User contributions for JeanettGruner33

25 August 2025

• 11:4211:42, 25 August 2025 diff hist +1,066‎ N An Old Cockney Remembers His Trunk ‎ Created page with "The funny thing is, even though this trunk looks distressed, it works in a modern home. Neutral rooms actually make the colours pop. The scratches and antique chest paint chips add contrast you can’t buy in a shop. When I first saw the circus clown trunk, I froze for a moment. The red-nosed clown staring upside down across the front felt like more than decoration. It felt like a memory of a lost world — a carnival gone by. Trunks aren’t just wooden boxes. They’r..." current
• 11:4211:42, 25 August 2025 diff hist +3,547‎ N User:JeanettGruner33 ‎ Created page with "I stepped onto cold English stone in the late forties and never left. Windrush days make a mark that never fades. One fact I learned the rough way: a metal chest holds more than clothes.<br><br>On that long crossing from Jamaica to England, everything we were sat under that lid. It was cold steel outside. The lid smelled of oil and salt.<br><br>In the age of plastic, memory is cheap, those trunks came ready for distance. Every crease in the metal was a night shift on a d..." current