tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post2588760648998085040..comments2024-03-27T10:17:14.784+00:00Comments on Eclectic Ephemera: Daring World War II pilot's medals auctionedBruce Partington-Planshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-60656813323773041082012-12-07T19:37:34.499+00:002012-12-07T19:37:34.499+00:00It never ceases to amaze me how treasures to the l...It never ceases to amaze me how treasures to the likes of you and me can be considered old toot by others, or how heirlooms or an ancestor's belongings can have no personal value to some people. I'm reminded of <a href="http://eclecticephemera.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/photographs-of-tower-bridge-being.html" rel="nofollow">the Tower Bridge photos</a> that were found in a skip last year (and some of the finds other bloggers have made while skip-diving almost beggar belief!), or an old notebook full of 19th century newspaper clippings, jokes and poems that my stepdad was going to throw out before he thought of me.Bruce Partington-Planshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-20668660314004038292012-12-06T18:07:34.492+00:002012-12-06T18:07:34.492+00:00I often wonder about how things like that come to ...I often wonder about how things like that come to be sold. The only way I'd part with my Grandfather's would be cold dead fingers.LollyWilloweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800459266149659noreply@blogger.com