AN Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned when a box of treasures they found at their local dump had a link to a British legend.
Sunday’s show may have started later than planned and cut down to just 30 minutes due to the Wimbledon men’s final, but once it did start, it still provided viewers with some incredible items to pour over.
An Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned when a box of treasures they found at their local dump had a link to a British legend
The man had found items belonging to Winston Churchill while working at a local dump
One male guest brought in a box of items they had found while working at a local dump for 15 years.
He explained to Antiques Roadshow expert Mark Smith that he could “pull out whatever I like” from the dump with being a member of staff, and he’d ended up with three sheds full of antiques.
Mark said: “So we took out some of the stuff and you said, I’ve got this hat, I’ve got this and this. What was the story you then told me?”
The man replied: “I’ve got loads of letters, over 200 letters from this same load and it was from a mother to her son.
“The mother used to work for Winston Churchill, she was a cook and the husband was a butler for Winston Churchill as well.
“She used to write to her son every day about the daily goings of Winston Churchill, what he was getting up to and how he was feeling and just interesting stuff about him.”
Mark said: “Then amongst all of that are these momentos of Winston. This one here, is that the lady? So a signed photo from Winston to her, the cook.”
He continued: “We’ve got this cigar. Winston was known for those obviously, a cigar case, a signed photo and the pièce de résistance, I have to say, Winston’s hat.”
The expert added that if the guest had collected items at auction, he may not have believed they were the real deal.
He added: “But I’ve seen all those letters from that lady to her son. Daily letters saying this is what Winston is doing today and this is during wartime as well.
“So she is sending home all sorts of information which corroborates all of the things you’ve got and it’s not just these bits here.”
He then moved on to the value of the items and said: “So, we had a think about this. I think that your box. Remind me where you got it from again? The dump. We think that your box is worth £10,000.”
The guest was stunned and replied: “Oh my God! That’s crazy.”
Expert Mark Smith was delighted to see the items
The man was shocked when Mark said they were worth £10,000
Antiques Roadshow airs Sundays at 8pm on BBC One.
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