General Chat

Kleptomania runs in some families those who are really good at it become Dukes and such others only Irish baronets.

Thought the valuations were supposed to be Auction prices?
You then get the thorny problem of valuation for Insurance which is a completely different ball-game.

Not sure what you mean about your rellies, Rollo. Are they selling their own property or things owned by others but stored in their attic? :-S

One of our rellies will try anything to pay the bills. It has been pointed out that not putting the heating on tends to co$t mould and damp in the long run ... especially annoying to see them auctioning off other people's supposedly lost property but actually in the capacious loft. They have managed to prise the fee out of the Beeb three times!

-fwiw you'd be more than lucky to buy at the valuations given from a respectable place though you might match them at auction. Their off the cuff know how is impressive but then so was Lovejoy's.

We like to watch and do have some bits that it would be good to have valued/explained, but the queues are horrendous and, even though one is nearby I don't think we'll be going. Actually just noticed, won't be around anyway.

Thanks for the list AnnC. We both like to watch this programme. There are always interesting items brought along each week. We also see some small objects that we remember seeing in our childhood homes and wonder what happened to them????

when I used to watch it with my mother she would always say things like "we had one of those - I threw it out"!!!!

Probably haven't anything of 'value' to take along, Ann.
We frequently watch the programme though!

so I'm the only one who's interested then :-S

The venues for 2016 are:
•Thursday 12 May, Tewkesbury Abbey – In the heart of the Gloucestershire market town of Tewkesbury, this Norman Abbey was consecrated in 1121 and remains a thriving community today.
•Thursday 26 May, Audley End House and Gardens – One of England’s finest country houses now in the care of English Heritage. stunning views across unspoilt Essex.
•Wednesday 1 June, Arley Hall and Gardens – A splendid Jacobethan-style house near Northwich in Cheshire, surrounded by stunning formal gardens created over the last 250 years by successive generations of the same family.
•Wednesday 8 June, Baddesley Clinton – A medieval moated manor house, owned by the National Trust, set in the heart of the Forest of Arden amid the rolling hills of Warwickshire.
•Thursday 16 June, Ightham Mote – A charming, medieval manor house, garden and estate based near Sevenoaks in Kent, belonging to the National Trust.
•Sunday 26 June, BBC Caversham Park – This former mansion and school is now home to BBC Radio Berkshire, BBC Monitoring and the BBC’s written historical archive. Visitors will meet experts on lawns first laid out by English landscape architect Capability Brown.
•Wednesday 6 July, Holker Hall and Gardens – Situated at the heart of 18,000 acres of rural Cumbria, the Hall and Gardens have been home to the Cavendish family since the early 1600s.
•Sunday 17 July, Burton Constable – A large Elizabethan mansion near Hull surrounded by Grade II* listed, Capability Brown-designed parkland owned by the Burton Constable Foundation.
•Thursday 28 July, New Lanark World Heritage Site – A world heritage site that celebrates industrial history; the Antiques Roadshow team will meet visitors in the heart of this 18th century mill village.
•Wednesday 7 September, Pembroke Castle – A medieval castle in Pembrokeshire. Standing beside the River Cleddau and the seat of a succession of major barons, it has had a leading role in shaping Britain’s history.
•Thursday 15 September, Trelissick – A National Trust property set in one of the most amazing natural settings in the country. The house is situated in 30 acres of elevated gardens on its own peninsula, with ever-changing views of the estuary of the River Fal.
•Sunday 25 September, University of London – This landmark Art Deco building was University of London’s first permanent home. One of our hosts for the day, SOAS, will be celebrating its centenary in 2016.