This is getting more and more bizarre. Noone can say I'm just getting carried away now.
What happened:
- after
Wow, that place is scary.
Think bare floorboards, cobwebs everywhere, pervading damp. The fact that the light switch wasn't working just enhanced the feeling of impending doom. I had to go fetch a torch, AND use the light on my phone, AND keep the door open just so I could keep myself calm enough to stay in there!!
- the space was obviously used as a storage area - there were boxes upon mouldy boxes of god-knows-what, stacks of books, even a big old dusty mirror.The worst thing was the SMELL, though. It wasn't just damp, it was like... I don't even know, like something rotten...
I seriously felt like i was being watched, like the creatures were all gathered in the shadows, scampering past when my back was turned. or like the ghost of Mr Kimball was standing just behind me, disapproving. shudder.
so, i'm kind of slowly making my way through the room, half looking for a flutter of movement somewhere in the shadows, when I manage to trip over a loose floorboard. Ouch. Torch goes flying!! Not one of my finest moments, admittedly, but it actually turns out to be a stroke of serendipity, because the dislodged board allows me to see into the space below the floor.
now i only have a crappy light from my mobile phone, but I can see something glinting from down in the depths.
...AND I FIND...
..TINS!!.... (sorry about the terrible washed-out phone-flash pic, I took another one with better light nearer the door..)
There were loads of them, stacks of these old, crusty tins, and a few jars..!
It's THE WEIRDEST THING.
I took a whole bunch - most of them were sealed with wax, but this St. Julien tobacco one wasn't, so I can have a look inside. It kind of rattles... I'm gonna clean it up a bit, then crack it open and update...!
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