During the process of cleaning out their parents’ house in Harrow, the author stumbled upon a human skull in the attic. It was found in a box that gave off an ominous feel. The skull didn’t have an identification number, indicating it may have belonged to a murder victim. The authorities were contacted, and the skull was disposed of after forensics determined it was from the 1800s. The skull belonged to a person who may have been a victim of grave robbing. The author couldn’t help but feel a sense of connection to the long-deceased individual.
Bernard found several boxes in the loft of his Manchester-area Victorian house filled with items dating from the late 1930s. They included cine film, letters, and photographs from a family that resided in Tanganyika, currently part of Tanzania. The owner of the items was a skilled photographer, and his wife was a passionate gardener. Despite their efforts to locate the family or relatives of WR Clark, the previous owners of the house, they were unsuccessful.
Eleven boxes filled with used corks were discovered in the loft of a home belonging to a previous owner who loved to drink and hold onto memories of good times or travels abroad. The current owner was uncertain of what to do with them and, in the end, may turn them into artwork.
Jeff Warren found a large 16mm colour film of the Corona London to Holyhead Cycle Race 1964 in his attic. The film was loaned to a previous owner of the house but never returned. Jeff donated the film to the BFI archive.
In 1986, Jeff Adams and Wendy Hyde moved into an old house in Cumbria near the Solway and discovered an 18th-century mathematics copybook in the attic. The delicate pages contained handwritten illustrations of hundreds of mathematical and algebraic problems. Tullie House museum in Carlisle identified the book as an 18th-century mathematics copybook owned and kept by John Robinson of Lessonhall, Cumbria in 1753.
Boxes of possessions belonging to the Baker family were left in Lidia’s house, abandoned by a tenant who had lived there since 1963. The boxes contained photographs, books, journals, and other documents that alluded to a religious and relatively wealthy family who worked in Leicester’s textile industry. Lidia traced the family but was unsuccessful in finding their relatives and wondered why nobody claimed their possessions. It made her reflect on the notion of what one might leave behind.
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