Thrown away: The stuff you loved and lost.Smash Wogan writes, "we all love our Mums, but we all know that Mums can be cunts, throwing out our carefully hoarded crap that we know is going to be worth millions some day."
What priceless junk have you lost because someone just threw it out?
Zero points for "all my porn". Unless it was particularly good porn...
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chthonic, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:32)
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A happy throw away ?My Grandad was the captain of West Bromwich Albion in 1954 when they won the FA Cup, and after they won, he picked up the ball and kept it.
It was gifted to my family, and was the most 'sorry state of a football' you have ever seen in your life..punctured with bits hanging off it.
I am not proud to say..it sat, accumulating dust in the bottom of my parents wardrobe for over 50 years, and almost got thrown away on several occasions.
Bizarrely, a voice inside my head told me to call West Brom and ask if they would like to display it. I got a call back from the vice Chairman who personally came to take a look and verify it was 'the ball' from the match (back then, they only had 1 ball per game, unlike the 30 or so they have per match these days - so it made it extra special).
To cut a long story short, after a months negotiations, West Brom purchased that manky old lump of leather for £21,000
(, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:00, 1 reply)
Which reminds meMy Dad (RIP) won an old style leather football (laces etc.)in a raffle in 1967 signed by the entire England football team. That's 1 year after we won the World Cup. My mum lives 200 miles away and has moved twice since I left home.
What do you think the chances of it still being around are?
(, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 17:59, closed)
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