Hiya Tharg, crikey 10ft!? Thats an impressive height, i feel mine have a way to go yet then (about 5-6ft) still not flowered or sign of bud. Yours sound like there doing really well, il look forward to the photos.
Im pretty sure he was given it in the army (after the war)….its a nice piece and has the original chain attached, he had a few different ones and quite a few watches too but i dont think they were collectibles altho i didnt properly look. Iv got an old jack in the box, looks a bit creepy to be honest especially when its wound up.
Cameras, the tool that allows us to capture them moments which can take us right back to the when it happened….i do love taking a photo. Your 1936 Leica sounds really interesting, are the stills on the old style film/roll? I noticed one of them on ebay for little over 78k, thats quite something!
The barbie stuff is from 60s-70s possibly earlier, there was some china dolls too but I wouldnt know where to look to get them sold. We had 3 (maybe 4) auctioneer people in that turned out to be cowboys…I think the things we were going to hold on to (until we found a vintage/collectible buyer) were the cindy/barbie stuff, the comics and houses of parliament stone (from when it was bombed).
I certainly will Tharg, I think i remember seeing some elvis ones in a bag…there possibly 60s or earlier. My grandfather was in his late 80s but im not sure if any of them could be passed down. I havent been to his house for a few months so am going by memory at the mo. Sorry i know thats not very helpful! I will definitely let you know once iv been back 🙂
I hope you, Mrs T & Tilly-dog are enjoying your day, hopefully the rain will ease up for you. The slugs and snails ate all the runner bean plants a few weeks ago, the environment for them was ideal after the storms….it was pretty gutting having sorted all the stakes for them to climb.