stop about 3.75 inches in height. A brass thumb piece moves a second stop along the measuring scale. Sizes...

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