2025 - Freecycle and similar Free stuff

An elderly lady (101) still living on her own. With carers coming in to see her every day. Finally left the village around October/ November. With the decision that she couldn’t stay in the house another winter. So she was moved to a nursing home down south somewhere, closer to family. Unfortunately she passed away just before Christmas. Her granddaughter has been here this weekend sorting things out. As everyone knows Bob is a wood turner he was contacted to see if he wanted the lathe that was in the garage. Especially as Bob used to cut the grass for her. We also recently found out the this lady was an artist. So was asked if there was any chance of one of her paintings we could have to remember her by.
We got there and the granddaughter said the family is keeping a few bites, but most will be going to house clearances. So if want anything to take it. We came home with a car full of some of the most random things you could imagine, lots of tools some useful some just very old and cool. And at least 6 of her paintings.
We’re going back tomorrow afternoon for a Welsh dresser and some crockery and lot of plant pots.
We will be making a donation to RNLI.
I do feel like a bit of a vulture   . But someone who knew her have some of her stuff and making a donation. Has got to be better than house clearance making money out of all her things.

Finally managed to get back for the Welsh dresser. We’d kinda given up on it because we’d asked several times if we could collect over the months. With no response. But we got it just in time, house clearance is going in on Monday.  We got a few other bits as well and we had to collect a few bits for other people. We got some lovely old cutlery, an old serving plate, a pasta machine, 2 mason cash mixing bowls, and couple of other bits from the kitchen. Some old toy cars, an old lantern like they used to take down the mines. Bed pan thing you put hot coals in. A big oval mirror.  A little bench almost like a miniature church pew with a tapestry seat. Hopefully the right size for a window seat for skew ( he likes to know what’s going on) . Also got an set of old garden sieves , galvanised watering can, 3 old gardening books, old stone hot water bottle, about a dozen terracotta pots, a stone frog, a few gardening tools and a jacket .