Things

We didn't keep these things, unless otherwise stated.

Images are © Jonathan Gregory and Mary Gregory.

See also the COMPUTER VERSION of this album.

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Model railway station made by Grandad when M was a child

Cover and pages from D's scrapbook

Dad's ferrograph, his 21st birthday present

My early toys

A clock from Escote, I think, very like the red one

Cooker box from Escote, removed from the kitchen there before we went to NYC

Cover and pages from dot-to-dot book, probably from NYC

Sums and pictures exchanged by letter with Escote while in NYC (I have kept these)

Things I made in NYC

Artwork from All Souls

Front cover and cover page of a diary for 1965 used in the BBC New York office as a log of equipment faults and maintenance, and by me as a telephone directory and book for drawing; I have kept the pages on which I had written

diagram of the solar system

map of the world

snakes and ladders

souvenir of transcontinental vacation

Traffic lights made by D and me

Artwork from All Souls by F

My Peanuts lunch-box and Thermos flask from NYC (I have kept these)

Roller skates from NYC

Geometric solids made by D during the long vacation (I have kept the tetrahedron)

Key to operate the units giving audio explanations of the animals in the enclosures in the Bronx Zoo (I have kept this)

Allen Stevenson School clothes

The final reading book from my year at Allen Stevenson, given to Mrs Biehl at Easter 2014. (I have kept the first reading book.)

Stickers from NYC

Model town which F and I made for M and D under Mrs Harding's supervision

clackers (depicted in a Giles cartoon)

Cover of my scrapbook (I kept the contents)

Treasure Island map made for a St Francis Church fete

Books we did not keep

Books I kept

Mousetrap board game

Battery charger made by D

Radio for listening to the police

Remote garage-door opener

Things made by D whose purpose is forgotten

Manual telephone switchboard; the rows are answer and call jack plugs (removed already), meter buttons, answer and call supervisory lamps, ring keys, speak keys

Telephones used in the domestic system

Morse transponders made by D for use in class at Applecroft

MCS40 system used at home and MCS48 prototype of the clock and bells system installed at school (I have kept these)

Stanborough School impulse clock (I have kept this)

Reaction timer and slot machine, operated by MCS40 system at church fetes etc.

Book catalogue I started for M, but we did not complete it

Things I made in woodwork lessons at Stanborough; the second one is intended for holding cotton reels

T-shirt made for D as leader of the organ-building team, perhaps for the celebration when it was mostly completed

An IR send/receiver made by Dad, but I can't remember for what - possibly the active IR burglar alarm.

Buildings and the points controller from "my" N-gauge railway, which Mum gave away via Peter Pearson.

HP41C before being sent for refurbishment. (It returned from the US in working order.)

Potterton heating controller installed by Brian Lovegrove in Dec 2005 and sold on eBay in Jan 2011.

Dyson DC01 bought in Jan 1999 and discarded in Jan 2011 because of feeble suction and persistent overheating.

Siemens kettle bought in Dec 1999 and discarded in Feb 2011 because of a long-standing leak and because Gabriel blew it up.

Remarkable properties of the replacement kettle.

One of the original telephones from the network at Guessens Rd, subsequently used as my phone in Lorne St and Coley Ave.

Min-max thermometers. The right-hand one got dropped when I was at Merton and didn't work properly after that. I bought the left-hand one to replace it, but the Hg column became permanently broken up after some time.

Microphones in use

Bottle of port, the last of a case bought by D at John Marsden's recommendation, consumed in 2014

The first climbing harness I bought

The finger splints made for me after my climbing accident

Scarpa Freney boots, discarded March 2016

The electric ring which Mum gave me as an undergraduate, discarded May 2016 because it had a neutral-earth leak

Saucepans not usable on an induction hob, May 2016

The non-stick saucepan Mum gave me as an undergraduate.

One of three old aluminium saucepans Mum gave me, probably when I moved to Norwich

Wok which I bought in Norwich or Reading, and gave to Chris

The two stainless-steel saucepans Mum gave me, probably in Reading; I gave the small one to Paulo and the large one to Chris

Grandma Audrey's milk saucepan

Chopping board given to me second-hand by Grandma Bun, discarded Sep 2016

My first two cases for storing cassettes, discarded July 2017 when I made the shelves in the sitting-room

Cabinets given to me by Mrs Owen when I moved to Coley Hill, given to British Heart Foundation in November 2017

One of the dinner plates inherited from Grandma Audrey, given to BHF in November 2017

Arcteryx fleece which M and F gave me in 2007, discarded in September 2019

Medium-sized rucksack, which I used constantly for shopping etc. until I bought the red Crux AK47, discarded in September 2019

Rucksack liner which Mum gave me, perhaps for the Pennine Way, used for several years, discarded in June 2021

Rucksack of M's which I used at Oxford, Birmingham and at work for several years in the 1990s, discarded in October 2022

Hindu deity and dimetrodon which stood on the mantlepiece for many years, discarded in November 2022

Circular pendant fluorescent lamp, given to me by Mum for the flat in Lorne St., discarded in November 2022

Old kitchen chair given to me by F when I moved to Coley Hill, discarded in November 2022

Plastic wastepaper basket which I used for many years, but I don't remember where it came from, given away

Kitchen radio before DAB, taken over by G, who broke the aerial, discarded November 2022

China and glassware in M's sitting room, Monday 4th April 2022
In need of new homes

Casserole was Granny Worship's in Hindolveston; M and Uncle David Robey bought the matching jug; Uncle David now has them both

Red glass jug was Grandma Audrey's

Green glass pitcher and saucer were either Granny Worship's, or a wedding present to Grandma Bun (M said both at different times); Auntie Sue now has the saucer, and Katy the pitcher