Looks like someone is getting ready for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Up early to go to mum's and wait with her for BHF to come and collect the sofa and armchairs. Bus was crowded with children from my old school - all togged out in uniform which we hadn't had in my day. A recent innovation apparently after I asked one of them.
An irksome morning as the window my mum had been given for collection was either between 8 and 2 (bad enough) or 8 and 4 - she couldn't remember. Couldn't get hold of the relevant shop by phone - wasn't answering and Google said it was temporarily closed as did the nearby Holloway branch. This was confirmed by their HQ (once I'd got hold of them - they'd had a voicemail saying they were in staff training most of the morning).
But just as we'd made our lunch - Finnish rye bread sandwiches for me and a halloumi pepper for mum - and having zoned out listening to the PM explain why Sue Gray's Partygate report wasn't such a big deal and been horrified by the terrible school shooting in Texas - the guys phoned to say they were half an hour away.
They arrived and in the end couldn't take the sofa as there was some damage we hadn't seen - irritating. Dave will have to go round there next week and break it up so we can throw it away.
3 good things
1. The school kids on the bus were lovely and polite - giving up seats for me and another older woman and thanking the bus driver. It's just an ordinary comprehensive - who said Londoners were rude eh?
2. Nice mooch around the Crouch End charity shops after leaving mum's - though the closing down Indish didn't have much left in stock.
3. Richard who moved away recently is apparently in town and will be popping into the road around 7.30.
The collectors of furniture can be a bit picky….disappointing & lots of work fir Dave! Mum would be just glad to get rid of it! Heartwarming to hear about those polite kids…well done your school. It’s sadly not the norm sometimes! Happy shop!
A lovely shop display. Definite signs of the celebrations to come in a number of locations in and around York. Sorry to hear of your problem getting rid of the settee. My brother and I have had all sorts of challenges clearing the things from what was my mums bungalow before she died last year.
Ian