Renovation etc finds....

[A Mum]

Continuing on from Hondo's cereal that may be found by renovators in 50+ years time

Have any of your guys renovated or gone through and old shed etc, etc, etc and found anything exciting??

The closest I can come to is when I was about 12 I remember my uncle pulling up some old lino and underneath was a newspaper from many, many, many years earlier - was all very exciting at the time to read the goings ons.

[Footy Chick]

Not me -but friends of mine.

They bought a gorgeous old house in town called Murtoa in Western Victoria (for those in the know, it's where they used to tape the old Flying Doctors series)

Anyhoo, they were pulling up the old lino and underneath were newspapers (as there normally is...) HOWEVER

Upon further investigation of these pristene old newspapers, they discovered that they were from the Bodyline era, so a lot of the papers sports pages were filled with stories from this series. But that aint the biggie.

They also discovered - in MINT condition, a full page COLOUR cartoon of something that looked like Ginger Meggs. (don't forget this paper was from the 30's so colour in papers was unheard of) So on their next trip to Melbourne they took it to someone who knew a bit more about these things. Turns out that this cartoon page was some sort of early "pilot" (if you will) of the Ginger Meggs cartoon, so wasn't actually named so yet. In other words, a piece of Australian cartoon history.

The dealer offered them $25K on the spot for it, which they declined.

FYI - they actually had alot of the pages out of all the Bradman stuff framed and still have them around the house. They look amazing..

So anyone that lives in a really old house, next time you replace the carpet or whatever, look under the original lino/floor boards and see what you find!

[smac]

We found some old letters behind the cupboards when we renovated our kitchen a few years back, they were from a couple honeymooning (and apparently living on steaks and love... awww) back to one of their parents. Fascinating reading.

[Footy Chick]

You should have started an Australia-wide search to find the owners on Sunrise

[smac]

Nah, bugger 'em. The excitement of the find lasted a few minutes, the excitement of the search a few weeks. The excitement of say "fugg it" and throwing the letter out lasts forever.

[LMA]

My family and I bought a house in the Irish countryside, whilst over there we knocked down a wall and found a skeleton with a medallion around it's neck which read Patrick O'Reilly National Hide & Seek Champion

[Booney]

One must ask. How did they get the medal to him?

[LMA]

Reigning Champ perhaps

[mighty_tiger_79]

in our shed a collection of 70's pornography hidden away behind all the paint cans

[Booney]

in our shed a collection of 70's pornography hidden away behind all the paint cans

We are talking about what you have found that once was owned by someone else...

[mighty_tiger_79]

in our shed a collection of 70's pornography hidden away behind all the paint cans

We are talking about what you have found that once was owned by someone else...

some funny stuff in that collection, looks more like better homes and gardens with all the bushes that need trimming

[Dog_ger]

One man's treasure is another man's junk.

One man's junk is another man's treasure.

I found a treasure map I think...?

From my second investment property.

Found the jewels but still looking for the Cash Vault. SSsssHHhhh

[dedja]

in our shed a collection of 70's pornography hidden away behind all the paint cans

hirsute heaven ...