To Give You An Idea Of How Long The Estate Has Been In The Family.

Prior to the "event" we received a letter from the local government department dealing with graves and such.

Attempting to find descendents of the previous owner. To notify them that the 100 year lease on the (not so) final resting in is about to expire.

https://6abc.com/philadelphia-pa-human-remains-body-buried-basement-burton-street-wissinoming/12591223/

Obviously my grandmother is not in a huge rush for me to make it habitable again. Due to her current address, about 6ft below Jurassic Park.

Personally.

I would've just done the whole thing Peaky Blinders style.

It's certainly one way to avoid taxing squabbles over inheritance.

Also. She wasn't a; "Hoarder" per se.

She merely gave birth during an air raid. Then raised her child through the privations of the last time the Vindman Gang felt empowered to raise its ugly head.

Even today. The things she held on to are proving useful.

It sounds made up. But is actually true.

In 1966, as now, the World Cup was stolen. It was recovered across the road where my grandmother gave birth.

The building isn't there any more. As the bombs landed so close they blew all the windows in and did, what the daylight revealed to be, significant structural damage.

Like I said; "As hard as a woodpecker's lips."