A couple who are in the process of renovating their Victorian end terrace property have unveiled a number of unusual discoveries after venturing into the attic for the first time.
Rosie and Ben, who are in their early twenties, have been documenting their project on social media whilst working hard on stripping their home‘s interior to modernise it. “We finally went up into the attic and found all of this scattered across the floor,” they penned in a caption alongside a series of snaps on TikTok.
They continued: “Every photo tells a little story. Which one would you have kept?” The first item, sat in the corner of the attic, was a tired-looking children’s metal chair with foam padding that had appeared to gather mould. “Someone’s childhood left behind,” Rosie and Ben said.
Next, the pair came across a diary – complete with “gossip” penned by a previous occupant of the house named Kate. “Should we read it?” they asked their followers.
Rosie and Ben also stumbled upon on an old acousitc guitar, albeit without any strings and 400-day anniversary clock within its glass dome surround – so called due to it’s ability to operate for approximately 400 days without needing to be rewound.
The duo also came across jewellery in the form of a silver hallmarked heart necklace complete in it’s box, as well as a white floral clutch bag. “From a memorable event?” Rosie and Ben pondered.
A pair of Maretll cognac glasses followed, which they admitted they were “definitely keeping”, whilst further finds included a kettle and a floral framed mirror and bath tiles. “Very 80s,” the duo commented.
The final item to be shared by Rosie and Ben was Connie Monk’s novel, Hannah’s Wharf, published in 1989.
“Love all these,” one TikTok user wrote in response. “Reminded me of times at my grandma’s house. Sad they’re gone, but such good memories.” Others urged Rosie and Ben to share an insight into the diary, meanwhile.
They duly obliged in a follow-up post, revealing a series of “nonsense” poems and anecdotes seemingly scribed by several children – again featuring Kate, as well as Delia, Ruth and Lisa. “There was some questionable bits in here that we couldn’t include,” Rosie and Ben quipped.
One note read: “The bunny has a shiny nose. But this he cannot mend. Because his little powder puff. Is on the other end.”
Whilst a second said: “The cow stood on the railway track. A train was coming fast. The train got off the railway track. To let the cow go past.”
A third page declared that “mods and modettes rule the world” and also referenced Paul Weller, lead singer of The Jam and The Style Council, and singer Dee C Lee, who worked with Weller in the latter in 1984.
