Clip – (Six-Sentence Story #133)
The old clothes we had donned to clear out the loft were now stiff with blood, sweat and tears; any more grime would have had them running off by themselves, never to return. Much to our relief we encountered no snakes, nor mice; and only a few spiders, although, they had been extraordinarily active in the intervening years.
Deb and I had stripped off, taken turns in the shower; now cosily wrapped in Mum’s fluffy gowns, hair twisted in matching turbans and were curled up on the sofa with a cup of tea, yabbing over many a joyful clip of our yesteryears.
You see, not only did we clear out Dad’s, but Mother’s cutter came down too. We giggled that she’d kept our beloved dolls, Joy and Marina, a rather moth eaten and not so white, nor fluffy home-stitched teddy bear called Julian; there were the dolls’ beds, a miniature swing that Dad had made, a pair of stilts and a rusty pogo-stick; all of Mum’s jumpsuits from the 1970s, boxes of yellowed dress patterns, reams of fabric (bought in the sales) and handbags galore – all stashed, amongst the tat.
Sadly, Dad’s bequest to Alec; the Asimov’s Foundation Series was turning into a right old mystery, as we found no books – not one!
(Six-Sentence Story)

PS – In case you’re wondering I started this ‘episode’ with Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt “Bequeath” as it was too good to miss – it’s now a six-sentence story and includes this week’s prompt Clip from Denise. Please click through for the rules, if you too are interested in joining in!
PPS – This is episode 6, previous episodes of what is now turning into a ‘saga’ can be found by clicking on these links:

The mementos parents keep are of their children who likely won’t appreciate it until they have children of their own.
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For me it was a treat finding some of our old childhood toys and books in the family loft. Plus all the other things we found – interesting what some folk store and others throw away.
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Mother kept things from my childhood and my sisters gave them to me after she died. It was wonderful Good six!
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It can be a lot of fun rummaging through family collectables from the past. Really gives us a sense of familial history.
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Cleaning out lofts is almost like finding a trove of all kinds of stuff.
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Sorting out the drawers in one’s bedroom can uncover some treasures too! 🤣
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That may well be true – my sister is definitely more sentimental over memorabilia than I – she does have a son, who now has Dad’s trains and Matchbox cars
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It does indeed 😊
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How lovely – UP, I hope the memory made you smile?
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Having lived for 40 with the building horror of that glory hole – there is nothing in my loft, nada, nowt! 🤣
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amazing how the toys and totems from childhood retain a certain, standing, even battered by the intervening years, in a sense, a sympathetic aging to stay in sync as we see the worn toys
enjoying the serial Six
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That’s something yet on the ‘To Do’ list.
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Thanks Clark. I’m musing whether the next one might be the last in this series. We’ll see what happens with Denise’s next prompt. 😇
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Oh, so you have a serial/saga going too–BRAVO!! I had to smile at the jumpsuits…takes me way back 🙂
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It’s fun to rummage through our momentos.
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My dad has been cleaning out the basement, so I have gone through all my childhood items that are down there. We’ve had so many floods in that basement, from broken pipes to rain coming in, that there’s not that much left. I took home a doll that still talks when you pull her string along with a couple of other dolls, my Peanuts lunch box, and a bag full of notes written by my friends in junior high and high school! Nice 6!
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Indeed it is Lisa …
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Awe – you were lucky they survived – bet you enjoyed those friendship notes.
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Hey, anytime you feel like doing a ‘walk on’ over at one of my two serials, let me know… it’s kinda fun*
*as a matter of fact, the whole ‘Whitechapel Interlude’ serial is the product of doing that with Frank (Hubby)
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