“I want to start by clearing something up. George's 'junk' was not coined by the Telegraph or anyone affiliated with the Telegraph, but by his family. It was a family joke which appears to have been taken out of context.
Yes there are one or two inaccuracies, one of which is the number of first edition James Bond books, let's just say... there's definately more than one of those.
Re. Jim, point me to where the Telegraph states, either on here or in its newspaper, that the council will recieve some money. They aren't, and it hasn't been written down so how you come to such conclusion I do not know.
Re. Ann Other & rob, read the first paragraph of this post. But I appreciate you trying to defend his honour, but I assure you it's fine. Nobody has overstepped the mark.
Re. Clare Massey, yes Uncle George could spot a valuable piece out and would have a better than most idea of what he was looking for but believe me, as one of his relatives who helped clear his house, he was most certainly a hoarder. But that's ok, that doesn't detract from the man he was, if anything it brings the family closer and did do while the group of us helped clear his house. Being of a younger age, it was great to hear my Dad, Uncle's, Aunt's and Cousins talk about him.
As my sister(s) have already told you, he was the kindest man you could imagine, and yes it would be funny to think of him looking at all this and the fuss it's causing.
Hope that clears up the lose ends. Thanks all for commenting and looking out for our Uncle George.”

“good dog, dog elp us ! !

it made mr howell happy.

beat THAT, you grim lot who knock it!”

“Quite correct, and indeed a misleading headline, Come on grimsby telegraph,this gentleman obviously knew what he was doing because he collected quality antiques.
Unfortunatly in many of todays minimalistic lifestyles a few magazines on a rack for more than a couple of weeks would be considered hoarding.
Pensioners are some of the most intersting people around with their keepsakes from the past and their love for things nostalgic to themselves, if not for people like George, many of the youngsters of today would know ittle about history and ageing items of the yester-year becuse although history may well be taught in schools, it's the little things like Goerges collections of postcards and childrens books that would be forgotton by time.
I say good on you George, and your aging treasures from the past will undoubtably bring great joy to another collector just like yourself...perhaps someone cycling off to auction to add to a collection keepsakes just like you did many yers ago.”

“this is some ones treasured possesions NOT JUNK!!! and why is grimsby telegraph telling every one what monie's the council is going to get after it has been auctioned do they not think that it could actually upset people who where close to him saying we are sorting through his 'JUNK' G.E.T HAVE SOME BLOODY RESPECT FOR PEOPLE”

“I used to see George at the auction house on Duncombe Street every week. He was a nice man and always pleasant to talk to.”

“one mans junk, is another mans treasure.”

“Uncle George was one of the nicest, kindest people and would be having a chuckle at all this attention. Thank you Ann Other for your lovely comment.”

“Bit of a misleading headline don't you think, hardly "junk filled". Good for him for collecting all those treasures.”

“My Uncle George was the nicest, caring and funny bloke. I miss him loads but i hope his looking down on it all and thinking, wow. xx”