My father died back in April, and I'm doing the house clearance thing.
Some of the stuff isn't rubbish, and we ALL acquire 'stuff' that's personal over the years, but I'm quite taken aback by charities reluctance to accept household items. I know they won't have things such as electrical items unless it's PAL certified, or seating without a fire label attached, but things like dining tables, chairs, nest of tables, bed frames etc etc.
British Heart Foundation (Northampton is local to us) spend far longer explaining what they won't accept than what they can, and as they're all volunteers trotting out the mantra, many aren't 'people' people and come across very abrasive. We've tried the local Air Ambulance (clothing only) but they get loads donated from Amazon to sell on these days. There's a local church based charity but it's a similar story there.
The moral is, do some life laundry before it overwhelms everyone..!
In the meantime, apart from the old lads clothes, the rest will sadly be skipped for landfill.
Sad isn't it..?
PS - I've not discovered his old 1928 Bentley in the barn, yet..
