Old man with the thousands of possessions he has hoarded over many decades of never throwing anything away.


Picture by Roger Bamber 5 February 2006 Retired builder William Brett examines some of his thousands of artifacts collected over the years in his home in Calbourne Isle of Wight. He never throws anything away and lives in the old school building he attended as a child in the 1920s. He is holding a cartoon drawn for his wedding in the 1940s. Hidden under the countless pieces of Bric a Brac are his old school desk a BSA motor cycle childrens wartime gas masks the local grocers delivery bike a wartime garisons rifle stand countless lead toy cars the local pub and Police station signs an ancient corset and a fossil sharks tooth


Size: 5400px × 3587px
Location: Calbourne Isle of Wight England UK Great Britain
Photo credit: © Roger Bamber / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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