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Sep 2019
9:40pm, 29 Sep 2019
21,306 posts
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Lizzie W
T8 has stopped me reading to him already, it was too slow (I think when I let have Harry Potter). I can't complain too much as I did the same to my mum, but much younger!
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Sep 2019
9:43pm, 29 Sep 2019
6,232 posts
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WA
Marigold still likes a bedtime read (she will be 14 in November) SweetPea stopped wanting a story when she was about 10. Horses for courses
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Sep 2019
12:03pm, 30 Sep 2019
906 posts
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Nessie
Ooh, James Herriot. I might just try and get A1 on to those. I loved them (it may have been the crush on Christopher Timothy that started it.....).
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Sep 2019
1:27pm, 30 Sep 2019
43,321 posts
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Velociraptor
I was a huge James Herriot fan too, although I was hooked on the books before the television series.
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Sep 2019
2:45pm, 30 Sep 2019
13,688 posts
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Rosehip
Me too 
- in fact Christopher Timothy was a bit of a disappointment to start with!
I need to get on with the decluttering, I have piles of anciet paperwork that husband has kept - not even filed, just stuffed in carrier bags in cupboards. I don't know whether to go through it in case anything is important (unlikely) or just light a bonfire!
I have made a start on my wardrobe - but there's a long way to go on that too.
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Sep 2019
7:54pm, 30 Sep 2019
6,233 posts
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WA
I found the Marie Kondo approach brilliant for my wardrobe. Piling absolutely everything on the bed and going through it item by item was useful and revealing. I think I did it in the middle of July and haven't missed anything yet!
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Oct 2019
9:14am, 18 Oct 2019
43,517 posts
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Velociraptor
We have some radical decluttering going on. We need to make our house safe and welcoming for a frail parent and we haven't cast a critical eye over it since it was home to us and three teens/young adults.
An added level of interest is that a lot of the small stuff belongs to the no-longer-resident young adults. But when the large stuff is moved out - sofas, sideboards, eL Bee!'s home office unit, a coffee table that was the perfect size for a much bigger living room - we can look at the small stuff.
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Oct 2019
9:26am, 18 Oct 2019
20,563 posts
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Meglet
I found Facebook groups good for getting rid of furniture. You won’t get much for it, but generally it sells fairly quickly and they’ll collect it.
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Oct 2019
9:26am, 18 Oct 2019
20,564 posts
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Meglet
And good luck, that’s some fairly serious decluttering/rearranging.
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Oct 2019
10:33am, 18 Oct 2019
43,519 posts
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Velociraptor
We didn't want the hassle of having to arrange suitable times for people to come round to collect furniture, or having people going, "Oooh, it's more worn than I expected, will you take 2p for it, and I can't pay you till payday, oh and you'll need to deliver it, I live in Newcastle, that's OK, isn't it?" so we're donating it to a charity which will collect. It should all meet their suitability criteria.
I'm going to be keeping an eye on the local Facebook group for a couple of decent armchairs and small side tables, though.
Today, I'm mostly grumpy about having bought a house and let other people fill it with stuff that's neither useful, beautiful, or meaningful to me.
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